FOOD OF YOUNG WINTER FLOUNDERS. "4 
STATION 9. HEAD OF GREAT HARBOR, JULY 11, 1916. 
{Bottom, sandy.] 
Length, under 25.—Length, 24. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 10; 
Fopepods, 10; débris, 80. Parasites: Distomes, 27. 
ength, 25 to 50.—Maximum length, 50; minimum, 26; average, 33.7. Number 
examined, 10. Food: Amphipods, 18; annelids, 25.6; copepods, 17.2; larval Crustacea, 
trace; débris, 39.1 Parasites: Distomes in each fish, maximum, 154; minimum, 3; 
average, 46.9. One fish (50 mm. in length) had nothing in the alimentary canal except 
distomes, of which there were 154 in the stomach. 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 57; minimum, 51; average, 54.3. Number 
examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 81.6; annelids, 6.7; copepods, 6.7; débris, 5. Para- 
sites: Distomes in each fish, maximum, 125; minimum, 30; average, 92.6. 
STATION 10. TARPAULIN COVE, JULY 14, 1916. 
[Soft bottom, with eelgrass.] 
Length, 25 to 50.—Maximum length, 50; minimum, 44; average, 48.1. Number 
examined, 7. Food: Amphipods, 82.1; copepods, trace; isopods, 2.5; ostracodes, 
trace; débris, 15.3. 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 55; minimum, 54. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, 72.5; isopods, 2.5; débris, 25. 
STATION 11. MENEMSHA BIGHT, JULY 14, 1916. 
{Bottom, sand and eelgrass.] 
Length, 101 to 125.—Maximum length, 120; minimum, 101; average, 109. Number 
examined, 5. Food: Amphipods, 74.2; annelids, 7.2; bivalve mollusks, 1.6; insect 
larve, 0.4; débris, 16.4. Parasites: Distomes, 0.6; Acanthocephala, 1 in one fish; 
nematodes, 0.6; Sporozoa, 1 cyst on intestine of one fish and a few scattering cysts 
on the intestine of another. 
STATION 12. LAGOON POND, VINEYARD HAVEN, JULY 17, 1916. 
[Sandy bottom.] 
Length, 25 to 50.—Maximum length, 50; minimum, 30; average, 43.1. Number 
examined, 10. Food: Amphipods, 18.8; annelids, 49.2; copepods, 0.1; insect larvee, 
0.1; débris, 31.9. Parasites: Distomes in each fish, maximum, 400 (approximate); 
minimum, 2; average, 70.7. 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 56; minimum, 54; average, 55. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 14.3; annelids, 51.3; insect larvae, 0.2; ostracodes, 
trace; débris, 34.2. Parasites: Distomes in each, average, 39.2. 
STATION 13. HEAD OF GREAT HARBOR, JULY 20, 1916, 
(Bottom, sand and eelgrass.] 
Length under 25.—Maximum length, 24; minimum, 22. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, 5; annelids, 40; copepods, 12.5; larval Crustacea, 7.5; ostracodes, 
trace; débris, 35. Parasites: Distomes, 25. 
Length 25 to 50.—Maximum length, 42; minimum, 26; average, 33.1. Number 
examined,9. Food: Amphipods, 45; annelids, 8.3; copepods, 9.6; gastropod mollusks, 
trace; ostracodes, 0.1; débris, 36.9. Parasites: Distomes in each fish, 38.3. 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 59; minimum, 58. Number examined, 3. 
Food: Amphipods, 13.3; annelids, 50; young fish (80 per cent in one fish), 26.6; 
débris, 10. Parasites: Distomes in each, 93.3. 
STATION 14. HEAD OF GREAT HARBOR, JULY 22, 1915. 
[Sandy bottom.] 
Length, 25 to 50.—Maximum length, 50; minumum, 45; average, 47.6. Number 
examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 15; annelids, 61.6; copepods, 0.3; isopods, 1; ostra- 
codes, 0.3; débris, 21.6. Parasites: Distomes, 2.3. 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 75; minimum, 51; average, 63.5. Number 
examined, 17. Food: Amphipods, 12; annelids, 72; copepods, 0.1; insect larve, 
trace; isopods, 0.6; ostracodes, 1.3; univalve mollusks, 0.1; débris, 14. Parasites: 
Distomes, 6.2; nematodes, 1, in one fish. 
