BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Hippocampus hudsonius — Continued. 
Woods Hole. — Goode. Vineyard Sound, in gulf- 
weed or rockweed; a few every year, during 
August and September. — Smith. Gay Head, 
one specimen. — Edwards. A dead specimen 
taken dredging in Tarpaulin Cove, July, 1903. 
Family Atherinid/E. 
Menidia beryllina cerea Kendall. Silverside. 
Kendall and Smith, 1895, p. 21 ( M . beryllina ); 
Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 797 ( Menidia 
gracilis ); H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 94 (M. gracilis ); 
Bumpus, 1898b (M. gracilis)', Kendall, 1902, 
p. 261; Kendall, 1908, p. 66. 
Shores everywhere, abundant, appearing early 
in spring. Often seen in dense bodies about 
piers in July, August, and September and as 
late as December. — Smith. 
Spawns in June and July; seems to spawn later 
than M. notata. — Bumpus. 
Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill). Silverside. 
Baird, 1873 ( Chirostoma notata)-, Bean, 1884 
(Menidia notata) , Jordan and Evermann, 1896, 
p. 800 (M. notata)-, 1898, p. 2840 ( Menidia 
menidia notata)-, Bumpus, 1898b, p. 852 (M. 
notata)-, H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 94 (M. notata)-, 
Kendall, 1902 (M. notata)-, Linton, 1901, p. 
443 (M. notata)-, Sharp and Fowler, 1904, p. 
508 (M. notata)-, Kendall, 1908, p. 66. 
Shores everywhere, very abundant, more so than 
the foregoing species. Taken from April to 
December, being most abundant late in the 
fall. 
Spawns in June and July. Eggs in ropy threads 
attached to beach grass above low-tide level. — 
Edwards. Fry 1% cm. in length at surface in 
July. — Bumpus. 
Food: Small Crustacea, shrimps, vegetable ma- 
terial, annelids, univalve mollusks, diatoms. — 
Linton. Kendall (1902) gives a number of 
tables of food of “ silversides ” without specify- 
ing species. The records probably refer to the 
present form. This fish is, in its turn, an im- 
portant item of food for larger species. 
Parasites: Nematodes (Linton) — Filaria sp. (im- 
mature). Cestodes (Linton) — larva ( Rhyn - 
chobothrium bulbifer, R. imparispine). Tre- 
matodes (Linton) — Distomum tornatum, D. 
valdeinflatum, D. sp., Gasterostomum sp. Co- 
pepods (C. B. Wilson) — Ergasilus manicatus. 
Family Mugieid^E. 
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus. Striped mullet. 
Baird, 1873 ( Mugil lineatus)-, Jordan and Ever- 
mann, 1896, p. 811; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 94; 
Linton, 1901, p. 444; Kendall, 1908, p. 67. 
Woods Hole, Great Pond, Vineyard Haven; com- 
mon along shores locally. Present from June 
to December; most common in the fall. Local 
specimens all appear to be immature, and the 
fish does not seem to spawn here. — Edwards. 
A specimen 13 inches long taken in 1900. 
Food: Diatoms, green algas, occasionally cope- 
pods. — Linton. 
Parasites: Caligus rufimaculatus. — C. B. Wilson. 
Mugil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes. White 
mullet. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 813; H. M. 
Smith, 1898, p. 94; Kendall, 1908, p. 68. 
Woods Hole, Quisset, Vineyard Haven. Com- 
mon from July 1st to October. — Smith. Lo- 
cal specimens all immature. — Edwards. 
Young inches in length taken June 28. — 
Bumpus. 
It is not certain that all the foregoing records are 
reliable, since some confusion seems to have 
occurred in the identification of local mullets. 
Three specimens in the Woods Hole collection, 
which had been labeled “Mugil curema,” are 
in reality M. cephalus. — Sumner. 
Mugil sp. undetermined (immature). 
Kendall and Smith, 1895, p. 20 ( Querimana 
gyrans)-, Jordan and Evermann, 1896, p. 818 
(Querimana gyrans)-, H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 94 
(Querimana gyrans)-, Kendall, 1908, p. 68 
(Mugil trichodon). 
An immature form which has for a number of 
years been listed locally as “Querimana gy- 
rans,” occurs at Woods Hole and vicinity dur- 
ing the summer and fall. (Concerning iden- 
tity, see Bean, Catalogue of the Fishes of New 
York, 1903; Smith, The Fishes of North Caro- 
lina, 1907). 
Family Sphyr.Enid,e. 
Sphyrcena barracuda (Walbaum). Barracuda. 
Goode, 1884, p. 448 (Sphyrcena picuda); Jordan 
and Evermann, 1896, p. 823 (S. picuda)-, H. M. 
Smith, 1898, p. 94; Kendall, 1908, p. 68. 
Woods Hole, Quisset Harbor, a rare straggler, 
only a few specimens having been taken, the 
last recorded being in September, 1897. — 
Smith. 
