LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED IN 1917 i09 



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List of Fishes collected in 1917 off the Cape Breton coast 

 and the Magdalen Islands. 



BY 



Philip Cox, Ph.D. 

 Professor of Biology, University/ of New BrunswicJc. 



The fishes embraced in this list were collected at Cheticamp and adjacent points 

 of the Cape Breton coast, as well as at the Magdalen islands, by the Biological Launch 

 Prince, under Dr. A. G. Huntsman, Curator of the Atlantic Biological Station, during 

 the summer of 1917. The classification employed in the following list is that of 

 Jordan and Evermann in " Fishes of North and Middle America, Washington, 1898." 

 The list, a mere by-product of the investigations carried on, does not pretend to be, 

 nor is it, exhaustive of the fish fauna of that part of the gulf of St. Lawrence, yet it 

 may be of passing interest at least to students of Canadian Ichthyology. 



Squalus acanthias Linn. Gray-Fish. 



Rarely seen at Cheticamp or the Magdalen islands before the first week in 

 August. Suddenly abundant after that all along the coast and on the off banks. In- 

 credibly numerous on the southern side of the Magdalens; rare on the northern side. 

 An intolerable nuisance, causing the suspension of the codfishery at certain points. 



Baia radiaia Donovan. Thorx-Back^ Starry Kay. 



Examples seen on the shores, wharves, etc. Taken on cod trawls at considerable 

 depths. Fairly common. No immature specimens met with. 



Baia ocellata Mitchill. Big Skate. 



Taken on trawl lines, and seen dead on the shore. Seemingly not. very plentiful. 

 Freely swimming young not seen. 



Baia Iwvis Mitchill. Barx-Door Skate. 



Fairly common. Many caught in salmon nets and on cod trawls. All large fish. 



Acipenser sturio Linn. Sturgeon. 



A specimen 100 cm. long and weighing 10 pounds was taken in a salmon net at 

 Cheticamp, July 6, the second captured during the summer. 

 Sometimes taken in a similar way at White Point, Aspy bay. 



Anguilla chrysypa Eafinesque. Common Eel. 



Abundant in all tidal pools, estuaries, and shore waters with grassy bottoms. 

 Very rarely is one under 30 cm. in length encountered in such places. They range 

 from r>5 to 66 cm. Esteemed as a food-fish and taken from their " beds " through the 



