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Splier aides maculatus Continued. 



i&gSa, p. 59; Linton, 1901, p. 464; Sharp and 

 Fowler, 1904, p. 510; Kendall, 1908, p. 117. 



Abundant everywhere in local waters, occurring 

 from about May 20 to cold weather. Enor- 

 mously abundant in 1903, when perhaps sev- 

 eral thousand were taken in one set of the trap. 

 Young puffers are seined throughout the sum- 

 mer. Occasionally specimens were dredged 

 by the Survey throughout Vineyard Sound and 

 Buzzards Bay. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7551 (i large), 7554 (i), 7602 

 (i small), 7619 (several small), 7633 (i), 7634 

 (i), 7654 (i), 7656 (i), 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 51 (i small), 

 158(1 small). 



Spawns from June i to 10. Smith. The eggs 

 have been artificially fertilized in the labora- 

 tory. Small young abound in summer. 

 Young taken in tow from June to August, 

 chiefly in July. Towing records of V. N. 

 Edwards. 



Food: Various Crustacea (crabs, hermit crabs, 

 amphipods, shrimps), annelids, seaweed, vari- 

 ous mollusks (bivalve and univalve). Linton. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton). Echino- 

 rhynchus acus. Nematodes (Linton) Ascaris 

 habena. Cestodes (Linton) Dibotkrium sp. 

 (larvae), Phyllobothrium loliginis (immature), 

 Rhynchobothrium bulbifer (cysts), R. tumidu- 

 lum (cysts), R. sp. (cysts), Scolex polymorplius 

 (larvae), Tetrarhynchus bisulcatus (cysts), T. 

 sp. (cysts). Trematodes (Linton) Distomum 

 valdeinflatum, D. vibex, D. vitellosum. Cope- 

 pods (Wilson) Tucca cor pulentus . 



Spheroides testudineus (Linnaeus/. Tambor, -globe- 

 fish. 



Cope, 1870, (Tetraodon geometricus); Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1898, p. 1734; Kendall, 1908, p. 

 117. 



Newport. Cope. 



Spheroides trichocephalus (Cope). 



Cope, 1870 (Tetraodon trichocephahis); Jordan 



and Evermann, 1898, p. 1737; Kendall, 1908, 



p. 118. 

 Newport. Cope . 



Family DIODONTID.^. 



Diodon hystrix Linnaeus. Porcupine -fish. 



Smith and Kendall, 1898; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 

 104; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1745; 

 Kendall, 1908, p. 118. 



One specimen, 9 inches long, taken in trap in 

 Buzzards Bay, near Woods Hole station, Au- 

 gust 12, 1895. 



Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum). Burrfish, por- 

 cupine-fish, rabbit-fish. 



Baird, 1873 (Chilomycterus geometricus)', H. M' 

 Smith, 1898, p. 105; Jordan and Evermann, 



1898, p. 1748, 1749; Linton, 1901, p. 455; Ken- 

 dall, 1908, p. 118. 



Buzzards Bay, Menemsha Bight, Great Harbor, 

 Muskcget, Tisbury Pond. Edwards. Of 

 irregular occurrence, but generally rare; more 

 numerous than usual during summer of 1906. 

 Present during September, October, and No- 

 vember. Taken in traps and seines. 



Parasites: Nematodes (Linton) Ascaris ne- 

 glecia. Cestodes (Linton) Ligula sp. (larva). 

 Copepods (C. B. Wilson) Tucca impressus. 



Chilomycterus anlillarum Jordan & Rutter. Burr- 

 fish. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1749; Smith, 

 1899; (not listed by Kendall). 



Quisset Harbor, one specimen seined September 

 7, 1897. Smith. Katama Bay, September i, 



1899, one small specimen; Great Harbor 

 Woods Hole, November 2, 1910, one full-sized 

 specimen taken in fyke net; Menemsha, Sep- 

 tember 16, 1911, one specimen. (Last three 

 identified with fair certainty by F. B. Sumner). 



Family MOLID/E. 



Mo la mo la (Linnaeus). Sunfish. 



Baird, 1873 (Mola rotunda); Bean, 1884 (Mo la 

 rotunda); H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105; Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, p. 1753; Linton, 1901, p. 

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

 1908, p. 119. 



Vineyard Sound ; said to be much rarer now than 

 formerly. Dr. Smith states that formerly 8 or 

 10 were commonly seen in a season, but in 

 recent years seldom more than one. On July 

 u, 1900, a sunfish weighing about 250 pounds 

 was harpooned by Dr. Bumpus in Vineyard 

 Sound. Several were reported in local waters 

 in 1908, though none of these were captured. 

 Nan tucket, rare. Sharp and Fowler. They 

 appear during July and August and are some- 

 times captured with a harpoon. 



Food: Salpse, small amphipods. Linton. Large 

 jelly fish. C. W. Stone. 



Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) Echinor- 

 hynchus acus. Immature nematodes. Ces- 

 todes (Linton) Dibothrium microcephalum, 

 Tetrarhynchus elongatus. Trematodes (Lin- 

 ton) Distomum cantor turn, D. foliatum, D. 

 fragile, D. macrocotyle, D. nigroflavum, Tris- 

 tomum mo Ice. Copepods (Rathbun) Cecrops 

 latrcilli, Lepeophfheii us normanni (C. B. Wil- 

 son) Anthosoma crassum, Penella filosa. 



