68 CHECK LIST OF FISHES OF THE DOMINION. 



204. Avocettina infans Gunther. 



Snipe Eel. 



Bathybial. 



Recorded (but with a query* as to its being this species) from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, 

 close to the British Columbian border (Bean, 1890, as Labrichthys gilli) and therefore 

 given here: otherwise known from West Indies, mid-Atlantic, off Pernambuco; at a 

 depth of 2,500 fathoms. 



205. Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson. 

 Snipe Eel. 



Bathybial. 



Atlantic Ocean; and Pacific Ocean, at least if the following {note to which see) is the same 

 species: "fishing banks off the coast" of Nova Scotia (Jones, 1879): Grand Banks, 

 Newfoundland: off New England coast: Madeira Islands: first recorded from south 

 Atlantic (Richardson, 1848). 



206. Nemichthys avocettaf Jordan and Gilbert. 

 Snipe Eel. 



Bathybial. 



Known from vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver Island, and from Puget Sound, State of Wash- 

 ington. 



207. Synaphobranchus pinnatus Gronow. 

 Deep-sea Eel. 



Bathybial. 



Northern Atlantic and western Pacific: "fishing banks off the coast of Nova Scotia" (Jones, 



1879): Banks of Newfoundland: Canary and Madeira Islands: S. affinis Gunther, of 



Japan may be referable to this species. 



208. Gastrostomus bairdii Gill and Ryder. 

 Gulper. 



Bathybial: has been obtained in from 389 to 1,467 fathoms. 

 Known from Banks of Newfoundland and Davis Straits. 



209. Lucius reticulatus Le Sueur. (Plate VIII, figures 83 and 84). 

 Green Pike: Common Eastern Pickerel. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Ranges from New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence River westward to Ontario: extensively 

 distributed east of the Alleghany Mountains to southern United States. 



*In their synonyms of A. infans Drs. Jordan and Evermann query Labrichthys gilli, but add in a foot-note: 

 "probably identical with Avocettina infans." 



"(•Perhaps ought not to be regarded distinct as a species from the preceding: "differing in some slight respects 

 from all Atlantic specimens examined, but very likely not a distinct species." Jordan and Evermann. 



