BIGELOW: EXPLORATIONS IN THE GULF OF MAINE. 



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Station 11 

 Gloucester Harbor 

 Station 21 



Pleuronectidae . 



Sanddab. Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius). 



July 17 25-0 fathoms 24 specimens 22.5-10 mm. 



17 



July 18 

 August 2 



25-0 fathoms 

 surface 

 60 fathoms 



1 specimen 

 1 specimen 



23.5 mm. 

 89 mm. 



Station 44 



Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius) (?). 

 August 31 25-0 fathoms 24 specimens 9.5-6 mm. 



Winter Flounder. Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) (?). 



Station 7 

 Station 11 

 Station 20 



July 

 July 

 July 



16 

 17 

 31 



18 fathoms 

 25-0 fathoms 

 7-0 fathoms 



1 specimen 

 1 specimen 

 1 specimen 



10.5 mm. 

 13 mm. 

 6.5 mm. 



Witch Flounder. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linne). 



No label 

 Station 12 July 

 Station 14 

 Station 21 

 Station 30 

 Station 42 

 Station 44 



Station 7 

 Station 12 



Station 5 



22 

 July 24 

 August 2 

 August 14 

 August 24 

 August 31 



5-0 fathoms 

 20 fathoms 

 60 fathoms 

 surface 

 20-0 fathoms 

 25-0 fathoms 



2 specimens 



1 specimen 



2 specimens 

 8 specimens 

 1 specimen 

 6 specimens 



20 specimens 



16.5-8.5 mm. 

 9.5 mm. 

 16.5-8 mm. 

 108 -65 mm. 

 18.5 mm. 

 18-10 mm. 

 16.5-9 mm. 



Pleuronectids unplaced. 



July 16 18 fathoms 1 specimen 7 mm. 



July 22 5-0 fathoms 15 specimens 10-6 mm. 



Lophiidae. 

 Goosefish. Lophius piscatorius Linne. 

 July 12 Surface 1 specimen 6.5 mm. 



Station 16 



Station 6 

 Station 8 



Adult stages taken in the trawl. 

 Rajidae. 

 Little Skate. Raja erinacea Mitchill. 

 25 fathoms 1 specimen 



Prickly Skate. Raja radiata Donovan. 



27 fathoms 

 22 fathoms 



1 specimen 

 12 specimens 



