BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Chcetodipterus faber Continued. 

 Woods Hole, several. Goode. Menemsha, in 



traps, August and September; very- rare. Tis- 



bury Great Pond, one seined in October, 



1906. Edwards. 

 Parasites (Linton): Nematodes Ichthyonema sp. 



Cestodes Rhynchobothrium speciosum (cysts), 



Tretrarhynchus sp. (cysts). 



Family CH^TODONTID^E. 



Chatodoncapistratus Linnaeus. Butterfly-fish. 



H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 102 (Chaetodon bricei), p. 

 103 (C. striatus); 1899; igoia(C. bricei); Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, p. 1677 (C. capitstratus), 

 p. 1678 (C. bricei); Kendall, 1908, p. in. 



Quisset Harbor, Great Harbor, Eel Pond, Ka- 

 tama Bay. Common in Katama Bay in 1899; 

 few prior to that date; 35 taken in 1900. 

 Smith. Only a few taken since then. Ed- 

 wards. Recorded for August, September, and 

 October. Taken with seine. 



This and other members of the genus taken lo- 

 cally are undoubtedly stragglers from southern 

 waters. 



Chcztodon ocellatus Bloch. Parche, butterfly-fish. 



Cope, 1870 (Sarothrodus maculocinctus); H. M. 

 Smith, 1898, p. 102; 1899; 1901 a; Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1898, p. 1674; Kendall, 1908, p. 

 in. 



Katama Bay, Woods Hole, Tisbury Great Pond, 

 a few specimens taken each year. Common at 

 Katama Bay in 1899; 123 in 1900. Smith. 

 Newport. Cope. Present from August till 

 November. Seined among eelgrass. 



Family TEUTHIDID^. 



Teuthis caruleus (Bloch & Schneider). Surgeon 

 fish. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1691; H. M. 

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

 112. 



Katama Bay, a number seined in 1899; again in 

 1900. Smith. Recorded from August to Oc- 

 tober. Only young specimens noted. 



Teuihis hepatus Linnaeus. Surgeon -fish. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1691; H. M. 



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



112. 

 Katama Bay, a number seined in 1899; again in 



1900, during same months as the preceding. 



Young specimens only. 



"What is now believed to be the young of this species 



Teuthis bahianus (Castelnau). Surgeon-fish. 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1693; H. M. 

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

 112. 



Katama Bay, a number seined in 1899; again in 

 1900, during same months as the preceding. 

 Smith. Only young specimens. 



Family BALISTID.I;. 



Batistes carolinensis Grnelin. Trigger-fish, leather- 

 jacket. 



H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 104; Jordan and Evermann 

 1898, p. 1701; Kendall, 1908, p. 112. 



Menemsha Bight, in traps, during fall; very 

 rare. 



Balis tes forcipatus Gmelin. Trigger-fish. 



Cope, 1870 (Balistes poiselli); Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, 1898, p. 1702; Kendall, 1908, p. 113. 



Ne wport . Cope . 



Balistes -vetula Linnaeus. Trigger-fish, leather- 

 jacket. 



Baird, 1873; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 103; Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, p. 1703; Linton, 1901; 

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

 p. 113. 



Menemsha, in traps during September, some 

 taken every year; young at the surface and 

 along the shores of Vineyard Sound, during 

 summer and fall. Smith. One at Menemsha, 

 August i, 1908, one in Buzzards Bay trap, 

 Woods Hole, July 29, 1908. Nantucket. 

 Sharp and Fowler. 



Food: Amphipods, copepods, seaweed. Linton. 



Parasites: Distomum vibex. Linton. 



Canthidermis sobaco Poey. Sobaco, trigger-fish. 



H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 104 (C. asperrimus); Jor- 

 dan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1705; Kendall, 

 1908, p. 113. 



Vineyard Sound, off Great Harbor; one speci- 

 med taken in floating gulf weed, July 24, 1897. 



Family MONACANTHID^E. 



Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus). Foolfish, file- 

 fish. 



Storer, 1867 (Monacanlhus massachusettensis); 

 Baird, 1873 (Stephanolcpis setifer); Bean, 1884; 

 H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 104; Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, 1898, p. 1715; Linton, 1899; Kendall, 

 1908, p. 114. 



Eel Pond, Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Ka- 

 tama Bay, Great Harbor, Tisbury Pond. Ed- 

 was described by Smith as a new species. Chaetodon bricei. 



