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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Henricia sanguinolenta Continued. 



(several), 8 (few), 11(2), 12(2), 13 (3), 15 (few), 

 16 (few), 20 (2), 22 (i), 24 (few), 25 (few), 27 

 (2), 28 (2), 30 (few), 32 (3 very small), 34 (3). 

 35 (i small), 36 (3), 44 (2), 45 (2), 52 (2), 56 (i), 

 57 (few), 60 (i), 62 (i), 63 (i), 64 (i), 65 (i), 

 67 (i), 69 (2), 74 (i), 77 (many), 83 (i small), 

 85, 86, 87 (small), 108, 112, 115 (several large 

 and small), 128 (2), 134 (i). 

 The eggs are deposited around the mouth and 

 retained by the mother until the young star- 

 fishes are able to take care of themselves. 

 Verrill. Larvae taken in the tow net May 10. 

 Bumpus. Breeds in the early spring. Clark. 



Family 



Asterias austera Verrill. 



Clark, 1904, p. 555; 1905, p. 3. 



Common at Crab Ledge in 17 to 35 fathoms. 

 Clark. Dredged by the Survey in 17 to 25 

 fathoms, on bottoms of gravel and stones. 



Fish Hawk stations (all at Crab Ledge): 7603* 

 (one., 2 inches diameter), 7605 (one, ^-inch 

 specimen), 7606 (5), 7607 (one, ^-inch), 7608* 

 (one, 2-inch), 7609* (one). 



Asterias forbcsi (Desor). Common starfish (in this 



region ) . [Chart 48 . ] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 718, 326, etc. (listed 

 both as Asterias arenicola and A.forbesi, though 

 the authors recognize that the two are probably 

 identical); Verrill, iSgsa, p. 206; Mead, 1900, 

 p. 203; Clark, 1904, p. 552; 1905, p. 4; Sum- 

 ner, 1910, fig. 20. 



Abundant and of general distribution through- 

 out the region, from the adlittoral zone to the 

 greatest depths of the Bay and Sound. Dredged 

 by the Survey in 2 to 19 fathoms, on all kinds 

 Df bottom. The abundance of the starfish is 

 subject to great fluctuations from year to year, 

 its presence or absence on a given spot being 

 frequently determined by the presence or ab- 

 sence of mussel beds. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7521 bis (2), 7522 (several), 

 7522 bis (i small), 7523 (2), 7523 bis (several 

 small), 7525 bis (few), 7526 (several), 7527 

 (few), 7528 (few), 7530 (several), 7530 bis (few), 

 7531 (i small), 7531 bis (few small), 7532 (few 

 small), 7532 bis (i), 7533 bis (i large, several 

 small), 7534 (few), 7535 (several), 7535 bi 

 (several small), 7536 (few), 7537 (many), 7538 

 (few), 7539 (few), 7541 (few), 7543 C 1 ). 7544 

 (few small), 7545 (few small), 7546 (few small), 

 7547 (few small), 7547 bis (2 small), 7548 (few 

 small), 7549 (few small), 7549 bis (i), 7550 

 (many), 7551 bis (4 large), 7552 (few small) 

 7553 bis (2), 7554 (i small), 7554 bis (2), 7555 



Asterias forbesi Continued. 



(several), 7556 (many), 7557 (i), 7558 (few), 

 7559 (i). 75 6 (0. 756i (few), 7564 (many), 

 7564 bis (i large), 7565 (few), 7566 (i), 7570 

 (4), 7571 (several), 7579 (many), 7580 (i), 7581 

 (2), 7592 (many), 7593 (?few), 7594 (?few), 

 7595 (few), 7596 (i), 7608 (few), 7610 (2 small), 

 7612 (i), 7615 (many small), 7616 (several), 

 7619 (several small), 7620 (several small), 7621 

 (several), 7624 (few), 7625 (several), 7626 (i), 

 7628 (i), 7633 (i), 7638 (several), 7644 (i), 7653 

 (2), 7654 (several), 7660 (few), 7661 (several), 

 7663 (2), 7671 (many), 7672 (few), 7673 (15), 

 7675 (3). 7676 (i), 7678 (i), 7680 (2), 7681 (few), 

 7682 (several), 7687 (i), 7697 (i small), 7699 

 (i), 7700 (large number), 7701 (several), 7702 

 (i), 7703 (i), 7704 (i small), 7706 (few), 7707 

 (few), 7708 (few), 7709 (many), 7710 (2), 7717 

 (i), 7718 (? young), 7719 (few), 7720 (few), 7721 

 (few), 7723 (several), 7725 (2 small), 7726 (sev- 

 eral), 7727 (i), 7728 (2), 7729 (i), 7730 (i small), 

 7731 (i small), 7732 (several), 7733 (4 large), 

 7734(i), 7736(i), 7740(2), 7744(2), 7751 (2), 7752 

 (i). 7753 (i small), 7759 (many), 7 7 60 (several), 

 7762 (several), 7766 (many small), 7767 (sev- 

 eral small), 7769 (few small), 7770 (several 

 small), 7772 (2 small), 7773 (i small), 7774 (few 

 small), 7775 (i large), 7776 (many large and 

 medium), 7777 (many), 7778 (common), 7779 

 (2), 7780 (very many, large), 7781 (many large), 

 7782 (several), 7783 (very many, large and 

 medium sized). Supplementary stations 

 (1909): 7618, 7624, 7643, 7659, 7671. 

 Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: i (few), 2 

 (several), 3 (few), 4 (i large), 8 (i), n (i), 12 

 (i), 15 (2), 18 (i), 22 (2), 26 (i), 27 (3), 52 (sev- 

 eral), 53 (i piece), 59 (i), 61 (i), 62 (several), 

 63 (few), 64 (few), 70 (several), 71 (several), 72 

 (several), 76 (i), 77 (2), 79 (i), 80 (few), 81 (few 

 small), 82 (several), 85 (i small), 87 (small), 

 89, 98, 100 (i small), 107 (i small), in, 113, 

 1 14 (few small), 116, 118 (several), 119(1 small), 

 120 (2), 121 (several), 122 (i small), 127 (2), 

 130, 131 (few small), 132 (several), 134 (small), 

 135 (many), 137 (i), 138 (i), 141 (i)> J 42 (i), 

 145 (common), 147 (i), 148 (2), 149 (several), 

 150 (several), 158 (i), 161 (several small), 163 

 (i small), 164 (i), 167 (2). Supplementary 

 station (1909): 83. 



The height of the spawning season is reported by 

 Mead to occur during the latter half of June in 

 Narragansett Bay, though individuals with ap- 

 parently ripe sexual products were found dur- 

 ing the rest of the summer. The young are 

 abundant in the Eel Pond during the latter 

 part of the summer. 



