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j O I -10 pr Station all hauls 

 Qmore than lo -/ - v 



Fig. 10. 



It wovild appear to be most numerous above the deep channel south of Anticostl ; 

 the -A^o. 3S took here 325 young in a single haul. On the slope towards Newfoundland 

 also, it is numerous. (Princess station 45.) 



On the second cruise of the Acadia, also, by the way. it was found in remarkable 

 quantities on the banks off Nova Scotia ; this fact may be ascribed to the existence 

 of large depressions in the banl^s, or possibly to the nature of the currents. 



SehaMes marinus is found throughout the northern seas between America and 

 Eurox>e, both on the slopes of the banks and pelagically above the greater ocean depths. 

 Jordan and Evermann note it as occurring on the American side from Greealand 

 lalong the coast as far as midway off New Jersey; from Maine and farther south, 

 however, in deep water only. 



These writers affirm that Goode and Bean found spawning Sehastes late in the 

 summer off the coasts of New England, at a depth of 100 to 180 fathoms and state 

 that there is no " reason to believe that the young rise to the surface." 



According to Dr. Bigelow, adiilt Sehastes are also found in quite shallow water 

 (about 10 fathoms) in the gulf of Maine — a very remarkable phenomenon, since 

 Sehasfes is otherwise both south of this (Jordan and Evermann) and farther north, 

 chiefly encountered at medium depths. 



