BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Hemitripierus americanus (Gmclin). Sea raven. 



Baird, 1873 (Hemitripterus acadianus); Bean, 

 1884; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105; Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1898, p. 2023; Linton, 1901, p. 467; 

 Kendall, 1908, p. 125. 



Great Harbor, Katama Bay, Great Pond, off Nan- 

 tucket. Edwards. Common in October and 

 November. Smith. Seined in May. Ed- 

 wards. Occasionally dredged in the western 

 part of Vineyard Sound during July and Au- 

 gust. Survey. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7680 (i small), 7703 (i 

 small), 7718 (3), 7731 (i). 



Parasites (Linton): Acanthocephala Echino- 

 rhynchus acus. Nematodes Ascaris sp. Ces- 

 todes Dibothrium punctatum, Phyllobothrium 

 loliginis (immature), Rhynchobothrium impar- 

 ispine (cysts). Trematodes Distomum sim- 

 plex. 



Family CYCLOPTERID^J. 



Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus. Lumpfish, lump 

 sucker. 



Baird, 1873; Bean, 1884; Bumpus, 18983, p. 59; 

 H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105; Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, 1898, p. 2096; Sharp and Fowler, 1904, 

 p. 511; Kendall, 1908, p. 125. 



Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Great Harbor, 

 Eel Pond. Adults common in spring when 

 they are taken in traps, fyke nets, and seines; 

 young found among driftweed throughout the 

 summer till November. Two small specimens 

 taken in tow net, June 5, 1905. Edwards. 

 One young fish dredged near Gay Head at 

 Blue Wing station 48. 



Spawns in April. Smith, Bumpus. 



Parasites: C 'aligns rapax. C. B. Wilson. 



Family LIPARIDID^. 



Neoliparis atlanticus Jordan & Evermann. Sea 

 snail. 



H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105 (Neoliparis montagui); 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 2107 (sp. nov.); 

 Kendall, 1908, p. 126. 



Fyke net at mouth of Little Harbor, in Decem- 

 ber. Edwards. Vineyard Sound, in Au- 

 gust. Survey. Apparently rare locally. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7536 (one, about i inch long, 

 identified by B. W. Evermann), 7721 (one, 

 identified by R. C. Osburn). 



Liparis liparis (Linnaeus). Sea snail. 



Bean, 1884 (Liparis lineatus); H. M. Smith, 1898, 

 p. 105; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 2116; 

 Kendall, 1908, p. 127. 



Liparis liparis Continued. 



Woods Hole, at mouth of both harbors, on rocky 

 bottom; common in winter, occasional in sum- 

 mer. Edwards. 



Found full of spawn in December and January. 

 Smith. Two with spawn, March 26. Ed- 

 wards. 



Parasites: Undetermined cestode. Linton. 



Family TRIGLID^. 



Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus). Sea robin, com- 

 mon gurnard. [Chart 205.] 



Storer, 1867, p. 18 (Prionotus palmipes); Baird, 

 1873; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 516; Goode, 

 18843, p. 255-258 (Prionotus palmipes); Bean, 

 1884; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 106; Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1898, p. 2156; Bumpus, 18983; 

 Linton, 1901, p. 470; Sharp and Fowler, 1904, 

 p. 511; Kendall, 1908, p. 127. 



Common everywhere in local waters, both in- 

 shore and at greater depths. About 1,000 

 taken in a trap in one day (May, 1898). 

 Bumpus. Present from May or June till Oc- 

 tober or later. Smith. Dredged by the Sur- 

 vey throughout Vineyard Sound and the lower 

 end of Buzzards Bay, in water 5 to 17 fathoms 

 deep (mainly young specimens). 



Fish Hawk stations: 7542 (? i small), 7547 (i 

 small), 7550(2 very small), 7553 (i very small), 

 7554 (many; all small but one), 7561 (i), 7562 

 (i), 7563 bis (i small), 7569 (2 small), 7574 (i), 

 7578 (i small), 7580, 7598 (i very small), 7617 

 (2 young, M inch?), 7653 (i young), 7656, 7657 

 (i), 7660, 7663 (i small), 7671 (i), 7673 (2), 7675 

 (several), 7733 (2 small), 7740 (2), 7741 (3), 7760 

 (i small), 7761 (many small), 7766 (few small), 

 7769 (many small), 7770 (r small), 7772 (r), 



7774 (i), 7775 (i>. 777<5 (i small), 7779 (i). 



Phalarope station 55 (i). 



Spawns in June and July and perhaps later. 

 Bumpus reports that they were not yet in 

 spawning condition May 16, 1898; F. R. Lillie 

 (Marine Biological Laboratory card catalogue) 

 records having "stripped" them on July 25, 

 1890. Goode reported "nearly ripe eggs" as 

 late as August 12. Young, 35 mm. long, taken 

 August 5, 1891. Lillie. Young common in 

 Waquoit Bay; occasionally taken in tow at 

 Woods Hole, from May till August. Edw-ards. 



Food: Crago scptemspinosus, a small flounder, 

 amphipods, Panopcus sayi, Cancer irroratus, 

 and several small fishes. Verrill and Smith. 

 Crabs, shrimps, and small fishes. Goode. 

 Shrimps in large numbers, amphipods and 



