88 CHECK LIST OF PISHES OF THE DOMINION. 



343. Stenotomus chrysops Linnaeus. 

 Porgy: Common Scup. 

 Marine. 



Possibly occurs in St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia* (Knight, 1866, as Pagrus argyrops) : ordin- 

 arily ranges from Cape Cod to South Carolina, being "especially abundant northward." 



344. Archosargus probatocephalus Walbaum. 

 Sheepshead. 



Marine. 



Said 'to be occasional in St. John's Harbour, New Brunswick (Cox, 1895, as Diplodus probato- 

 cephalus) : ranges ordinarily from Cape Cod to Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico. 



345. Cymatogaster aggregates Gibbons. 

 Sparada: Viviparous Perch. 

 Marine: in shallow water. 



British Columbia: ranges from Alaska to Lower California, Mexico. 



346. Brachyistius frenatus Gill. 

 Surf-fish. 



Marine: in shallow water. 



Ranges from Vancouver Island to Lower California. 



347. Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz. 

 Surf-fish. 



Marine: in shallow water. 



Ranges from entrance to Straits of Juan de Fuca at Cape Flattery, State of Washington, 



southward to coast of California: given here as it ought to be found on the British 



Columbian side of the Straits. 



348. Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz. 

 Common Surf -fish: Blue Surf-fish. 

 Marine. 



Ranges from Vancouver Island to Todos Santos Bay. 



349. Taeniotoca lateralis Agassiz. (Plate XIII, figures 158 and 159). 

 Striped Surf-fish. 



Marine. 



Ranges from British Columbia to coast of California. 



350. Phanerodon furcatus Girard. 

 White Surf-fish. 



Marine. 



Ranges from British Columbia to coast of California. 



*"This fish is seldom found north of Cape Cod. About the year 1833, an attempt was made to introduce them 

 [sic] into the waters north of the Cape, but with no success, the water proving too cold to enable them to breedthere. 

 The only authority that the writer possesses as to their existence on the coast of Nova Scotia, is, the 'Official Circular' 

 from Mr. Gidney, the collector of Sandy Cove, in which it is stated that porgies are occasionally seen in St. Mary's 

 Bay. If they are the true porgies they have probably stiayed from a warmer latitude in pursuit of food." Knight. 



