Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York

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Identifier: annualreportof6189919newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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pecies inhabits the Atlantic Ocean and is generally common southward onboth coasts, straying north in summer to England and Newfoundland. Mitchillsexamples were 5 to 6 inches long, and the length of the barbel was 2^ inches. Theadult size is 15 inches. 86. Double-Bearded Flying Fish (Cypsilurus furcatus Mitchill). The Double-Bearded Flying Fish is described by Mitchill in the work cited, page449, plate V, figure 2. DeKay did not know either of the Bearded Flying Fishes andborrowed his accounts from Mitchill and others. This is a small species, about 6 inches long, frequenting warm seas north toCape Cod and to the Mediterranean. Specimens have been taken at Newport, R. I.The barbels vary in size and number. 87. Blunt-snouted Flying Fish (Cypsilurus gibbifrons C. & V.). This is a small fish of the Atlantic Ocean, the length of the described specimensbeing 8 inches. One example was caught at Newport, Rhode Island, by SamuelPowell. Another is in the Museum of Natural History at Paris.
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z Tj FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 409 Order HEMIBRANCHH. The Half Gills.Family GASTEROSTEID^E. Sticklebacks. 88. Ten-spined Stickleback (Pygosteus pungitius Linnaeus). The Ten-spined Stickleback is described by DeKay under the name of theMany-spined Stickleback. He states that this fish is found both in fresh and saltwater. He had specimens caught in the harbor of New York in company with thecommon Pipe Fish, and also from a fresh water pond on the island of New York,where communication with the sea is interrupted during the greater part of theyear. This fish is known in Great South Bay as the Thornback. A specimen wastaken in Swan River in September, 1890. In 1898, this Stickleback was not abund-ant in most localities visited, but was present in Peconic, Shinnecock and GreatSouth Bays. It is less abundant in Gravesend Bay than the other Sticklebacks.At Woods Hole, Mass., it is common in Eel Pond, Quisset Harbor and HadleyHarbor, but rare in open harbors. It is a permanent reside

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