328 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OP FISHERIES 



Striped anchovy, Anchoviella epsetus (Bonnaterre) 



A record from off the Presumpscot River, near Portland, October 8, 1930 (Ken- 

 dall 1931, p. 11) is the first for the Gulf of Maine. This anchovy is now known 

 from as far northward as Halifax harbor where a number were seined September 

 29, 1931 (Vladykov 1935, p. 3). 



Argentine, Argentina silus Ascanius 



Until recently the argentine was considered rare in our waters, for only odd 

 examples had been brought in from widely scattered localities. The development of 

 otter trawling proved that argentines are in reality fairly common around the 

 edge of Georges Bank and off Cape Cod in deep water. Thus, along the northern 

 and northwestern slopes of the bank and to the eastward of Cape Cod, in depths of 

 80 to 100 fathoms, it is not unusual for a haul of the trawl to bring in from one to a 

 dozen, and as much as 15,000 pounds has been reported by one boat during a week's 

 fishing (Firth 1931, p. 11). It also occurs in the deep central basin of the gulf, for 

 tae Albatross II has recently (July 1931) trawled a specimen in 115 fathoms off 

 Mount Desert Rock. 



Pearlsides, Maurolicus pennanti (Walbaum) 



Additional Gulf of Maine records of this species include one specimen 41 mm long 

 taken from the stomach of a cod, on Platts Bank, July 27, 1924; one 43 mm long, 

 also from a cod's stomach, on Cashes Ledge, August 16, 1928; and four, 32 to 39 

 mm long, from the stomachs of two pollock, caught in 20 fathoms, 7 miles southeast 

 of Bakers Island, Mount Desert, Maine, July 24, 1930. 



Viperfish, Chauliodus sloanei Bloch and Schneider 



A specimen found in the stomach of a swordfish caught in the gully between 

 Browns and Georges Banks in 1931 is the second to be definitely recorded from 

 within the Gulf of Maine. 



lancetflsh, Alepisaurus ferox Lowe 



A record of a 5}£-foot specimen of this rare fish caught alive in the surf on Block 

 Island, R. I., March 12, 1928, is of especial interest even though outside the limits 

 of the Gulf of Maine. An excellent photograph, sent in by Mrs. Elizabeth Dickens, 

 shows the upper lobe of the caudal prolonged as a long filament, which most of the 

 specimens so far seen have lost. This specimen had been feeding on small dogfish. 



Needlefish, Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum) 



A specimen gaffed at the surface from the Albatross II on northern Georges 

 Bank, September 20, 1928, is the only definite offshore record for the Gulf of Maine 

 although the needlefish has been taken in various localities there alongshore. 



Trumpetfish, Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 



Recent reports of the trumpetfish at Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, and on the 

 south coast of Newfoundland, show that this tropical species may stray much farther 

 north than previously supposed. 



