BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Melanogrammus a-glcfinus (Linnaeus). Haddock. 



Verrill, 1873, p. 518; Baird, 1873; Bean, 1884; 

 H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 107; Jordan and Ever- 

 raann, 1898, p. 2542; Linton, 1901, p. 476; 

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

 p. 140. 



Common 6 or 7 miles off Gay Head and on the 

 ocean side of Marthas Vineyard; at Lamberts 

 Cove, 4 or 5 specimens, weighing 8 or 9 pounds, 

 were taken May 14, 1898; a few others in Vine- 

 yard Sound during the same spring. Smith. 

 Taken in March and April on hook and line, 

 baited with herring or clam. 



Spawns in March. Edwards. 



Food: "A complete list of the animals devoured 

 by the haddock would doubtless include all 

 species belonging to this fauna." Verrill and 

 Smith. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) Echino- 

 rhynchus acus. Nematodes (Linton) Ascaris 

 acanthocaudata, A. clavata, Heterakis foveo- 

 lata, immature nematodes. Cestodes (Lin- 

 ton) Dibothrium rugosum, Rhynchobothrium 

 imparispine (cysts), Scolex polymorphus (lar- 

 vae). Trematodes (Linton) Distomum rachi- 

 on, D. sp. Copepods (C. B. Wilson) Calig-us 

 curtus, C. rapax, Lerncea branchialis . 



Urophycis regius ( Walbaum). Codling, king hake. 



H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 106 (Phycis regius); Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, p. 2553; Kendall, 1908, 

 p. 141. 



Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, scarce. Woods 

 Hole; one specimen taken November 6J, an- 

 other November 7$, 1911. Taken in the seine 

 late in the fall. Smith. Dredged in August. 

 Survey. 



Fish Hawk Stations: 7627! (i), 76541 (2), 7&57f 

 (i). 



Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill). Squirrel hake, white 

 hake. 



Bean, 1884; Bumpus, 18983, p. 60; H. M. Smith, 

 1898, p. 106 (Phycis tenuis); Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, 1898, p. 2555; Linton, 1901, p. 477 

 (Phycis tenuis); Kendall, 1908, p. 142. 



Abundant and of general distribution. A bot- 

 tom-living fish, frequenting muddy bottoms. 

 Fishes of i to i.V 2 pounds weight abundant in 

 October and November; many then enter the 

 Eel Pond ; young common throughout the sum- 

 mer when they are sometimes taken at the 

 surface under eelgrass and gulf weed. Smith. 

 Occasional specimens dredged by the Survey 

 in Buzzards Bay, one in Vineyard Sound. 



Urophycis tennis Continued. 

 Fish Hawk stations: 7592 (? 2 large and i small), 

 7617 (2), 7624 (i small), 7656 ( i), 7662 (i), 7663 



(i), 7673 (i). 



Phalarope station 22 (i small). 



Taken with ripe eggs in July. 



Food: Worms have been found in stomach. 

 Edwards. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) Echino- 

 rhynchuf acus. Nematodes (Linton) Ascaris 

 habena, A. sp., Ichthyonemasp. Cestodes(Lin- 

 ton) Dibothrium rugosum, Phyllobothrium lo- 

 liginis (immature), Rhynchobothrium impari- 

 spine (cysts). Trematodes (Linton) Disto- 

 mum hispidum. Copepods (C. B. Wilson) 

 Caligus curtus, C. rapax. 



Urophycis chuss (Walbaum). Hake, squirrel hake. 

 Baird, 1873; Bean, 1884; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 



107 (Phycis chuss); Jordan and Evermann, 



1898, p. 2555; Linton, 1901, p. 478 (Phycis 



chuss); Kendall, 1908, p. 143. 

 Abundant in May and June, again in October and 



November. Smith. Dredged by the Survey 



in July and August at the western end of Vine- 



yard Sound. 

 Fish Hawk stations: 7581* (one 2 inches long), 



7592* (one 3 inches long), 7599! (i large), 



7682f (i), 7702! (2), 77o6f (i), 77o?t (i), 7709! 

 (2), 77i 9 f (i). 



Found with nearly ripe spawn in July; young 

 hake (perhaps U. chuss) taken in tow from 

 February till October; most abundant from 

 March till July. Edwards. 



Food: Shrimps, amphipods, and other small 

 Crustacea, small fish. Linton. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) Echino- 

 rhynchus acus. Nematodes (Linton) Ascaris 

 habena, Heterakis foveolata. Cestodes (Lin- 

 ton) Dibothrium punctatum, Phyllobothrium 

 loliginis (immature), Rhynchobothrium bulbifer 

 (cysts), R. imparispine (cysts), R. longispine 

 (cysts), Scolex polymorphus (larvae), Tetra- 

 rhynchus bisulcatus (cysts). Trematodes (Lin- 

 ton) Distomum appendiculatum, D. ocreatum. 

 Copepods (C. B. Wilson) Caligus rapax. 



Gaidropsarus argcntatus (Reinhardt). 



Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 2559; Kendall, 



1908, p. 143. 

 Vineyard Sound. Goode, cited by Kendall. 



Rhinonemus cimbrius (Linnaeus). Four-bearded 



rockling. 



Bean, 1884; Goode and Bean, 1895, p. 384; H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 107; Jordan and Evermann, 



