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One of 19 inches caught on the eastern slope of Stellwagen Bank in 42 fathoms in 

 July 1931 is the largest on record. 



Shanny, Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries) 



One specimen of this stray from the north was trawled on the northeast part of 

 Georges Bank in August 1926 and four (4 to 4% inches long) were taken off Chatham, 

 Cape Cod, in 28 fathoms, May 1, 1930, by the Albatross II. This is the most southerly 

 record for the species. 



Arctic shanny, Stichaeus punctatus (Fabricius) 



A specimen 4}i inches long of this arctic species, taken one-half mile off Little Duck 

 Island near Mount Desert, Maine, from the stomach of a cod, on April 30, 1930, is the 

 first record for the Gulf of Maine; the only record indeed to the southward of New- 

 foundland. This specimen was in such good condition that it unquestionably had 

 been living in the immediate vicinity. 



Radiated shanny, Ulvaria subbifurcata (Storer) 



This shanny was previously known to be rather common in the northeastern part of 

 the gulf, and enough have now been found in the stomachs of cod caught on Cashes 

 Ledge, Georges Bank, Nantucket Shoals, and other offshore grounds to show that it is 

 widespread in other parts of the gulf as well, on hard bottom. The deepest capture 

 was in 45 fathoms. 



Wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 



Recent captures of two specimens in the central basin of the Gulf of Maine, July 

 1931, in 88-95 fathoms, of three in August 1936, in 72-100 fathoms, and of another 

 on the continental slope between 245 and 325 fathoms, shows that this species is not 

 as closely restricted to the vicinity of the coast as previously supposed and that it 

 reaches considerably greater depths. 



The locality of the capture (taken by Atlantis) last mentioned (lat. 39°31' N; 

 long. 72°16' W.) also extends the known range somewhat farther south. 



Spotted wolffish, Anarrhichas minor Olafsen 



This Arctic species is seldom taken within the Gulf of Maine, hence the capture 

 of a small specimen, weighing 3}i pounds, on a trawl, off Portand Lightship on April 

 23, 1927, is worthy of mention. On the Scotian banks, however, it is not so uncom- 

 mon, for we have records of 2, 37 and 54 inches long, respectively, caught on Sable 

 Island Bank in January 1934 and 5 more in March of that year. Usually about 5 to 

 10 from this general region are landed each year at the Boston Fish Pier. 



Eelpout, Zoarces anguillaris (Peck) 



Many small specimens from l.S inches long upward, have recently been collected 

 along our coast between Maine and New Jersey, including (within the gulf) Mount 

 Desert, Stellwagen Bank, Georges Bank, and the vicinity of Chatham, suggesting 

 that the eelpout breeds successfully throughout this range. And as all the young 

 thus far taken have been caught in depths of 20 to 45 fathoms, probably this is the 

 usual spawning zone. Although eelpouts have seldom been reported deeper than 50 



