[41] FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1195 



Mackerel. — Scomber scombrus Linn. 



Ovaries. Wood's Holl, Mass., May 20, 1875. 15,205. IT. S. Fish 

 Commission. This species spawns off the New Jersey and New 

 England coast in spring and early summer. 



BONITO.— tiarda mediterranea (Schn.) J. & G. 



Ovaries. Noank, Conn., July 25, 1874. 15,208. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. The fishermen of Sandy Hook report that the bonito 

 spawns in that locality during the summer months, as ripe fish 

 are often taken by them at that season. 



Bluefish. — Pomatomus saltatrix (Linn.) Gill. 



Ovaries. Wood's Holl, Mass., June 18, 1874. 15,209. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. The New Jersey fishermen, as well as those of 

 Southern New England, report ripe fish of this species occa- 

 sionally taken by them during the summer months. The young 

 , occur almost everywhere along the coast between Cape Cod 

 and Florida. From these facts it seems probable that the blue- 

 fish spawn a considerable distance from the shore during the 

 summer months. 



Butterfish. — Stromateus triacanthus (Peck.) J. & G. 



Ovaries. Wood's Holl, Mass., May 20 to June 8. 15,210. Vinal 

 N. Edwards. This species spawns along the outer shores and 

 in the salt-water bays lying between Cape Cod and Cape Hen- 

 lopen, the more important spawning-grounds being along the 

 coast of Southern New England. 



Ejngfish. — Mentlcirrus nebulosns (Mitch.) Gill. 



Ovaries. Wood's Holl, Mass., May 25, 1874. 15,211. Yinal N. 

 Edwards. The principal spawning-grounds for this species 

 are off the coast of Southern New England and New Jersey, 

 although the species undoubtedly spawns as far south as the 

 Carolinas. The spawning season occurs in summer. 



Squeteague. — Cynoscion regalis (Bloch.) Gill. 



Ovaries. Wood's Holl, June 7-10, 1875. 15,212. Vinal N. Ed- 

 wards. This species spawns in the salt and brackish water 

 sounds and bays, and along the outer shore of the Atlantic 

 coast, between Cape Cod and Florida, from April to July. 



Herring. — Clupea harengus Linn. 



Ovaries. Wood's Holl, Mass., Oct., 1872. " 15,221. Yinal N. Ed- 

 wards. The principal spawning- grounds for this species within 

 the limits of the United States arePassamaquoddy Bay, Bois- 

 bubert Island, Penobscot Bay, and Wood Island, off the coast 

 of Maine; and near Cape Ann, on the Massachusetts coast. 

 The spawning season varies greatly with the locality. 



