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Anarhichas lupus, L. 
Not uncommon at Grand Manan, and occasionally at Campobello island. 
The young have not been seen. Also off Seal island, Yarmouth county. Taken 
on long lines. Kendall:(1908, p. 135) lists 1t from Eastport. 
Zoarces anguillaris (Peck). 
Common at all stages in Passamaquoddy bay and the Bay of Fundy, being 
found on hard bottom from moderately deep water to the intertidal zone, where 
the younger individuals in particular can be found lurking under rocks. It 
leaves Passamaquoddy bay for deeper water by October or the beginning of 
November, breeding during its absence. The very young are obtained in the 
spring. The adults appear at the same time, just outside the bay in April and 
inside the bay in May. Taken by hand at low tide, on long lines, in lobster 
pots, and in the shrimp and beam trawls. Also observed in Minas channel 
and basin, and at Canada Creek, Kings county. 
Lycodes verrillii, Goode & Bean. 
Obtained with the shrimp trawl in the Bay of Fundy off the approach to 
Passamaquoddy bay in April and May of 1919, in from 35 to 50 fathoms on a 
muddy bottom, but evidently quite rare. 
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill). 
Common in midwater and near shore both in the Bay of Fundy and in 
Passamaquoddy bay at all stages from yearlings on, but varying greatly in 
abundance from year to year. The spent adults enter the Bay in late summer 
and frequently strand on the beach during the night. They leave in the late 
autumn. The immature may remain throughout the year in the Bay of Fundy. 
No larvae and no very young have been found. Taken in weirs, gill nets, and 
shrimp trawl, and on long lines. Also observed in Scotsman bay (Minas channel) 
at Harbourville, Kings county, and in the Annapolis basin. Perley (1852, p. 
213) found it to be abundant around the island of Grand Manan. Bean (1880, 
p. 81) listed it from Eastport, and Cox (1896a, p. 74) reported it as occasional 
in St. John harbour. 
Pollachius virens (L.) 
Large individuals abundant in the tide rips in the Bay of Fundy during 
summer. Yearlings found in shallow water in the Bay of Fundy. Half grown 
individuals enter Passamaquoddy bay in moderate numbers. No larve or very 
young have been found. Specimens examined also from Canada Creek, Kings 
county, St. Mary bay, Port Maitland and Yarmouth. Taken in seine and 
weirs, and on long lines. 
Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). 
Rather common and of all sizes near the shore, particularly near estuaries, 
where the larve may be obtained in the spring. Taken in, the seine, weirs, gill 
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