12 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
STATION 33. QUISSET HARBOR, OCTOBER 19, 1915. 
[Muddy bottom; temperature of water, 55° F.] 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 96; minimum, 82; average, 88.6. Number 
examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 16. 6; ‘annelids, IRGS shrimp, 30; débris (contents 
of intestines of annelids), 41.6. Parasites: Sporozoa, a few cysts, 2’ mm. in diameter 
and less, on intestine of smallest fish. 
Length, 101 to .125.—Maximum length, 124; minimum, 110; average, 116. Number 
examined, 9. Food: Amphipods, 2.9; annelids, 32.4; bivalve mollusks, 0.8; isopods, 
0.1; shrimp, 24; univalve mollusks (Bulla), 12.1; débris (largely from annelids), 27.6. 
Parasites: Distomes, 0.2; nematodes (Filaria), 1 
STATION 34. QUISSET HARBOR, OCTOBER 22, 1915, 
[Sandy bottom; temperature of water, 55° F.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Length, 62. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 2; 
débris, 98. 
Len gth, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 98; minimum, 80; average, 90.2. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 21. ‘5; annelids, 43. 55 bivalve mollusks, 0.5; 
débris, 34.5. Parasites: Distomes, 2 in one fish (98 mm. ys nematodes, | (Filaria) i in 
one fish (80 mm.). 
Length, 101 to 125.—Length, 110. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 2; 
annelids, 68; débris, 30. 
STATION 35. BUZZARDS BAY SHORE, NEAR WOODS HOLE, OCTOBER 26, 1915. 
[Bottom, white sand; temperature of water, 55° F.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 74; minimum, 54; average, 63.6.. Number 
examined, 5. Food: Amphipods, 10.2; annelids, 60; débris (sand with alge, and 
annelid sete), 29.8. Parasites: Distomes, 1.4. 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 96; minimum, 78; average, 84. Number 
examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 1.6; annelids, 43.3; shrimp, 13.3; débris (sand, 
alge, and annelid set), 41.6. Parasites: Distomes, 4.6; Sporozoa, numerous cysts, 
1.5 mm, and less in diameter, on intestine of one fish. 
STATION 36. EEL POND, NOVEMBER 2, 1915. 
[Muddy bottom.] 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 100; minimum, 78; average, 90.2. Number 
examined, 5. Food: Amphipods, 76; annelids, oe isopods, 5; ostracodes, 0.4; débris, 
9.6. Parasites: Distomes, 0.6; nematodes, 0.4; "Sporozoa, Teyst, 3.5 mm. in diameter, 
on intestine of one fish (100 mm. )e numerous cysts, | mm. or less in diameter, clus. 
tered on lower half of intestine of one fish (92 mm.)._ Ina fish measuring 86 mm. the 
intestine was densely covered and its walls filled with cysts 1 mm. or less in diameter. 
The intestine was easily broken in the formalin specimen. The alimentary canal 
was nearly empty. The same condition was noted under station 32. 
