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239. The Common Eel, Anguilla vulgaris Turton 630 



DrawiDg ty H. L. Todd, from No. 204J0, U. S. National Museum, collected at Holyoke, Haesachusetts, 1876, by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



240. The Conger Sea Eel, Leptocephalus conger (L.) J. & G 656 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 16027, IT. S. National Museum, collected at Noank, Connecticut, October 10; 1874, by 

 J. H. Latham. 



241. The Bowfin or Mudfish, Jmia oalvah : 659 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 6702, U. S. National Museum. 

 The Short-nosed Gar Pike. Lepidosteus platystomus Raf '. 664 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 3241, U. S. National Museum, collected at Cleveland, Ohio, by Professor S. F. Batrd. 



242. The Paddle-fish, Polt/odon spatula (Walb.) J. & G 660 



Under view. Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 12235, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by J. "W. 



Milner. 

 Side view. Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 12235, U. S. National Museum, collected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by J. W". 



Milner.' 



243. The Common Sturgeon, Aoipenser sturio L. (= A. dxyrhynchus) 660 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 22495, TJ. S. National Museum, collected in Potomac Eiver by "William "Woltz. 



The Short-nosed Sturgeon, Acipenser hrevirostris Le Sueur 660 



Drawn from a photograph of a specimen collected at Wood's HoU, Massachusetts, 1871. 



S44. The Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser rubicundm Le Sueur < _ 661 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 10252, U. S. National Museum, collected at Ecorse, Michigan, by J. W. Milner. 



The Shovel-nose Sturgeon, Scaphirkynchops platyrhynchus (Raf. ) Gill . . , '. . . 663 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 22159, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Mount Carmel, Illinois, 1878, by Robert 

 Eidgway. 



245. The Southern Sting Ray, Trygon sdbina Le Sueur 665 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 31043, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at G-alveston, Texas, by Professor D. S. 

 Jordan. 



246. The Barn-door Skate, Bain Icevis Mitohill 667 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21577, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Grlouoester, Massachnsetts, October, 1878, 

 by TJ. .S. Fish Commission. 



247. The Torpedo, Torpedo ooddentalis Storer 667 



Drawing by HC. L. Todd, from cast of specimen in TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, Massachnsetta, 

 1871, by TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



248. The Sawfish, Pristis pectinatus Latham 668 



(Side view.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No."30678, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Pensacola, -Florida, by Silas 



Stearns. 

 (Under view.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 30678, U. S. National Museum, collected at Pensacola, Florida, by 



Silas Stearns. 



249. The Basking Shark or Bone Shark, CetorWraits maximws (L.) Blainville 668 



Copied by H. L. Todd, from Plate 6, Annates du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Vol. 18. 

 The Mackerel Shark, Lamna cornuMca (Gmel.) Fleming 670 



, Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27368, U. S. National Museum, collected at Santa Cruz, California, 1880, by Jordan 



& Gilbert. 



250. The Thrasher Shark. Alopias vulpes (Gmel.) Bonap 672 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 25962, U. S. National Museum, collected at Eastern Point, Newport, Kbode Island, 

 August 11, 1880, by Captain Eockliff. 



The Horned Dogfish, Sqiialus acanthias L ^ 673 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 22316, U. S. National Museum, collected at Gloucester, Mtissaohusetts, 1878, by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



The Tope, or Oil Shark, Galeorhinus galeus (Xj.) Blainville 676 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 26973, U. S. National Museum, collected at Mbnterey, California, 1880, by Jordan &, 

 Gilbert. 



251. The Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L. . . gyy 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 10654, U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, Massachnsetts, by Vinal N. 

 Edwards. 



The Alaska Brook Lamprey , Ammoextes aureus Bean q 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21524, U. S. National Museum, collected at Yukon Eiver, Alaska, by L. M. Tomer. 



252. The Slime Eel or Hag, Myxine gluHnosa L 681 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 23466, U. S. National Museum, collected at sea, by Captain E. L. Moixison. 



253. The Short-finned Squid, Ommastrephes illeeebrosus (Le S. ) Verrill 687 



Drawing of young male from Provinoetown, Massachusetts. 

 The Giant Squid, Architeuthis princeps Verrill 687 



Drawing by Professor A. E. Verrill, from specimen obtained at Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, December, 1874. 

 Common Squid, Loligo Pealei (Le S.) _____ ggy 



Drawing of female from Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts. 



