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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU <>F FISHERIES. 



Color yellowish-white with four delicate longitudinal bands of pale yellowish pigment; the entire 

 upper surface of the abdomen and the thorax in ripe females is red-brown, inclining to pink, thickly 

 sprinkled with minute black dots; the lateral areas are also ornamented with an arborescent design in 

 black pigment. Upon death the females frequently become a bright pink color. Length 6 nun.; 

 length of carapace 3.8 nun.; breadth of carapace 3.5 mm.; length of abdomen 2 mm.; breadth of 

 abdomen 1.4 mm. (Description from living specimens.) 



Newly hatched female larva of Arguhts megaktps, ... 235. '»'., Brain; t n., endopod of first swimming foot; <//., skin glands; 

 a, '"., anterior maxilliped; p. m., posterior maxilliped; s. b., side branch of stomach; s. '/.. shell gland; s. r., semen 

 receptaele; t. h., tactile hairs. 



Found most commonly upon the flounders (Paralichthys dentatus, Pseudopleuronecles americanus), 

 upon or near the fins of which developmental stages may be secured in August and September. Has 

 been found upon the common skate ( Raia erinacea), the spotted sand flounder ( Lophopsetta maculata i. 

 the sand dab I Hippoglossoides platessoides), and occasionally upon the sculpin ( Myoxocephalus octodeeim- 

 spmosus); upon the web-fingered sea-robin (Prionotus carolinvs), the tomcod ( Microgadus tomcod), the 



Bgg 



nf Arffitlus m/'galops about read) to batch. Actual size of one egg, 0.35 nun. long, D.2S nun. wide. 



goose-fish (Lophius piscatorius), a species of minnow [Fundulus), and is frequently taken in tow. 

 Deposits its eggs in August and September (August 31, September 1) and in October and November 

 (October 14-November 2). Eggs placed end to end in single rows, 10 to 12 eggs in each row. Eggs 

 yellowish-white, soon becoming dirty and brownish, 0.35 nun. long by 0.28 nun. wide; jelly covering 

 perfectly smooth. Eggs require 60 days' incubation at a temperature of 72-75° F. 



