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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Stenotomus chrysops Continued . 



Abundant everywhere, being taken from May i 

 to the latter part of October; most abundantly 

 in June and July. An important item in the 

 local trap fishery. Small specimens were 

 taken during the Survey dredging throughout 

 Vineyard Sound and the lower half of Buzzards 

 Bay, in waters of 3 to 17 fathoms depth. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7548 (many), 7554 (many), 

 7567 (few), 7569 (2), 7570 (few), 7574 (i), 7575 

 (i), 7576 (many), 7578 (many), 7579 (many), 

 7580 (many), 7582 (several), 7583 (i), 7584 (i), 

 7593 (many), 7594 (few), 7597 (i), 7598 (i), 7599 

 (i), 7602 (few), 7615 (i), 7643 (i), 7654 (i), 7656 

 (many), 7657, 7660 (several), 7673 (several), 

 7675 (i). 7734 (i), 7739 (2), 774i (i), 7757 (*). 

 7759 (i). 77 61 (several), 7765 (2), 7767 (few), 

 777 2 (0. 7774 (2), 7777 (several), 7778 (few), 

 7780 (many), 7781 (few), 7782 (several), 7783 

 (many). 



Spawns early in June. For growth of young, see 

 Sherwood and Edwards, 1901. 



Food : All kinds of small Crustacea, annelids, bi- 

 valve and univalve mollusks, etc. Verrill and 

 Smith. Small fish and squid, also annelids, 

 crabs, shrimps, amphipods, mollusks, hy- 

 droids, young sea urchin, holothurians, vege- 

 table debris, copepods, small Crepidula. 

 Linton. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) Echino- 

 rhynchus acus, E. sagittifcr. Nematodes (Lin- 

 ton) Ascarissp. (immature). Cestodes (Lin- 

 ton) Rhynchobothrium imparispine, R. longi- 

 spine (cysts), R. speciosum (cysts), Scolex poly- 

 morphus (larvae), Tetrarhynchus bisukatus 

 (cysts). Trematodes (Linton) Distomum 

 appendiculatum, D. mtellosum, D. sp., Micro- 

 cotylestenotomi. Rhynchobdellida (Linton) 

 Pontobdella rapax. Copepods (C. B. Wilson) 

 ( 'aligns rapax. 



Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). Sailor's choice, 

 pinfish. 



Goode, 18843, p. 393; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 101; 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1358; Kendall, 

 1908, p. 103. 



Woods Hole. Goode. Quisset Harbor, Great 

 Harbor, Tisbury Great Pond, Eel Pond. 

 Edwards. A specimen ioK inches long taken 

 in Buzzards Bay in 1899. Smith. Ordinarily 

 scarce; common throughout the region in 

 1906. Recorded from June till October 25. 

 Taken with the seine. 



Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). Sheeps- 

 head. 



Storer, 1867, p. 49 (Sargus ovis); Goode, 18843, p. 

 381 (Diplodus probatocephalus); H. M. Smith, 

 1898, p. 101; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 

 1361; Linton, 1901, p. 459; Kendall, 1908, p. 

 104. 



Wareham Goode. Buzzards Bay. Edwards. 

 Very uncommon of late, though said to have 

 formerly been quite common. Recorded for 

 July and August. Taken by line. 



Parasites: Echinorhynchu-s proteus. Linton. 



Family GERRID^. 



Eucinostomus gula (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Sil- 

 ver jenny, Irish pompano. 



Goode, 18843, p. 279 (Gerres argenteus); H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 101; Jordan and Evermann, 

 1898, p. 1370; Kendall, 1908, p. 104. 



Woods Hole. Goode. Quisset Harbor, Eel 

 Pond; usually very uncommon, but small 

 specimens were taken on a number of dates 

 during August, September, and October, 

 1897. Smith. 



Family KYPHOSID^. 



Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus). Rudder-fish, Ber- 



muda chub. 

 Baird, 1873 (Pimelepturusboscii); Goode, 18843, 



p. 394 (Cyphosus boscii); H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 



101; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1387; 



Kendall, 1908, p. 104. 

 Woods Hole. Goode. Quisset Harbor, Tisbury 



Great Pond. Edwards. Not rare in summer 



and fall, occasionally met with in April. 



Smith. Taken seining; sometimes found 



3mong gulf weed at surface. 

 Parssites: Caligus rapax. C. B. Wilson. 



Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1386 (not re- 



corded locally). 



One specimen taken in trap at Nantucket, Oc- 

 tober 31, 1906 (sent to G. M. Gray and identi- 

 fied by H. M. Smith). 



Family 



Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider). Sque- 



teague, weakfish, sea trout. 



Storer, 1867, p. 45 (Otolithus regalis); Baird, 1873; 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 515, Bumpus, 

 18983, p. 59; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 101; Jordan 

 3nd Evermsnn, 1898, p. 1407; Linton, 1899; 

 Sherwood and Edwards, 1901 ; Sharp and Fow- 

 ler, 1904, p. 510; Kendsll, 1908, p. 105. 



