PISHES OF THE GULF OF MAINE 



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Cod, for some reason not yet explained, become scarcer passing up the Bay of 

 Fundy, and very few are caught near the head, though there are plenty about its 

 mouth. Although cod are fish of the open sea in other parts of the Gulf, they often 

 run up into the estuaries during the cold season, appearing regularly in various 

 river mouths in Maine and Massachusetts during late autumn and winter. It is 

 rare for one to be taken in brackish water, and although cod have been caught in 



Fig. 205.— Egg (European). After Fig. 206.— Larva (European), just hatched, 4 millimeters. After 



Eeincke ^nd EhrLnhaum Mastermann 





Fig. 207. — Larva (European), i.5 millimeters. 

 After Schmidt 



Fig. 208.— Larva (European), 9 millimeters. 

 After Schmidt 



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Fig. 209.— Fry (European), 20 millimeters. After Schmidt 



Fig. 210.— Fry (European), 46 millimeters. After Schmidt 

 COD (Gadus callarias) 



fresh water, 75 this is quite exceptional. The continental slope marks the 

 offshore boundary to the range of the cod off the North American coast. 



Habits. — The cod is catholic in its choice of depth, ranging from the surface 

 down to at least 250 fathoms off New England; but it is only in pursuit of small 

 fish or squid that adult cod come to the top of the water — a common event on the 



76 Goode (et al., 18S4) mentions several instances. 



