THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 373 



haps doubtful, though I include it as the original label is tied to 

 the fish, and states that it is from the old Ashmead collection. 

 Mr. Eugene Smith records it from the Saddle River and the 

 Hackensack. 



Cottus gracilis E. Smith, Proc. Linn, Soc. N. Y., IX, 1896, 

 p. 48. 



Genus Myoxocephalus Tilesius. 



The Great Sculpins. ^^^■''' 



Key to the species. 



a. Upper preopercular spine shorter than eye ; anal lo. ^neus 



aa. Upper preopercular spine very long, longer than eye, reaching beyond tip 



of opercular spine, and its length more than 4 times that of spine below 



it; anal 14. octode^cimspinosus 



Myoxocephalus aeneus (Mitchill). 

 Sculpin. 



Distinguished from the next chiefly by the fewer anal rays and 

 short preopercular spine. 



This is a small species reaching about 8 inches and occurs in 

 seaweed near shore. I have no New Jersey examples. 



AcanthocottiLs ceneus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 817. 



Acanthocottus mitchiUi Abbott, 1. c. 



Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitchill). 



Plate 80. 



Common Sculpin. Bull Head. 



Head 2^; depth 5; D. IX-17; A. 14; snout 3J^ in head, 

 measured from tip of upper jaw; e3^e 4^4 ; maxillary 2^ ; inter- 

 orbital space 7; third dorsal spine 2j^ ; fourth dorsal ray 2^; 

 fifth anal ray 3^/^ ; least depth of caudal peduncle 7; caudal 1% ; 

 pectoral i^ ; ventral 2%. Body very slender, tapering to long 

 slender caudal peduncle. Head long, depressed, comparatively 



