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Suborder LORICATI. 

 Family SCORP^ENID^. Rockfishes. 



194. Rosefish ; Norway Haddock {Sebastcs marinus Linn?eus). 



The Rosefish, or Norway Haddock, inhabits the North Atlantic ; it is abundant 

 on both coasts. It has been recorded from the north and west coasts of Europe to 

 the British Channel, and in the Arctic Ocean. It is a shore fish as far south 

 occasionally as Cape Cod, and occurs in deep water south to New Jersey. It breeds 

 abundantly off the south coast of New England in late summer, between 100 and 

 180 fathoms, and there is no reason to believe that the young" rise to the surface; 

 they were caught by the bushel at these depths. It is a beautifully colored and 

 important food fish. 



DeKay calls it the Northern Sebastes; he says it is a very rare fish in our waters. 

 It is called by fishermen Red Sea Perch, and they say it is always found in deep 

 water. To the Massachusetts fishermen it is known as Rosefish, Hemdurgon, and 

 Snapper. Fabricius states that it is rather agreeable food, but meagre. It feeds on 

 Flounders and other fish, and takes the hook readily. 



According to Dr. Smith, it was obtained in the Woods Hole region only once. 

 On December 20, 1895, in Great Harbor, 7 or 8 specimens, 3 inches long, were found 

 in a hole on a flat, where they had been left by the tide ; 4 or 5 of these had been 

 stranded and were dead, the others were alive. Fishermen claim that they some- 

 times catch these fish in traps very late in fall at Provincetown. This fish reaches a 

 length of 18 inches. 



195. Redfish {Hciicolenus dactyloptems De la Roche). 



The beautiful Redfish is found in deep water of the Atlantic and in the Medi- 

 terranean. It occurs frequently off our east coast from Narragansett Bay to 

 Chesapeake Bay. Its color is a delicate scarlet red, the gill cover and dorsal fin 

 somewhat mottled with brownish. The fish reaches the length of 15 inches; it 

 is highly valued for food. 



Family COTTID^E. Sculpins. 



196. Grubby ; Brassy Sculpin {Myoxoceplialus (eneus Mitchill). 



The Grubby, or Brassy Sculpin, was called the Brazen Bullhead by both Mitchill 

 and DeKay. DeKay states that it is frequently taken with the hook in Long 

 Island Sound and the harbor of New York. It rarely exceeds 6 inches in length, 

 and is usually not more than 4 inches long. It is the smallest of the marine 



