XX -LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED AT WOOD'S HOLE. 



By S. F. Baird. 



All the species of fishes in the following list (121 in number) were 

 collected by the United States Commission during the season of 1871, 

 with the exception of a few taken there the following year by Vina 

 N. Edwards, and of Lactoplirys trigonus and Hippocampus hudsnius, given 

 by Dr. Storer as taken at Holme's Hole, or Vineyard Haven. A com- 

 plete collection was secured for the National Museum, together with 

 many duplicates for distribution to college and other museums through- 

 out the country, and for exchange. Of all taken in 1871, photographs 

 were made on plates, 11 x 14 inches, representing the fishes either of life 

 size or as reduced to within the above dimensions, and in their different 

 ages and varieties, thus showing the rate of growth, and other facts. 



At some future time I hope to present detailed biographies and descrip- 

 tions of all the species, with suitable figures. 



MOLA ROTUNDA (CllV.) 



Tetrodon l^vigatus L. 



Chiliohthys turgidus (Mitch.) 

 Gill. 



Chilomycterus geometricus 

 (L.) Kaup. 



Lactophrys trigonus (L.) Poey. 



Alutera cuspicauda DeKay. 



Ceratacanthus aurantiacus 

 (Mitch.) Gill. 



Stephanolepis setifer (Ben- 

 nett) Gill. 



Balistes vetula, Linn. 



Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay. 



Syngnatbus peckianus Storer. 



Lophius americanus DeKay. 



ACHIRUS LINEATUS (L.) CllV. 



Pseudopueuronectes A M E R I - 

 canus (Walb.) Gill. 



Myzopsetta ferruginea (Sto- 

 rer) Gill. 



Ch^enopsetta ocellaris (De- 

 Kay) Gill. 



The Sun-Fish. . 



The Smooth Swell-Fish. 



The Rough Swell-Fish. 



The Box-Fish. 



The Trunk-Fish. 

 The Brown File-Fish. 

 The Orange File-Fish. 



The Standard File-Fish. 



The Trigger-Fish 



The old wife. 

 The Sea-Horse. 

 The Pipe-Fish. 



The Goose-Fish— The Monk-Fish. 

 The Hog-Choker ; the Sole. 

 The Common Flat-Fish. 



The Busty Flat-Fish. 



The Common Flounder. 



