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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Henricia sa ngui nolenta — Continued . 
(several), 8 (few), n (2), 12 (2), 13 (3), 15 (few), 
16 (few), 20 (2), 22 (1), 24 (few), 25 (few), 27 
(2), 28 (2), 30 (few), 32 (3 very small), 34 (3), 
35 (1 small), 36 (3), 44 (2), 45 (2), 52 (2), 56 (1), 
57 (few), 60 (1), 62 (1), 63 (1), 64 (1), 65 (1), 
67 (1), 69 (2), 74 (1), 77 (many), 83 (1 small), 
85, 86, 87 (small), 108, 112, 115 (several large 
and small), 128 (2), 134 (1). 
The eggs are deposited around the mouth and 
retained by the mother until the young star- 
fishes are able to take care of themselves. — 
Verrill. Larvae taken in the tow net May 10. — 
Bumpus. Breeds in the early spring. — Clark. 
Family AsTERiiD/E. 
Asterias austera Verrill. 
Clark, 1904, p. 555; 1905, p. 3. 
Common at Crab Ledge in 17 to 35 fathoms.— 
Clark. Dredged by the Survey in 17 to 25 
fathoms, on bottoms of gravel and stones. 
Fish Hawk stations (all at Crab Ledge): 7603* 
(one, 2 inches diameter), 7605 (one, J^-inch 
specimen), 7606 (5), 7607 (one, J^-inch), 7608* 
(one, 2-inch), 7609* (one). 
Asterias forbesi (Desor). Common starfish (in this 
region). [Chart 48.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 718, 326, etc. (listed 
both as Asterias arenicola and A. forbesi, though 
the authors recognize that the two are probably 
identical); Verrill, 1895a, p. 206; Mead, 1900, 
p. 203; Clark, 1904, p. 552; 1905, p. 4; Sum- 
ner, 1910, fig. 20. 
Abundant and of general distribution through- 
out the region, from the adlittoral zone to the 
greatest depths of the B ay and Sound . Dredged 
by the Survey in 2 to 19 fathoms, on all kinds 
Df bottom. The abundance of the starfish is 
subject to great fluctuations from year to year, 
its presence or absence on a given spot being 
frequently determined by the presence or ab- 
sence of mussel beds. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7521 bis (2), 7522 (several), 
7522 bis (1 small), 7523 (2), 7523 bis (several 
small), 7525 bis (few), 7526 (several), 7527 
(few), 7528 (few), 7530 (several), 7530 bis (few), 
7531 (1 small), 7531 bis (few small), 7532 (few 
small), 7532 bis (1), 7533 bis (1 large, several 
small), 7534 (few), 7535 (several), 7535 bis 
(several small), 7536 (few), 7537 (many), 7538 
(few), 7539 (few), 7541 (few), 7543 (1), 7544 
(few small), 7545 (few small), 7546 (few small), 
7547 (few small), 7547 bis (2 small), 7548 (few 
small), 7549 (few small), 7549 bis (1), 7550 
(many), 7551 bis (4 large), 7552 (few small), 
7SS3 bis (2), 7554 (1 small), 7554 bis (2), 7555 
Asterias forbesi — Continued. 
(several), 7556 (many), 7557 (1), 7558 (few), 
7559 (0. 75 6 ° (0> 756 i (few), 7564 (many), 
7564 bis (1 large), 7565 (few), 7566 (1), 7570 
(4). 757i (several), 7579 (many), 7580 (1), 7581 
(2), 7592 (many), 7593 (?few), 7594 (?few), 
7595 (few), 7596 (1), 7608 (few), 7610 (2 small), 
7612 (1), 7615 (many small), 7616 (several), 
7619 (several small), 7620 (several small), 7621 
(several), 7624 (few), 7625 (several), 7626 (x), 
7628 (1), 7633 (1), 7638 (several), 7644 (1), 7653 
(2), 7654 (several), 7660 (few), 7661 (several), 
7663 (2), 7671 (many), 7672 (few), 7673 (15), 
7 6 75 (3)- 7676 (1), 7 6 7 8 (0> 7 68 ° ( 2 )> 768r (few), 
7682 (several), 7687 (1), 7697 (1 small), 7699 
(1), 7700 (large number), 7701 (several), 7702 
(0> 77 03 (0> 77°4 (1 small), 7706 (few), 7707 
(few), 7708 (few), 7709 (many), 7710 (2), 7717 
(1) , 7718 (? young), 7719 (few), 7720 (few), 7721 
(few), 7723 (several), 7725 (2 small), 7726 (sev- 
eral), 7727 (1), 7728 (2), 7729 (1), 7730 (1 small), 
773 1 0 small), 7732 (several), 7733 (4 large), 
7734(i), 7736 (0.7740(2), 7744 (2), 7751 (2), 7752 
(r), 7753 (1 small), 7759 (many), 7760 (several), 
7762 (several), 7766 (many small), 7767 (sev- 
eral small), 7769 (few small), 7770 (several 
small), 7772 (2 small), 7773 (1 small), 7774 (few 
small), 7775 (1 large), 7776 (many large and 
medium), 7777 (many), 7778 (common), 7779 
(2) , 7780 (very many, large), 7781 (many large), 
7782 (several), 7783 (very many, large and 
medium sized). Supplementary stations 
(1909): 7618, 7624, 7643, 7659, 7671. 
Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 1 (few), 2 
(several), 3 (few), 4 (x large), 8 (1), 11 (1), 12 
(1), 15 (2), 18 (1), 22 (2), 26 (1), 27 (3), 52 (sev- 
eral), 53 (1 piece), 59 (1), 61 (1), 62 (several), 
63 (few), 64 (few), 70 (several), 71 (several), 72 
(several), 76 (1), 77 (2), 79 (1), 80 (few), 81 (few 
small), 82 (several), 85 (1 small), 87 (small), 
89, 98, 100 (1 small), 107 (1 small), 111, 113, 
114 (fewsmall), 116, 118 (several), 119 (1 small), 
120 (2), 121 (several), 122 (1 small), 127 (2), 
130, 131 (few small), 132 (several), 134 (small), 
135 (many), 137 (1), 138 (1), 141 (1), 142 (1), 
145 (common), 147 (1), 148 (2), 149 (several), 
150 (several), 158 (1), 161 (several small), 163 
(1 small), 164 (1), 167 (2). Supplementary 
station (1909): 83. 
The height of the spawning season is reported by 
Mead to occur during the latter half of June in 
Narragansett Bay, though individuals with ap- 
parently ripe sexual products were found dur- 
ing the rest of the summer. The young are 
abundant in the Eel Pond during the latter 
part of the summer. 
