88 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Food: Feeds on all marine animals smaller than itself. Many specimen* 

 of lobsters have been found in the stomach of cods; a 5-inch lobster was 

 found in the stomach of a cod taken off Nantucket November 1, 1900. 

 The very young feed exclusively on copepods. 



Size: At Woods Hole young, ^ to 1 inch in length, are seined in March. 

 These leave about June 1.5, 3 or 4 inches in length. 



163. Melanogrammus aeglifinus (Linnaeus). Haddock. 



Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic, south to France and North Carolina; in deep 



water to Cape Hatteras. 

 Reproduction: Spawning season in April, May, and June. 

 Food: Like that of the cod, but more largely of invertebrates. (Goode.) 



163. Urophycis regius (Walbaum). King Hake; Codling. 



Geog. Di.st. : Nova Scotia to Cape Hatteras, but nowhere common except 



in the neighborhood of Long Island. 

 Season in R. I.: From September to November; not common. Rare in 



Narragansett Bay. Specimens taken in 155 fathoms of water off Newport 



by the Fish Hawk, September, 1880. 

 Habitat: Deep water. 

 Size: Average about 10 inches. 



164. Urophycis tenuis (Mitchili). White Hake; Hake; Squirrel Hake. 



Geog. Dist.: Banks of Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras, abundant north- 

 ward in deep water, reaching a depth of 304 fathoms. 



Season in R. I.: April to November; not so common as the Red Hake 

 {Urophycis chus.<?). 



Reproduction: Probably spawns in spring and early summer. Young 

 specimens found in the shells of Pecten lemncostahis, off Watch Hill, 

 September, 1874. (Goode.) 



Food: Bottom feeding; fishes and Crustacea. 



Size: One to 2 pounds. 



165. Urophycis chuss (Walbaum). Hake; Red Hake. 



Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast. Gulf of St. Lawrence to Virginia. 

 Common northward, reaching a depth of .300 fathoms. 



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