PARASITES OF FISHES OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA. 383 



Diplodus holbrookii, Spotted Pin-Jish, 



COPEPOD PARASITES. 



1 . An/iil us sp. 



Few; found in washings from intestine, but doubtless from outside of host. 



NEMATODES. 



2. Lecanoeephalus annulatus Molin. 



One, a female, length - r > mm. Other dimensions, life: Diameter, of head 0.2, of body at base of 

 oesophagus 0.5; middle of body 0.67, maximum diameter, a little behind middle, 0.85; length of 

 ■ esophagus 0.H; diameter of body at anal aperture 0.18; distance from anal aperture to posterior end 

 0.16. 



CESTODES. 



:;. Scolex polymorphus Rudolphi. 



Few, minute, seen in a small piece of the intestine which was being examined to ascertain the 

 character of the food. 



Eucinostomus gula, Silver Jenny 



NEMATODES. 



1. Small nematodes. [Figs. .49, 50.] 



Aug. 21, a male, which agrees with No. <> under Leiostomus xanthurus. 



Kyphosus sectatrix, Rudder-fish, Chub. 



XEMOTODES. 



1. Ascaris sp. 



Fragments of a female. Dimensions in millimeters of alcoholic specimen: Length 20; diameter, 

 maximum, 0.6, at anterior end 0.24, at anal aperture 0.3; distance from anal aperture to posterior end 

 0.4o; length of oesophagus 3.5; ova 0:06 by 0.03. There was but one jaw left on the specimen: 

 Length, 0.18; breadth, 0.15. There was a short diverticulum to the intestine and one to the 

 oesophagus as in A. habena. The jaw also suggested that species. The oesophagus was cylindrical and 

 the intestine had thick walls. 



