SEA FISHERIES LABORATORY. 



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pacticidse, especially the species Jonesiella hycence. It is 

 curious that this animal which must be very abundant in 

 the sand at the bottom in some parts of our district, and 

 which is clearly from our investigations of so much 

 importance as a food matter for the young fishes was not 

 known at all even to naturalists until we captured some 

 specimens in the bottom tow-net in April 1889, when 

 dredging from the steamer " Hyaena " in Port Erin Bay. 



In the following list we give the locality, date, number 

 of specimens examined, limits of size in inches, and finally 

 the contents of the stomachs. The numerals before the 

 food matters indicate the number of stomachs containing 

 the respective substances. The Map of the district 

 (see Plate) shows the positions of the stations and other 

 localities mentioned. 



Young Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). 



R. Dee. 



Burbo Bank. 

 Morecambe. 



North Banks. 



Formby Ch. 



Blackpool. 



Morecambe. 



Station 4 



do. 



Morecambe. 



Feb 



15 



39 fish. 



Feb. 17 



28 ,, 



Feb. 23 



10 „ 



Feb. 



24 



31 „ 



Mat 



. 6 



10 „ 



Apl. 



21 



3 „ 



May 



17 



5 „ 



Jim 



e 6 



5 „ 



do 





3 „ 



Jim 



e 7 



14 „ 



If - 2f inch. 



2-2| i, 



1|-2| „ 



If -21 „ 



2-2| „ 



1|-2| „ 



2-2| „ 



u-if ;, 



2|-2| „ 



11-21 „ 



5 Crangon, 3 Gammarus 



3 Copepoda, 1 Ostracoda 

 1 Bivalve shells, 4 An. 

 tiss., 22 Empty. 



28 Empty. 



1 Crustacea, 1 Annelida, 

 8 Empty. 



4 Crustacea, 1 Ostracoda 



2 Annelida, 1 Bivalve 

 shells, 1 

 Empty. 



10 Empty. 



3 An. tiss. 



5 Copepoda, 3 Cumacea. 



3 Cardium, 2 Coro- 

 phium, 3 Copepoda. 



2 Corophium, 1 Empty. 



3 Gammarus, 1 Carcinus 

 2 Pseudncuma, 6 Cope- 

 poda, 2 Annelida, 2 

 Empty. 



