734 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Amaroucium stellatum Continued. 



7724 (several clumps)t, 77 2 5 (little), 7729, 7730, 

 7731 (little), 7732 (little), 7733 (little), 7734 

 (i mass), 7740 (little), 7742, 7744 (little)t, 7745 

 (little)f, 7753 (i mass), 7755 (i mass), 7780 (2 

 colonies), 7782 (little), 7783 (little). 

 Phalarope stations: 2 (large masses), 3 (few), 15 

 (few colonies), 63 (3), 74 (several), 76 (very 

 abundant), 77 (few). 



Amaroucium sp. 



A species which Dr. Ritter believes to be unde- 

 scribed was dredged at Crab Ledge (Fish Hawk 

 stations 7605, 7606, 7608, and 7609) in 16 to 25 



fathoms. 



Family DOLIOLID^E. 

 Doliolum sp. 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 707, 446; Bumpus, 



Vineyard Sound. A. Agassiz, cited by Verrill. 

 Often taken near Gay Head. Bumpus. 



Family 



Salpa democratica-mucronata Forskal. 



Gould, 1870, p. 6 (Salpa caboti); Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 706, 445, etc. (Salpa caboti). 



Quite common in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards 

 Bay. Gould. "Found in wonderful abun- 

 dance on September 8, off Gay Head and 

 throughout the outer parts of Vineyard Sound, 

 and on several other occasions were nearly as 



Salpa democratica-mucronata Continued. 



abundant. ' ' Verrill. The latter author speaks 

 of these animals (locality not stated) as " at 

 times completely filling the water for miles in 

 every direction, from the surface to the depth 

 of several fathoms, and ... so crowded that 

 a bucket of water dipped up at random will 

 often contain several quarts of Salpa;." 

 Verrill mentions a variety cyanea, taken in 

 "Vineyard Sound, especially off Gay Head, 

 in September." 



Salpa zonaria-cordiformis (Pallas). 



A specimen, thus identified by Prof. Ritter, was 

 taken in the dredge (probably near surface) 

 off Gay Head at Fish Hawk station 7718. 

 Other specimens taken at the surface in the 

 vicinity of Woods Hole (date unrecorded) 

 have likewise been referred to this species by 

 Prof. Ritter. Salpa of this or some other spe- 

 cies are occasionally brought into the labora- 

 tory in considerable numbers. 



Family APPENDICULARIID^E. 



Appendicularia sp. sp. 



Verrill and Smith (1873, p. 707, 446, etc.) list two 

 undetermined species, "a" and "b"; and 

 Bumpus (iSgSb) reports the occurrence of a 

 species of this genus which was "abundant 

 near Gay Head, on July 28." 



Class MARSIPOBRANCHII. 



Family 



Myxine glutinosa Linnseus. Hag-fish, slime eel. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 7; Kendall, 1908, 



p. i (in neither work recorded south of Cape 



Cod). 

 Crab Ledge, occasionally drawn up on codfish 



bait. V. N. Edwards. 



Family PETROMYZONID^E. 



Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus. Lamprey, lamprey 



eel. 



Baird, 1873, (Petromyzon americanus); Bean, 

 1884; Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 10; 



Petromyzon marinus Continued. 



Bumpus, i&g8a, p. 58; H. M. Smith, 1898, 

 p. 88; Sharp and Fowler, 1904, p. 505; Ken- 

 dall, 1908, p. i. 



Buzzards Bay. Smith, Edwards. Vineyard 

 Sound. Edwards. Taken in traps in May 

 and June; not common, though reported to 

 have been more so formerly. Nantucket, one 

 specimen reported April, 1904. Sharp and 

 Fowler. 



Known to spawn in Taunton River. Edwards. 

 Eggs ripe latter part of May; breeds as late as 

 June 17. Bumpus. 



Family 



Mustclus canis (Mitchill). Dogfish (locally called 

 "smooth dogfish," to distinguish it from 

 Squalus acanthias). 



Storer, 1867, p. 252; Baird, 1873; Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 521; Bean, 1884; Jordan and 



Class PISCES. 



Mustelus canis Continued. 



Evermann, 1896, p. 29; Bumpus, i898b, p. 

 851 (Galeus canis); H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 88; 

 Thompson, 1899; Linton, 1901, p. 425; Sharp 

 and Fowler, 1904, p. 505; Field, 1907, p. 10 

 et seq.; Kendall, 1908, p. 3. 



Speclmens from points designated by an asterisk (*) were identified by Dr. B. \V. Evermann; those from points designated 

 by a dagger (t). by Dr. R. C. Osburn; those from points designated by a double dagger ( J), by Dr. F. B. Sumner. 



