BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Tylosurus marinus Continued. 



(Scokx polymorphus). Trematodes (Lin ton) 

 Gasterostomum sp., Microcotyle sp. Copepods 

 (C. B. Wilson) Caligodes cephalus, Lepeoph- 

 theirus edwardsi. 

 Tylosurus acus (Lacepede). Houndfish. 



Goode, 1879, p. 6 (Belone latimanus); 18843, p. 

 459 (Tylosurus caribbasus); Bean, 1884 (T. carib- 

 bceus); Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 716; 

 H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 93; Sharp and Fowler, 

 1904, p. 508; Kendall, 1908, p. 57. 



Woods Hole. Goode, Bean. Woods Hole in 

 Buzzards Bay trap, occasional specimens 

 taken, one in 1902. Edwards. A specimen 

 in local collection, about 4 feet long, dated 

 July 27, 1886. Nantucket, rare. Sharp and 

 Fowler. 



Parasites (Linton) : Acanthocephala Echino- 

 rhynchus pristis; Nematodes Ascaris sp. im- 

 mature. Cestodes Dibothrium restiforme, 

 Rhynchobothri-um speciosum. Trematodes 

 Distomum nitens. 



On the 1886 specimen a cluster of stalked bar- 

 nacles (Conchoderma mrgatum) was growing 

 between the eyes. 

 Athlennes hians (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 718; H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 93; Kendall, 1908, p. 57. 



Buzzards Bay trap, one taken in summer of 

 1895. Smith. A second on August 14, 

 1902. Edwards. 



Family HEMIRAMPHID/E. 



Hyporhamphus roberti a (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Halfbeak, skipper. 



Cope, 1870, (Hemirhamphus unifasciatus); Goode, 

 18843, p. 461 (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus); Jor- 

 dan and Evermann, 1896, p. 721; H. M. Smith, 

 1898, p. 93; Kendall, 1908, p. 57. 



Newport. Cope. Woods Hole. Goode. Me- 

 nemsha, West Falmouth, Gay Head, common 

 to abundant. Smith. Present in July, Au- 

 gust, and September. Taken with the seine 

 or in the fish traps. 

 Hemirhamphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus). 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 722; H. M. 

 Smith, 18983, p. 544. 



Woods Hole, in Buzzards Bay, August 9, 1898, a 

 specimen 5^ inches long. Smith. 



Euleptorhamphus -velox Poey. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 724; Kendall, 



1908, p. 58. 

 Newport. Goode. Off Nantucket. Putnam. 



Family SCOMBRESOCID^. 



Scombresox saurus (Walbaum). Saury, skipper. 



Baird, 1873 (Scomberesox scutellahis); Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1896, p. 725; H. M. Smith, 

 1898, p. 93; Kendall, 1908, p. 58. 



Nobska Point. Smith. Menemsha (1905), Had- 

 ley Harbor (1906). Edwards. Commonly 

 very rare locally, though many have been 

 taken on two occasions ( 1905 and 1906). Rec- 

 ords for August, September, and December. 



Family EXOCCETID^E. 



Parexoccetus mesogaster (Bloch). Flying-fish. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 728; Kendall, 



1908, p. 59. 

 Newport. Jordan and Meek. 



Exoccetus rondeletii (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Flying-fish. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 733; H. M. 

 Smith, 1901; Kendall, 1908, p. 59. 



Menemsha Bight, one specimen taken in trap 

 October 13, 1900. Smith. A specimen in the 

 local collection, dated August 7, 1886, and 

 labelled " Exoccetus volitans," seems to belong 

 to the present species. Sumner. 

 Exocaetus volitans Linnaeus. Flying-fish. 



Baird, 1873 (Exoccetus melanurus); Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1896, p. 734; H. M. Smith, 1898, 

 p. 93; Kendall, 1908, p. 59. 



Vineyard Sound, especially in traps at Menem- 

 sha Bight; also at Great Harbor; of variable 

 frequency, but usually scarce. Appears during 

 September and October. Edwards. The 

 authors have not seen any specimens of this 

 species from local waters. One so labeled 

 in the museum of the station is probably 

 E. rondeletii. 

 Cypselurus heterurus (Rafinesque). Flying-fish. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 735 (Exoccetus 

 heterurus); Smith, 1899; 1900 (Exoccetus hete- 

 rurus); Kendall, 1908, p. 59. 



Woods Hole in 1886; Menemsha Bight, one speci- 

 men seined on August i, 1899; another in trap, 

 August 21. Smith. Several specimens of this 

 species in the National Museum are from Woods 

 Hole or vicinity. Two fishes of this species 

 were taken at Menemsha Bight, July 10, 1908 

 (identified by F. B. Sumner). This is prob- 

 ably the commonest local flying-fish. 



Cypselurus furcatus (Mitchill). Flying-fish. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 737 (Exoccetus 



furcatus); Kendall, 1908, p. 60. 

 Newport. Jordan and Meek. 



"Local records for " Hyporhampusunijasciatus" are believed to refer to H. roberti- 



