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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family 



Sebastes marinus (Linnaeus). Rosefish, red perch. 



Bean, 1884; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105; Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, p. 1760; Kendall, 1908, 

 p. 119. 



Great Harbor, December 20, 1895; several speci- 

 mens stranded by the tide. Smith. 



Scorpasna plumieri Bloch. Scorpion-fish. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1848; H. M. 

 Smith, 1899, 1900, igoia; Kendall, 1908, p. 

 120. 



Woods Hole, 20 specimens during August, Sep- 

 tember, and October, 1899; 2 in 1900. Smith. 



Scorpcena grandicornis Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Scorpion-fish, lionfish. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1908, p. 1850; H. M. 



Smith, 1899, 1900; Kendall, 1908, p. 120. 

 Katama Bay, one specimen seined September 

 29, 1899. Smith. 



Family COTTID^. 



Myoxocephalus ceneus (Mitchill). Sculpin, grubby. 

 [Chart 204.] 



Baird, 1873 (Coitus mitchilli); Bean, 1884 (Coi- 

 tus (zneus); Bumpus, 1898, p. 485 (Acantho- 

 cottus &neus); Mead, 1898, p. 702 (A. ceneus); 

 H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105 (.4. (zneus); Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, p. 1972; Lintori, 1901, p. 

 466; Kendall, 1908, p. 121. 



Shores and deeper waters everywhere, very com- 

 mon throughout the year. Taken with the 

 seine and fyke net. Dredged by the Survey 

 with considerable frequency throughout Vine- 

 yard Sound and along the eastern shore line of 

 Buzzards Bay, in waters 2 to 15 fathoms deep. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7522 (i small), 7524(1 small), 

 7524 bis (2 very small), 7528 (i), 7530 (i), 7536 

 (2 small), 7543 bis (i small), 7547 bis (3 small), 

 7549 bis (2), 7653 (i), 7699 (i young), 7701 (i 

 young), 7704 (i), 7722 (i small), 7739 (i), 7740 

 (2), 7760 (4), 7761 (i small), 7762 (many small), 

 7767 (many small), 7777 (3 small). 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 8 (2), 14 (i), 

 20 (i small), 24 (i), 27 (i), 29 (i), 32 (i very 

 small), 34 (i), 36 (i), 38 (i), 44 (3), 50 (many 

 small), 52 (few), 53 (many), 55 (i), 56 (i), 58, 

 59, 64 (i ?), 69 (i), 73 (i), 74 (i), 79, 83, 100 

 (small), 101 (small), 109, in (i), 113, 115 (i), 

 117 (i), 129 (i), 131 (2), 134 (i), 141 (i). 



Spawns all through the winter. Edwards. 

 Eggs taken from nets and seaweed in March. 

 Bumpus. Observed hatch ing April 27, 1898. 

 Mead. Young of sculpin (probably for the 



Myoxocephalus icneus Continued. 



most part of this species) taken from January 

 to May; most abundantly in March and April; 

 a few recorded in October. Towing records of 

 V. N. Edwards. 



Food: Annelids, copcpods, shrimps, and young 

 fish (flounders). Linton. Also crabs (Cancer 

 and Pagurus) and Zostera. I. A. Field. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) Echlno- 

 rhynchus acus. Nematodes (Linton) Ascaris 

 clavata, A. habena, A. sp. Cestodes (Linton) 

 Dibothrium punctatum, D. sp. (larvae), Rhyn- 

 chobothrium bulbifer (cysts), R. imparispine 

 (cysts). Trematodes (Linton) Distomum ap- 

 pendiculatum, D. sp. Copepods (C. B. Wil- 

 son) Argulus laticauda, A. megalops. 



Myoxocephalus grcenlandicus (Cuvier & Valenci- 

 ennes). Daddy sculpin. 



Storer, 1867, p. 26 (Acanthocottus variabilix); H. 

 M. Smith, 1898, p. 105 (Acanthocottus graen- 

 landicus); Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 

 1974; Kendall, 1908, p. 122. 



Common from October to December or January, 

 the occurrence being similar to that of the next 

 species. 



Spawn in November and December. 



Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitchill). 

 Eighteen-spined sculpin, long-spined sculpin. 

 Baird, 1873 (Coitus octodecim-spinosus); Bean, 

 1884 (Coitus octodecimspinosus); H. M. Smith, 

 1898, p. 105 (Acanthocottus octodecimspinosus); 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1976; Sharp 

 and Fowler, 1904, p. 511; Kendall, 1908, p. 

 123. 



Shores and deeper water everywhere; very 

 abundant from October to December or Janu- 

 ary. A few taken during the Survey dredging 

 in Vineyard Sound and at Crab Ledge, in July 

 August, and September. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7556 (i), 7608 (4), 7718 (3). 

 Phalarope station 19. 



Spawns in November and December; eggs often 

 come ashore by the bucketful on Nobska 

 Beach. Smith. 



Parasites (Linton): Acanthocephala Echino- 

 rhynchus acits. Nematodes Ascaris clavata, 

 A. habena. Cestodes Dibothrium punctalum, 

 Rhynchobothrium imparispine (cysts). Trema- 

 todes Distonnim sp. 



At times this sculpin may be a pest to fishermen, 

 taking bait intended for other fish. Edwards. 



