34 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Littorina littorea. 



New Haven to Nova Scotia. Imported from Europe. Very abun- 

 dant on the shores northward of Newport, R. I. Is very good eating 

 for man. 



Two other Gasteropoda are common south of Cape Cod, but they are 

 of large size. 



Fnlgur carica. Winkle. 

 Sycotypus canaliculatus. Winkle. 

 Of Lamellibranchs there are the following : 



Mulinia lateralis. No common name, but related to the Sea or Surf 



Clam, smaller size. 



Massachusetts to Florida. 

 Callista convex a. Related to the Quahog, but of smaller size. 



New Jersey to Gulf of Saint Lawrence. 

 Astarte undata. 



Scapliarca transversa. Bloody Clams. 

 Argina pexata. Bloody Clams. 



Florida to Cape Cod. 

 Pecten irradians. Scallop. 



Florida to Cape Cod. 



If ascidians could be used as bait, the best three species would be 



the following, but I have not heard of their ever having been found in 



the stomachs of fish : • 



Molgu la Man h attensis. 

 North Carolina to Maine ; sometimes thrown up on the beaches in 



immense quantities; lives in shallow water. 



Cynthia pyri for mis. Sea Peach; abundant in Bay of Fundy, in moder- 

 ate depths. 



Boltenia Bolteni. Sea Lemon. 



Cape Cod northward, with last above in Bay of Fundy. 



RAD1ATA. 



Brittle-stars (Ophiurans) are often found in fishes' stomachs, and 

 might answer as bait. The commonest species is — 



Ophiopholis aculeata. 



New Jersey to the Arctic Ocean; low water to 100 fathoms and 

 deeper. 



Some species of common starfishes and sea-cucumbers might pos- 

 sibly also do. 



I. — Lists of species, annual estoiate for 1871-72, found in the 



• STOMACHS OF FISHES— FOOD OF FISHES. 



In the following lists have been brought together the principal re- 

 sults of the various recorded examinations of stomachs of fishes in 



