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the late fall and winter. The young are first observed at Woods Hole about the 

 first of April, when fish about i inch long are seined. Most of the young leave by 

 June 15, having attained a length of from 3 to 4 inches. No Cod are seen between 

 small fish of that size and fish weighing from \ l / 2 to 2 pounds, which are caught in 

 traps in the spring. Off the coast of New England Cod are very abundant in the 

 deep waters, and they come up to the shoals and near the shores to spawn, from 

 November about Cape Ann till February on Georges Banks. 



138. Haddock (Melanogrammus ceglifinus Linnaeus). 



Gadus (fglefinus MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 370, 1815. 

 Morrhua ceglefinns DEKAY, N. Y. Fauna, Fish., 279, pi. 43, fig. 138, 1842. 

 Melanogrammus cegUfinvs BEAN, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 372, 1897; JORDAN & 



EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 2542, 1898; IV, pi. CCCLXI, fig. 892, 



8923, 1900. 



HADDOCK. 



Dark gray above, whitish below; lateral line black; a large dark blotch above 

 the pectorals : dorsals and caudal dusky. 



Mitchill described the Haddock under the name Gadus ceglefinus. DeKay also 

 describes the fish and gives a figure of it in his New York Fauna. He states that it 

 is nearly as common in the New York markets as the Cod, and during the summer 

 it is even more abundant than the Cod. 



The Haddock inhabits the North Atlantic on both coasts, ranging south to 

 France and to North Carolina. Off Cape Hatteras it occurs in the deeper water. 

 It is an important food fish, and reaches a moderately large size, attaining to a 

 length of nearly 3 feet. 



At Woods Hole, Mass., it was reported by Prof. Baird in 1871. Dr. Smith, how- 

 ever, says it is not found in Vineyard Sound or Buzzard's Bay, but is common 6 or 

 7 miles off Gay Head, and the ocean side of Martha's Vineyard. In Massachusetts 

 Bay it is a common resident species. 



