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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Tautogolabrus adspersus Continued. 



Taken everywhere and in large numbers, espe- 

 cially under wharves and around piers. A 

 resident fish, said to take refuge among eelgrass 

 in winter. Caught with seine, fyke, small 

 trap, or hand line. Dredged by the Survey 

 (chiefly young specimens) throughout Vine- 

 yard Sound and Buzzards Bay, in waters of 2% 

 to 20 fathoms depth. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7521 bis (i), 7525 i (small), 

 7543 bis (i small), 7548 (i), 7556 (i small), 7564 

 (i small), 7572 (i large, i small), 7580 (i), 7608 

 (i small), 7610 (i small), 7615 (2 very small), 

 7619 (several), 7622 (several young), 7624 (sev- 

 eral young), 7626 (several small), 7633, 7637 (i 

 very small), 7638 (i very small), 7643 (few 

 small), 7644 (2 large, several small), 7663 (i), 

 7671 (several), 7675 (3), 7688 (i small), 7689 

 (5), 7720(1), 7721 (several), 7742 (i small), 7745 

 (i medium), 7750 (i), 7759 (2), 7762 (many), 

 7763 (several), 7764 (very many), 7767 (many 

 small), 7768 (i), 7778 (i medium). 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 3 (i small), 

 48 (i small), 60 (i), 73 (i), 75 (i), 130 (i small), 



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Spawns in June and early July. Young taken 

 in tow from June to October, being most 

 abundant in June and July. Towing records 

 of V. N. Edwards. 



Food: Seaweed, hydroid stems, bryozoa, tuni- 

 cates, annelids, small Crustacea (Caprella, 

 shrimps, etc.), univalve mollusks. Linton. 

 In order of frequency: Amphipods, eelgrass, 

 snails, prawns, small fishes (silversides, stickle- 

 backs, pipefish, etc.), Botryllus, rock crab, 

 algae, teleost eggs, lady crabs, hydrofds, 

 Nereis, hermit crab v isopods, Soleyma -velum, 

 bryozoa. I. A. Field. 



Parasites (Linton): Immature nematodes. Ces- 

 todes Rhynchobothrium imparispine (cysts). 

 Trematodes immature distomes in skin, Dis- 

 tomum areolatum, D. mtellosum, D. sp. 



This species is sometimes destroyed in great 

 numbers during severe winters. Mr. Ed- 

 wards states that barrels of dead dinners were 

 found floating in the water after "anchor ice," 

 February, 1901. 



Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus). Tautog, blackfish. 

 Baird, 1873; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 515, 

 Bean, 1884; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 102, Jor- 

 dan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1578; Sherwood 

 and Edwards, 1901; Linton, 1901, p. 463; 

 Sharp and Fowler, 1904, p. 510; Kendall, 1908, 

 p. 108. 



Tautoga onitis Continued. 



Abundant everywhere and at all seasons through- 

 out the region. Taken in traps and on hand 

 lines; the young frequently caught in the 

 seine. 



Spawns in June and July. Young taken in tow 

 in June, July, and August. Towing records of 

 V. N. Edwards. 



Food: Cancer irroratus, Pagurus longicarpus, Pa- 

 gurus pollicaris, Panopeus depressus, P. sayi, 

 Ovalipes ocellatus, Pelia mutica, Homarus 

 americanus, Balanus crenatus, Loligo pealii, 

 Crepidula fornicata, C. plana, Triforis nigro- 

 cinctus, Area pexata, Pecten gibbus borealis, 

 Mytilus edulis, Modiolus modiolus, Nucula 

 proximo, Mya arenaria, Petricola pholadiformis, 

 Bittium alternatum, Tritia trimttaia, Echina- 

 rachnius parma, Crisia eburnea, Styela partita, 

 Didemnum lutarium. Verrill and Smith. A 

 great variety of crabs and mollusks; in young 

 specimens, seaweed, small Crustacea, mollusks, 

 and annelids. Linton. Astonishing as it may 

 seem , the tautog unquestionably devours sessile 

 barnacles of considerable size. 



Parasites (Linton): Acanthocephala Echino- 

 rhynchus acus. Cestodes Rhynchobothrium 

 hispidum (cysts), Scolex polymorphus (larvae). 

 Trematodes Distomum mtellosum, D. sp., 

 Microcotyle hiatuhe, immature distomes in 

 skin. 



Mr. Edwards reports that great numbers of this 

 fish, like the preceding species, were killed 

 (by " anchor ice") in February, 1901 (see note 

 above). 



Family SCARID^E. 



Sparisoma fla-vescens (Bloch & Schneider). Parrot- 

 fish. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1639; H. M. 



Smith, 1901; Kendall, 1908, p. no. 

 One specimen picked up on shore of Buzzards 

 Bay, November 13, 1900. Smith. 



Scarus croicensis (Bloch.) Parrot-fish. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1650; H. M. 



Smith, 1901, Kendall 1908, p. no. 

 Katama Bay, two specimens seined October 20, 

 1900. Smith. 



Family EPHIPPID^. 



Chatodipterus faber (Broussonet). Angel -fish, 



spadefish. 



Goode, i884a, p. 445-446; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 

 102; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1668; 

 Linton, 1901, p. 463; Kendall, 1908, p. in. 



