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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Family Acipenserid.®. 
Acipenser sturio Linnaeus.® Common sturgeon. 
Baird, 1873 ( Acipenser oxyrhynchus and A. bre- 
virostris); Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 105; 
H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 90 (A. sturio and A. bre- 
virostris ); Bumpus, 1898b, p. 851 ( Acipenser 
brevirostris); Linton, 1901, p. 435 (A. sturio 
and A. brevirostris)', Sharp and Fowler, 1904, 
p. 506; Kendall, 1908, p. 16 (A. sturio and A. 
brevirostrum ?). 
Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, occasional; 
at times common, half a dozen having been 
seen at once. Nantucket. — Sharp and Fowler. 
Most numerous in June and July. — Smith. 
As late as last of September.— Edwards. Taken 
in traps. 
Females carrying large eggs noted in June and 
July. — Edwards. 
Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) — Echinor- 
hynchus attenuatus (listed for “Acipenser bre- 
virostris”). Nematodes (Linton) — Dacnitis 
sphcerocephala. Cestodes: cysts. Trematodes 
(Linton) — Nitzschia elongata. Copepods (C. B. 
Wilson) — Caligus rapax. 
Family Siujrid.E. 
Felichthys marinus (Mitchill). Sea catfish, gaff- 
topsail . 
Baird, 1873 (/. Elurichthys marinus)', Jordan and 
Evermann, 1896, p. 118; H. M. Smith, 1898, 
p. 90; Kendall, 1908, p. iS. 
One at Menemsha in 1871. — Baird. Reported 
from New Bedford in 1879 (Goode); from 
Menemsha in 18S6 (Smith). Another taken at 
same place September 11, 1906. 
Galeichthys f elis (Linnaeus). Sea catfish. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 128 ( Hexane - 
matichthys felis ); H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 90; 
Kendall, 1908, p. 18. 
Vineyard Sound, very rare, none being recorded 
since 1887; formerly reported common. — 
Smith. 
Family Anguiixid.-E. 
Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur). Eel. 
Storer, 1867, p. 215 ( Anguilla bostoniensis)', 
Baird, 1873 ( Anguilla bostoniensis)', Jordan 
and Evermann, 1896, p.348 (Anguilla chrysy pa) 
Bumpus, 1898, p. 4&6(Anguillachrysypa)', H. M. 
Smith, 1898, p. 90 ( Anguilla chrysypa); Lin- 
ton, 1901, p. 435 ( Anguilla chrysypa)', Sharp 
and Fowler, 1904, p. 506 ( Anguilla chrysypa)', 
Kendall, 1908, p. 32 ( Anguilla chrysypa)', 
B. Bean, 1909. 
Anguilla rostrata — Continued. 
Abundant and generally distributed along shores 
everywhere, particularly in weedy places; 
taken throughout the year. Three hundred 
and fifty barrels were caught in one trap in two 
weeks in October, 1896. — Smith. In winter 
they are speared through the ice. 
Young 2 to inches long taken in March. — 
Bumpus. Fishes of that length taken in tow 
in April and May. — Edwards. 
Food: Shrimps, crabs, annelids, mollusks, small 
fish. — Linton. 
Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) — Echinorhyn- 
chus clavceceps, E. globulosus. Nematodes 
(Linton) — Agamonema capsularia, Lecano- 
cephalus annulatus, immature nematodes. 
Cestodes (Linton) — Dibothrium crassiceps, 
Rhynchobothrium bulbifer, R. heterospine, R. 
irnparispine, R. sp. (cysts), Scolex polymorphus, 
Taenia dilatata, T. sp. Trematodes (Linton) — 
Distomum grandiporum, D. ocrealum, D. vitel - 
losum, D. sp. Copepods (C. B. Wilson) — 
Argulus laticauda. 
Family Leptoc epii ali d.E . 
Leptocephalus conger (Linnaeus). Conger eel. 
Baird, 1873 ( Conger oceanica); Bean, 1884 ( Con- 
ger niger)\ Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 
354; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 90; Linton, 1901, 
p. 436; Kendall, 1908, p. 33. 
Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Great Harbor; 
very common for several years, but rather rare 
formerly; quite abundant in 1902, when 124 
were taken in one fyke net at head of Great 
Harbor, in October. — Edwards. Appears in 
July and remains till fall. Taken in traps, 
lobster pots, and fyke nets and on lines. 
Largest recorded local specimen, caught at Fal- 
mouth, weighed 12 pounds. — Smith. 
Food: Fish (herring, butter-fish, eel), annelid 
(Nereis) . — Linton. 
Parasites (Linton): Acanthocephala — Echino- 
rhynchus acus. Nematodes — Dacnitis hians, 
immature nematodes. Cestodes — Rhynchoboth- 
riurn irnparispine, larval cestodes (Scolex poly- 
morphus). Trematodes — Distomum simplex, D. 
vitellosum. 
Family Mur^Enidze. 
Murcena retifera Goode & Bean. Moray. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 401; H. M. 
Smith, 1900; Kendall, 1908, p. 34. 
One specimen (6 feet 2 inches long, weighing 39 
pounds) taken in a lobster pot at Tuckernuck 
Island, July 25, 1899. — Smith. 
“ The various records for "Acipenser brevirostris" (=> brevirostrum ) probably refer to “blunt-nosed individuals of the 
common sturgeon.” — H. M. Smith. 
