EEPOET OF COMMISSIONEE OF FISH AND FISHEEIES. [154] 
I .—Table to illustrate the rate of growth of Loligo Pealei, young. 
Locality. 
Depth. 
Date. 
Length of mantle, in millimeters.' 
Young of the year. , Young of previous year. 
Vineyard Sound... 
Surface. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
6-20 .... 
Do. 
Do . 
Do. 
Surface. 
Do. 
Do. 
Shore... 
8. 
Narragansett Bay.. 
Off Newport, R. I.. 
16-26.... 
16-19.... 
16. 
Off Point Judith, 
R. I. 
Do. 
19. 
Narragan sett Bay.. 
Off Buzzard’s Bay.. 
N arragansett Bay.. 
Off Block Island... 
Do. 
4-12. 
21. 
6. 
13. 
5. 
Narragansett Bay.. 
14. 
3-6. 
Off Cuttyhunk Isl- 
17. 
North latitude 39° 
48' 30", west lon¬ 
gitude 70° 54'. 
252. 
Off Chesapeake Bay 
18. 
1875-76. 
July 7 
July 12 
July 15 
July 16 
July 28 
Aug. 2 
Aug. 21 
Aug. 27 
Aug. 28 
Aug. — 
Sept. 15 
Oct. 13 
Oct. 20 
Nov. 1 
May 15 
June 3 
1880. 
July 27 
Aug. 6 
Aug. 7 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 13' 
Aug. 14 
Aug. 16 
Aug. 17 
Aug. 23 
Aug. 24 
Aug. 27 
Aug. 31 
Sept. 1 
36 = 25-35“'“: 3 = 45-48““ 
100 + = 10-20. 
4 = 50-68. 
500 + =.10-25. 
500 + = 10-30. 
200+ = 15-35. 
26 = 27-52. 
18 = 23-50. 
38 = 25-50: 2 = 55-63 . 
30 = 26-45: 10 = 47-72.... 
3 = 45-50. 
4 = 88-100. 
1000 = 8-20: 3 = 75-82 
4 = 28 : 5 = 32-44 . 
5= 45-50.: 
54 = 15-33:49 = 32-44: 5 = 50-62. 
90 = 15-25: 15 = 30-40. 
60 = 17-38: 20 = 38-55. 
133 = 16-33: 8 = 38-44. 
33 = 23-55: 14 = 50-70: 3 = 75-82 
72 = 12-28: 5 = 30-42.. 
2 = 48-53: 3 = 70-80. 
9 = 24-36: 8=40-55 . 
1 d =84. 
7 = 38-46: 2 = 60-62. 
2 = 32-46: 11 = 50-52. 
Sept. 3 23 = 32-50 : 4 = 56-58:1 = 82 .... 
Sept. 13 14 = 16-30. 
Sept. — 20 = 42-55: 10 = 55-72: 1 = 110.. 
Nov. 16 32. 
10 = 75-100“”. 
9 = 70-100. 
2 $ =125-150: 1 <*=175. 
2 = 125-138. 
1 = 188. 
4 = 112-125. 
1 = 152. 
3 = 1,52-188. 
80 = 62-100: 10 = 100-152. 
5 = 67-80: 1 = 95. 
3 = 84-100. 
3 = 89-108: 2 = 120-165. 
1 = 115: 1 = 102. 
2 = 86-87: 2 ? =105-112. 
3 = 83-95. 
1 $ = 110 . 
2 = 130-140 
VARIETY BOREALIS. 
Massachusetts Bay 
Do!".'".'.'!!”! 
Do. 
Off Cape Cod 
Do. 
Cape Ann... 
10 
42. 
47 
43 
1878. 
Aug. 29 
Sept. 16 
Sept. 21 
Sept. 26 
1879. 
Sept. 9 
Sept. 26 
Oct., '80 
1 = 31. 
1 = 38. 
6 = 28-38: 1 = 50: 5 = 62 
2 = 31-38. 
2 = 38. 
1 =75. 
5 d 3 $ = 110-156. 
J .—Loligo Pealei. Specimens examined, mostly adult. To illustrate distribution, <fc. 
[In last column ad. = adult; br. = breeding ; in. = length of mantle in inches; j. or juv. = young 
lg- = large.] 
No. 
Locality. 
Rath. 
“When collected. 
Received from— 
Specimens, sex 
and number. 
h. Jfc_ 
TYriCAL VARIETY. 
New Haven, Conn... 
1867. 
Mr. Hooes. 
G. H. Perkins .. 
A. E. Verrill_ 
_do. 
1 d- 
1 d * 
4 ad. 
d 4 ad. 
6 ad. 
d 1 lg. hr. 
1 juv. 
cf 3 large. 
4.juv. 
8 juv. 
Near New Haven... 
Shore... 
1870. 
1874 . 
1876. 
1G. 
a', b',oo _ 
New Haven Harbor. 
Long Island. 
Noank, Conn. 
... do_ 
... do_ 
... do_ 
3-4. 
May 18, 1880.. 
1874 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
_do. 
C. C. Byrne. 
U. S. Eish Com.. 
_do. 
6-8. 
August 24, 1874. 
_do . 
