Arts Afloat, Children's Museum, Boston , MA, October 1998


Whats under the water....


Above: My friend Ed Tekeian (in gray) who got up at 4:00 am to help me assemble the steel and plastic structure that supported the floats under water. He went to work after we were done; I went to bed.

The names of all the species of fish that inhabit Boston Harbor.

Alosa aestivalis
  Blueback Herring
Alosa pseudoharengus
  Alewife
Alosa sapidissima
  American Shad
Ammodytes americanus
  Sand Lance
Anarhichas lupus
  Wolfish
Anchoa hepsetus
  Striped Anchovy
Anchoa mitchilli
  Bay Anchovy
Anguilla rostrata
  American Eel
Apeltes qradacus
  Fourspine stickleback
Brevoortia tyrannus
  Atlantic Menhaden
Brosme brosme
  Cusk
Clupea harrengus
  Herring
Cryptacanthodes maculatus
  Wrymouth
Cyclopterus lumpus
  Lumpfish
Cynocion regalis
  Weakfish
Cyprinus carpio
  Carp
Esox americanus
  Redfin pickerel
Fundulus heteroclitus
  Mummichog
Fundulus majalis
  Stripped killifish
Gadus morhua
  Cod
Gasteroteus aculeatus
  Threespine stickleback
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
  Witch flounder
Hemitripterus americanus
  American Plaice
Lepomis macrochirrus
  Bluegill
Limanda feruginea
  Yellowtail flounder
Liparus atlanticus
  Sea snail
Lophius americanus
  Goosefish
Macrozoarces americanus
  Ocean Pout
Menidia beryllina
  Inland Silverside
Menidia menidia
  Atlantic Silverside
Merluccius bilinearis
  Silver Hake/Whiting
Microgadus tomcod
  Tomcod
Morone americanus
  White perch
Morone saxatilis
  Striped Bass
Mustelus canis
  Smooth dogfish
Myxocephalus aeneus
  Grubby
Myxocephalus octodecemspinosus
  Shorthorn sculpin
Osmerus mordax
  Rainbow Smelt
Paralichthys dentatus
  Summer flounder
Paralichthys oblongus
  Fourspot flounder
Peprilus triacanthus
  Butterfish
Pollachius virens
  Pollack
Pomatomus saltatrix
  Bluefish
Prionotus carolinus
  Northern Searobin
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
  Winter Flounder
Pungitis pungitis
  Ninespine stickleback
Raja erinacea
  Little Skate
Raja ocellatus
  Winter Skate
Winter Skate
  Brown trout
Scomber scombrus
  Atlantic Mackerel
Scopthalamus aquosus
  Windowpane flounder
Squalus acanthias
  Spiny dogfish
Sygnathus fuscus
  Northern pipefish
Tautogolabrus adspersus
  Cunner
Urophycis chuss
  Red hake
Urophycis tenuis
  White hake