746 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Cypselurus gibbifrons (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 741 (Exoccelus 



gibbifrons); Kendall, 1908, p. 60. 

 Newport. Jordan and Evermann. 



Family GASTEROSTEID^. 



Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus). Nine-spined 

 stickleback. 



Baird, 1873 (Pygosteus dekayi); Bean, 1884 (Py- 

 gosteus pungitius); Jordan and Evermann, 

 1896, p. 745 (Pygosteus pungitius); H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 93 (Pygosteus pungitius); Ken- 

 dall, 1908, p. 61. 



Eel Pond, Quisset Harbor, Hadley Harbor, La- 

 good Pond; common at the head of harbors 

 where water is not fully salt. Edwards. A 

 resident fish. Taken with seine. 



Spawns in April and May. Edwards. 



Parasites: A small Distomum. Linton. 



Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus. Three-spined 



stickleback. 

 Baird, 1873 (Gasterosteus biacukatus); Bean, 



1884; Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 747; H. 



M. Smith, 1898, p. 93 (Gasterosteus bispinosus)^ 



Bumpus, 18983, p. 59 (Gasterosteus bispinosus); 



Kendall, 1908, p. 61. 

 Shores everywhere; the most common local 



stickleback. A resident fish, taken in greatest 



abundance in March and April. Edwards. 



Dredged at Blue Wing station 50. 

 Breeds in May and early June. Edwards. 



Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum. a Stickleback. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 748; H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 93 (Gasterosteus gladiunculus); 

 Kendall, 1908, p. 63. 



Smith (1898) records the capture of one speci- 

 men of "Gasterosteus gladiunculus Kendall," 

 in October, 1897. Dr. Kendall informs us 

 that this species, now known to be G. bispino- 

 sus Walbaum, is fairly common at Woods Hole 

 in summer, but that few except small speci- 

 mens have been taken, these being collected 

 by the tow net. 



Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill). Four-spined stickle- 

 back. 



Baird, 1873; Bean, 1884; Jordan and Evermann, 

 1896, p. 752; Bumpus, 18983, p. 59; H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 93; Linton, 1901, p. 443; Ken- 

 dall, 1908, p. 63. 



Very common, along shores everywhere, both in 

 salt and brackish water; taken at all seasons. 



Spawns in May and June. 



Food: Copepods. Linton. 



Family FISTULARIID^. 

 Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus. Trumpet-fish. 



Storer, 1867, p. 141 (Fistularia serrata); Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1896, p. 755; H. M. Smith, 

 1898, p. 94; 1900; Kendall, 1908, p. 64. 



Buzzards Bay near Quissett, a few every year; 

 Great Harbor. Smith. Tisbury Pond. Ed- 

 wards. A specimen in the museum was taken 

 in the inclosure of the local pier, close to the 

 laboratory. Present in September, October, 

 and early November. Taken with the seine? 



Usual size 7 or 8 inches. Smith. Largest, seined 

 November i, 1899, 20 inches in length, exclu- 

 sive of tail. Edwards. 



Family SYNGNATHID^E. 



Syngnathus fuscus Storer. Pipefish. [Chart 199.] 

 Baird, 1873 (Syngnathus peckianus); Bean, 1884 

 (Siphostoma fuscum); Jordan and Evermann, 

 1896, p. 770 (Siphostoma fusciim ;) H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 94 (Siphostoma fuscum); 

 Bumpus, 1898, p. 486; 18983, p. 59 (Siphostoma 

 fuscum); Linton, 1901, p. 443 (Siphostoma 

 fuscum); Sharp and Fowler, 1904, p. 507 

 (Siphostoma fuscum); Kendall, 1908, p. 65. 

 Very common among eelgrass along shores every- 

 where ; also taken by means of the dip net in 

 the open Sound among floating weed. A resi- 

 dent species Dredged by the Survey at scat- 

 tered stations throughout Buzzards Bay and 

 Vineyard Sound, in waters of 2 to 17 fathoms. 

 Fish Hawk stations: 7530 bis (i), 7551 (2), 7554 

 (2), 7564 bis (i), 7566 (i small), 7570 (i small), 

 7576 (several small), 7577 (2 young), 7580 (2, i 

 a male with eggs in pouch), 7582 (i), 7591 (i 

 small), 7598 (i small), 7600 (i large), 7602 (i), 

 7622(3, i a male with well-developed eggs), 7633 



(i). 7 6 57 ( I ). 7 6 73 (O. 77 61 (*). 77 62 (2, i a male 



with eggs), 7778 (i), 7783 (i male with eggs). 

 Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 50 (4), 53 



(several), 73 (i), 109 (i adult male with eggs), 



i5o(male with eggs), 154 (i small), 158 (i). 

 Spawns about June i ; males carrying eggs in 



the brood pouch found throughout July. 



"Breeding" as early as May 13. Bumpus. 



Young taken in tow from April to August. 



Records of V. N. Edwards. 

 Food: Small Crustacea.- Linton. 

 Parasites: Rhynchobothrium heterospine. Linton. 



Hippocampus hudsonius De Kay. Sea-horse. 

 Storer, 1867, p. 223; Baird, 1873; Goode, 1884, 

 p. 172 (Hippocampus heptagonus); Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1896, p. 777; H. M. Smith, 1898, 

 p. 94; Sherwood and Edwards, 1901; Kendall, 

 1908, p. 65. 



a This is not the "Gasterosteus bispinosus" of former Woods Hole lists, which really referred to G. aculeatus. 



