REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
Off the coast of Rhode Island to Cumberland Gulf. Abundant from 
Cape Cod to Newfoundland. About 100 miles south of Newport, R. I, 
in 65 to 372 fathoms (U. 8. Fish Com.). 
setts, rare, large in winter, small in May (V. N. Edwards). 
Recent explorations have extended the range of this species much 
farther southward, in the deep water near the edge of the Gulf Stream. 
Although we cannot be certain that specimens caught in the trawl were 
living at the bottom, owing to the possibility of their entering it during 
its ascent, it is very probable that they do actually inhabit those depths. 
This is rendered more certain by the fact that we found adult speci- 
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Vineyard Sound, Massachu- 
mens in the stomachs of fishes (Lophius) taken at stations 865 and 893. 
The most southern specimens known were taken by Mr. A. Agassiz, on 
the “Blake,” off Cape Hatteras, in 263 fathoms. 
Ommastrephes illecebrosus.—Specimens examined. 
umber Locality. Page oo Received from— s OBE 
HOZEO. ce ma Newport, Res)... 2.2 sees a hsV Aes Searg ee United States Fish | 1 young. 
Commission. 
ADOZT wecek Vineyard Sound 23-5222 2eee ee Nov. 2, 1876..| V. N. Edwards -.....-. i gy lee hand. 
TTL.) ee eS lf CO eee == coe eee eane Bah yaaa b- GOW see sana meas 
HOOD TV Cee esterase Ao hs hae eee dow asses eck Fee Oe SL ren 8: 
LOSS Se Ea AR, OO vases wa. Mes One cee ee “May, ARG 205 ome Oe peace 3 1 o, right hand. 
SWIM ek cee acs Provincetown, Mass ......-.---- July, 1879 --- United States Fish 10, figured. 
Commission. 
Wooden cinisSuta dicbeoe GO aeons cg den cde cw ase wake eet Oreee sae ee CDs se eee ae cael SOE 
- 22 ee eae Pee OO oe ee eee Ss ore ote tetee cle LO eee eal a ere rela aici 
Beiter Selle o: |ienee GOs 5558 eee ede ssw te EEE PEO eee eee Ses Oates. ae aera ean 
A BOSE CEE SOO cteaaes ele seanan ine nanes “dO. ce ee eee -do .....-...------| 28 +, duplicates, 
td SEE eee ‘Salem, 1 7 a 5 aii BR aS Oct. 25, 1873 - J.H. Emerton ......| 1 9. 
ES eee Gloucester, Mass., loc..238.--.--.- ..-------| United States Fish | 1 young. 
aga ee 
hi ti] Of Saaeen Casco Bay, Met. 2 ist sosecescces ABTS. Peek Foy eeeae cries mae See 3 9. 
eee = Off Seguin Island, Me. (50 fath- | 1879......--. (Lot. 517) United | 1 9 young. 
oms). States Fish Com- 
mission. 
3-e2e| Mount Desert; Me). .5..222c 2020 2860 nee A. E. Verrill --.....'. 50 +, large. 
Fae Liaaecctes Off Cashe’s Ledge.....--....---- i873 (loc. 21).| United States Fish | 1 mutilated. 
Commission. 
seaeae Eastport, Me - .| A. E. Verrill : large. 
do bet do vars» oy: ae left hand. 
Be Sse oa asase 2 t 3, right hand. 
woke sxtllocepe Ohmecee eae ‘| United States Fish 3 Q, large. 
Commission. 
116 Osa Saree (ee OO wien gas cscs See beers oa loner iC) Beagles S20dOu tev eest cease 3 9. 
St ioe eee bere pees GO 2 noss-ctenscaccsusmnesencel ees 00 bo. baile cnn POet epee ee ake oe] yORnE. 
222 Se SSS6eS8ee Halifax, NuS\.:. ces cscetheeeeeee J.R. Willis..| Smithsonian ........ Do. 
MNOS. be lees one do; (hansen. feecc ehee ea J. M. Jones..| J. M. Jones ........-. 1 5 large. 
10278, Q ...... Newfoundland . 22 sccs. sens eee ee fide si Cine Se, ab By Crispi REN oa 
4,28 ee Cumberland Gulf .....---..--.--| L. Kumlein..| National Museum...) 1 srirsiintelh 
“ina SoSRe see North latitude 40° 05’; westlon- | 1880.........| United States Fish | 1 adult. 
gitude 70° 23’ (65 fathoms). Commission. 
“a sbeeeeeeoe North latitude 39° 52/ 20”; west |...-.do .......|.--- (i Ce ae Sok ae Do. 
longitude 70° 58’ (372 fathoms). 
CCCXXXUI -| North latitude 35° 45/ 30”; west |....do ....... “Blake” expedition.| 392, adult. 
longitude 74° 48’ (263 fathoms). 
Several of the smaller specimens included in this list are so young that 
it is impossible to determine their sex with certainty without dissection. 
The hectocotylization of the ventral arm in the male is scarcely recog- 
nizable in those with the mantle less than 4 inches long. 
The Mediterranean form (Ommastrephes Coindetit Verany), usually 
identified with the var. b of Loligo sagittata Lamarck, 1799,* is closely 
* It seems more probable, however, that Lamarck’s description applied rather to O. 
Bartramii (Les. sp.) of the Gulf Stream region. 
plied it, correctly, as I believe. 
Blainville and others have thus ap- 
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