﻿FOOD 
  OF 
  FOUR 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  COD 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  183 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  animals 
  found 
  in 
  fish 
  stomachs, 
  showing 
  technical 
  name 
  of 
  species, 
  name 
  of 
  lish 
  in 
  

   which 
  it 
  ivas 
  found, 
  locality 
  where 
  fish 
  was 
  caught, 
  and 
  date 
  when 
  <«/.t'n— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  EASTPORT 
  COLLECTION— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Crustaceans 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Nymphon 
  grossipes 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  6, 
  haddocli, 
  Cochrnn 
  Ledge. 
  

   6, 
  haddock, 
  the 
  Race. 
  

   Thysanopoda 
  inermis 
  ?. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  2, 
  hake, 
  between 
  Campo- 
  

   bello 
  and 
  Grand 
  Manan. 
  

  

  At 
  all 
  times 
  fomid 
  in 
  ijoUock. 
  Very 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  during 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  Eupagnrus 
  jxiheseens. 
  Hermit 
  crab. 
  

   Sept. 
  5, 
  cod, 
  Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

  

  Not 
  many 
  found 
  in 
  fisli 
  stomachs, 
  but 
  not 
  

   an 
  uncommon 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  Eupaguriis 
  hcrnhardus. 
  Hermit 
  crab, 
  

   Sept. 
  1, 
  cod, 
  Cocliran 
  Ledge. 
  

   5, 
  cod, 
  Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

   Oct. 
  18, 
  cod, 
  Quoddy 
  Reef. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  but 
  

   oulyafew 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  fish 
  stomachs. 
  

   Eupagurus 
  kriiycri. 
  Hermit 
  crab. 
  

   Aug. 
  3, 
  haddock, 
  between 
  the 
  

  

  Wolves 
  and 
  Granfl 
  Manan. 
  

   Aug. 
  17, 
  haddock, 
  Eastport. 
  

   Sept. 
  23, 
  cod, 
  market. 
  

  

  Not 
  uncommon. 
  

  

  ffyas 
  coarctntus. 
  Spider 
  crab. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  3, 
  cod, 
  between 
  the 
  Wolves 
  

  

  and 
  Grand 
  Manan. 
  

   Aug. 
  17, 
  cod, 
  Eastport. 
  

  

  21, 
  cod. 
  Yellow 
  Rock. 
  

  

  23, 
  cod, 
  West 
  Quoddy. 
  

  

  28, 
  haddock, 
  market. 
  

   Sept. 
  5, 
  cod, 
  Cocliran 
  Ledge. 
  

  

  12, 
  cod, 
  market. 
  

   Oct. 
  6, 
  cod, 
  Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

  

  19, 
  cod, 
  Quoddy 
  Bay. 
  

  

  20, 
  cod, 
  Head 
  Harbor. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  crabs 
  had 
  Anomia 
  aculeata 
  

   attached 
  to 
  them. 
  This 
  crab 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  frequent 
  and 
  abundant 
  animal 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  cod's 
  stomach. 
  

  

  Cancer 
  irroratus. 
  Rock 
  crab. 
  

   Aug. 
  23, 
  cod. 
  West 
  Quoddj 
  . 
  

   Sept. 
  12, 
  cod, 
  Ea8t])ort. 
  

   This 
  species 
  common 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  found 
  

   in 
  cod 
  stomachs 
  with 
  C. 
  bnrealis. 
  

  

  Cancer 
  borealis. 
  Jonah 
  crab. 
  

   Aug. 
  23, 
  cod, 
  West 
  Quoddy. 
  

  

  Crustaceans 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Cancer 
  borealis 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

   Sei>t. 
  12, 
  cod, 
  Eastport. 
  

   Found 
  only 
  in 
  cod 
  stomachs; 
  quite 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  two 
  instances. 
  

   Pandalus 
  annulicornis. 
  Prawn. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  2, 
  hake, 
  1)etween 
  Campo- 
  

  

  bello 
  and 
  Grand 
  Manan. 
  

   Aug. 
  3, 
  cod, 
  between 
  the 
  Wolves 
  

  

  and 
  Grand 
  Manan. 
  

   Aug. 
  17, 
  cod, 
  Eastport. 
  

   Sept. 
  12, 
  cod, 
  market. 
  

   Oct. 
  20, 
  cod, 
  Head 
  Harbor. 
  

   Oct. 
  21, 
  cod, 
  Yellow 
  Rock. 
  

   Quite 
  plentiful, 
  especially 
  in 
  hake 
  stomachs. 
  

   Another 
  prawn, 
  whicli 
  could 
  not 
  lie 
  

   identified, 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  cod 
  stomach. 
  

  

  PycnogoHum 
  liitorale, 
  

  

  Aug. 
  17, 
  haddock, 
  Eastport. 
  

   Oct. 
  24, 
  haddock, 
  Head 
  Harbor. 
  

   Oct. 
  25, 
  haddock, 
  Storer 
  Ledge. 
  

   Very 
  few 
  specimens 
  found. 
  

  

  Fishes. 
  

  

  Aeanlhoeottus, 
  sp. 
  Sculpin. 
  

  

  Sept. 
  5, 
  cod, 
  Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

   Too 
  much 
  digested 
  for 
  identification. 
  

  

  Acanthocottus 
  scorjyius 
  granlandicns. 
  

   Sculpin. 
  

   Oct. 
  18, 
  cod, 
  Quoddy 
  Reef. 
  

   Acanthocottus 
  or 
  Hemitripterus. 
  Scul- 
  

   pin 
  or 
  sea 
  raven. 
  

   Oct. 
  6-1], 
  cod 
  (fragments), 
  

   Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

   Uparis 
  liparis. 
  Sea 
  slug. 
  

  

  Oct. 
  21, 
  cod, 
  Yellow 
  Rock. 
  

   Murwnoides 
  gunnellus. 
  Rock-eel; 
  

   butter-lish. 
  

   Sept. 
  5, 
  cod, 
  Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

   Oct. 
  20, 
  cod, 
  Cochran 
  Ledge. 
  

   Oct. 
  21, 
  cod, 
  Yellow 
  Rock. 
  

   Clu))ea 
  harengas. 
  Herring. 
  

   'Oct. 
  18, 
  cod, 
  Quoddy 
  Reef. 
  

   Oct. 
  18, 
  cod, 
  Quoddy 
  Reef. 
  

   Oct. 
  21, 
  cod. 
  Yellow 
  Rock. 
  

   These 
  were 
  fragments. 
  Pieces 
  of 
  herring 
  

   wore 
  frc(]uoutly 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  stomachs 
  

   of 
  all 
  fishes 
  exaniiiied, 
  but 
  when 
  they 
  

   had 
  unmistakably 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  bait 
  

   and 
  picked 
  from 
  the 
  hook 
  by 
  tlie 
  fish 
  

   no 
  account 
  was 
  taken 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  