﻿JAN. 
  4, 
  1922 
  KENDALL 
  AND 
  CRAWFORD: 
  ARGENTINA 
  SILUS 
  9 
  

  

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  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  records 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  of 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  

   the 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  A 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  Physis 
  tenuis 
  taken 
  off 
  Sable 
  Island 
  in 
  

   200 
  fathoms, 
  which 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Goode 
  and 
  Bean 
  as 
  type 
  number 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  21624, 
  "Argentina 
  syrtensium" 
  (Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  

   1878, 
  page 
  261), 
  and 
  in 
  Oceanic 
  Ichthyology, 
  page 
  52, 
  as 
  Argentina 
  

   silus. 
  

  

  In 
  July, 
  1891, 
  a 
  specimen 
  18 
  inches 
  long 
  (U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  43708) 
  

   was 
  caught 
  by 
  a 
  boy 
  with 
  a 
  hook 
  and 
  line 
  in 
  the 
  harbor 
  of 
  Belfast, 
  

   Maine. 
  (Goode 
  and 
  Bean, 
  Oceanic 
  Ichthyolog}^ 
  page 
  52.) 
  Another, 
  

   No. 
  37801, 
  15 
  inches 
  (381.0 
  mm.) 
  long, 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Biddeford 
  Pool, 
  

   Maine 
  (loc. 
  cit.), 
  March 
  19, 
  1886. 
  

  

  In 
  1904, 
  Mr. 
  John 
  R. 
  Neal, 
  of 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  sent 
  in 
  for 
  identi- 
  

   fication 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  a 
  specimen 
  about 
  13.5 
  inches 
  

   (342.9 
  mm.) 
  long, 
  taken 
  by 
  a 
  fisherman 
  probably 
  on 
  Georges 
  Bank, 
  

   September 
  19 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  Another 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  55636, 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Fletchers 
  Neck, 
  

   near 
  Ocean 
  Beach, 
  Maine, 
  May 
  7, 
  1906. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Welsh, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fish- 
  

   eries, 
  are 
  two 
  young 
  specimens 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  1 
  specimen 
  49 
  mm. 
  long, 
  August 
  14, 
  1912, 
  in 
  a 
  closing 
  net 
  

   at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  35 
  fathoms, 
  33 
  miles 
  north 
  from 
  Mt. 
  Desert 
  Rock. 
  

   Another, 
  38 
  mm. 
  long, 
  August 
  13, 
  1913, 
  25 
  miles 
  N. 
  K. 
  from 
  Petit 
  

   Manan 
  light, 
  somewhere 
  above 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  110 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  In 
  December, 
  1912, 
  a 
  specimen 
  about 
  15 
  inches 
  (381.0 
  mm.) 
  long 
  was 
  

   found 
  on 
  Hampton 
  Beach, 
  N. 
  J., 
  and 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fish- 
  

   eries 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  F. 
  Smart, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Life 
  Saving 
  Service. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  January, 
  1914, 
  a 
  specimen 
  nearly 
  14 
  inches 
  (355.6 
  mm.) 
  

   long 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Hampton 
  Beach 
  and 
  sent 
  in 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  These 
  

   latter 
  specimens 
  form 
  the 
  basis 
  for 
  the 
  observations 
  comprised 
  in 
  

   this 
  paper. 
  

  

  Habits.- 
  — 
  Little 
  is 
  know^n 
  of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  fish. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  caught 
  

   in 
  the 
  north 
  Atlantic 
  from 
  Iceland 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Ireland,- 
  in 
  rather 
  

   deep 
  water. 
  The 
  eggs^ 
  of 
  Argentina 
  silus 
  are 
  3.0 
  to 
  3.5 
  mm. 
  in 
  di- 
  

   ameter 
  and 
  are 
  bathypelagic 
  ; 
  that 
  is, 
  they 
  float 
  far 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  

   where 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  50 
  to 
  over 
  1,000 
  meters 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  * 
  JOHS. 
  Schmidt, 
  On 
  the 
  Larvae 
  and 
  Post-larval 
  Development 
  of 
  the 
  Argentines 
  (Argentina 
  

   silus 
  Ascan. 
  and 
  Argentina 
  sphyraena 
  Linne). 
  Meddelelser 
  Fra 
  Kommissionenfor 
  Hovun- 
  

   ders 
  gelser, 
  Sene 
  Fiskeri, 
  Kobenhavn. 
  2: 
  1-20. 
  Nov. 
  4, 
  1906. 
  

  

  « 
  Op. 
  cit. 
  

  

  