10 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
STATION 25. MENEMSHA, AUGUST 10, 1915. 
[Inside harbor, on grassy and gravelly bottom.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Length, 70. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 50; 
annelids, 25; débris, 25. : 
Length, 101 to 125.—Maximum length, 125; minimum, 115. Number examined, 2. 
ood: Amphipods, 25; annelids, 72.5; débris, 2.5. Parasites: Sporozoa, many cysts 
on intestine of smaller fish. 
Length, 126 to 150.—Maximum length, 150; minimum 130; average, 140. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 21.5; annelids, 71.2; bivalve mollusks, 0.1; fish, 
0.5; isopods, 0.3; débris, 6.6. Parasites: Distomes, 50. 
Length, 151 to 175.—Maximum length, 175; minimum, 153; average, 161.2. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 1.6; annelids, 95; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; univalve 
mollusks, 0.1; débris, 3. Parasites: Distomes, 45; Sporozoa, 1 cyst on intestine of fish 
measuring 153 mm. 
STATION 26. LACKEY’S BAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. . 
[Muddy bottom, fish collected at high tide.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 74; minimum, 55; average, 64.8. Number 
examined, 6. Food: Amphipods, 13.1; annelids, 27.3; copepods, 0.1; insect larvee, 2.5; 
ostracodes, 0.1; débris, 56.6 (consisting of a little vegetable material and sand). Para- 
sites: Distomes, 3.8. 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 100; minimum, 76; average, 83.5. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 31.2; annelids, 57.5; insect larve, 3.4; ostracodes, 
0.9; débris, 6.7. Parasites: Distomes, 3.2; Sporozoa, many cysts on lower part of in- 
testine of fish 100 mm. in length. 
Length, 101 to 125.—Maximum length, 122; minimum, 115; average, 119. Number 
examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 15; annelids, 5; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; ostracodes, 
trace; univalve mollusks, 0.3; débris (some vegetable material), 79.3. Parasites: 
Nematodes, 0.3; large numbers of cysts of Sporozoa on intestine of fish measuring 
120 mm. 
Length, 126 to 150.—Maximum length, 142; minimum, 126; average, 136. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 8.5; annelids, 25.2; bivalve mollusks (young Mya 
and Solenomya), 5; ostracodes, 0.2; débris (a little vegetable material, with fragments 
of amphipods, sete of annelids, and sand), 61. Parasites: Distomes, 1.5; nematodes, 1. 
STATION 27. EEL POND, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915. 
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[Bottom, eelgrass and mud.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Length, 62. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 95; 
ostracodes, trace; débris, 5. Parasites: Nematodes, 2 small Filaria and 1 immature 
Ascaris. 
Length, 126 to 150.—Maximum length, 142; minimum, 130; average, 188. Number 
examined, 3. Amphipods, 95; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; ostracodes, 0.3; débris (trace 
of vegetable material), 4.3. 
Length, 151 to 175.—Maximum length, 172; minimum, 154; average, 144.6. Num- 
ber examined, 6. Food: Amphipods, 48.3; annelids, 7; bivalve mollusks (Venus, 
small), 5; Cumacea, trace; ostracodes, trace; univalve mollusks (Bulla, etc.), 4.1; 
débris, 35.6. Parasites: Nematodes (Filaria), 4.3; many cysts on rectum of one fish 
(150 mm.), a few cysts on mesentary of another (172 mm.), 
Length, 176 to 200.—Maximum length, 192; minimum, 182. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, 27.5; annelids, 25; univalve mollusks (Bulla), 5; débris, 42.5. 
Length, 201 to 225.—Maximum length, 225; mimimum, 212. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, 5; annelids, 5; bivalve mollusks, 1; univalve mollusks (Bulla), 
42.5; débris (some vegetable material), 46.5. Parasites: Nematodes, | (Filaria). 
STATION 28. SHEEP-PEN COVE, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915. 
[Bottom, mud and sand; high tide; depth, 3 feet; temperature of water, 67° F.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 73; minimum, 58; average, 66. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 50; annelids, 33.7; débris, 16. Parasites: Dis- 
tomes, 4.7. 
