2 -EXTENSION OE THE RECORDED RANGE OF CERTAIN MARINE AND 
FRESH-WATER FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
By W. C. KENDALL AND HUGH M. SMITH. 
The purpose in view in presenting this i)aper is to direct attention to a number of 
fishes inhabiting the fresh and salt water of the Atlantic seaboard, the eastern limits 
of whose ascribed habitat we are able to extend. We record the occurrence of three 
marine and five fresh-water s^jecies at greater or less distances beyond the ranges 
hitherto given. One of the former belongs to the herring family {Clupeidw) and is a 
representative of the West Indian fauna; one is a diminutive member of the mullet 
family {Muffilidce), also belonging in the subtropical region; the third is a gadoid fish 
with an apj)areutly restricted habitat in the South Atlantic region. Three of the 
fresh-water fishes are minnows {Cyprinidw), one is a silverside {3Lenidia), and one is a 
killifish {Funduli(s). While not strictly comj)rehended by the title of this paper, we 
feel warranted in mentioning the occurrence of the Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar) in 
two localities remote from its usual range. 
To Mr. Vinal H. Edwards, of the U. S. Fish Commission station at Woods Holl, 
Mass., the credit is due of collecting the two salt-water fishes whose distribution on our 
coast was thereby widened. The minnows were contained in a small collection of fishes 
obtained by W. 0. Kendall at his home in Freeport, Cumberland County, Me. The 
cyprinodont was secured by the same collector in the lake region of eastern Maine, in 
connection with the investigation of the contiguous waters of the United States and 
Canada by the International Fishery Commission. 
In connection with the presentation of information relating to the occutrence in 
Maine of the fresh-water fishes mentioned, we desire to lay stress on the very meager 
attempts to make collections of the fishes of this State and the consequent noticeable 
lack of published data concerning the ichthyology of eastern Kew England, resulting 
in an uncertain definition of the distribution of many of our common species. If we 
are justified in generalizing from the somewhat limited information at hand, system- 
atic collecting in almost any part of the norllieastern States may confidently be 
expected to yield valuable results bearing on the geographical distribution and vari- 
ation of a large number of our smaller river and lake fishes. The addition of three 
species to the fauna of a State by the seining of a pool in one small mill stream argues 
favorably for similar striking developments in other parts of this region. 
