74 CHECK LIST OP FISHES OF THE DOMINION. 



251. Fistularia petimba Lacepede. 

 Trumpet Fish. 



Marine. 



"Western Pacific, and other warm seas, also recorded from the Bermudas and from Cuba" 

 (Jordan and Evermann): "occasionally taken in shore waters" of Nova Scotia — 



"a fine specimen taken at Portugal Cove, Halifax Harbour" and 



"a small specimen is in the Halifax Museum" (Jones, 1879, as F. serrate). 



252. Siphostoma griseolineatum Ayres. 

 Pipefish. 



Marine. 



British Columbia and Puget Sound, extending southward to California. 



253. Siphostoma fuscum Storer. 

 Common Pipefish. 

 Marine. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Ann southward to Virginia: "two specimens 



taken, 16 May, in Mill cove, Dartmouth, "* and a specimen obtained 



in North West Arm, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, 11th May, 1909- (Piers) ;t and also 

 recorded as "common in shore waters" of Nova Scotia (Jones, 1879, as Syngnathus 



peckianus) . 



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254. Hippocampus hudsoniusj De Kay. 

 Common American Sea-horse. 



Marine: attaching itself by coiling its caudal region around sea-weeds or other objects. 

 Recorded from coast of Nova Scotia (Cox — verbally), and from Atlantic coast of Canada 



(Whiteaves, 1886, as H. heptagonus) : "Atlantic coast from Cape Cod southward to 



Charleston" (Jordan and Evsermann). 



255. Scombresox saurus Walbaum. 

 Saury: Billfish. 



Pelagic: capable when pursued of springing out of the water, and for an interval of skipping 



along the surface. 

 Maritime Provinces: both sides of the north Atlantic, and the open sea. 



256. Exocoetus volitans Linna'us. 

 Flying-fish. 



Pelagic, and capable of suspending itself and moving by its expanded pectoral fins for a 



time in the atmosphere. 

 Atlantic coast of North America, northward to Banks of Newfoundland: many coasts and 



open seas. 



*"Both specimens are males and differ from the normal in having three more rays (43) in the dorsal fin than 

 the maximum normal number (40);' and in the dorsal being on 11| and 12 rings respectively instead of onlj' 

 9 rings. It must be either a variety of S. fuscum or possibly a new specie*." Piers. 



+Piers says; — '"It presented a slight variation from the typical S. fuscum," 



J/J. antiquorum recorded by Jones as "occasionally taken [in Nova Scotia] during the summer months; a Gulf 

 Stream migrant no doubt" is probably referable to this species. 



