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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Stenotomus chrysops — Continued . 
Abundant everywhere, being taken from May i 
to the latter part of October; most abundantly 
in June and July. An important item in the 
local trap fishery. Small specimens were 
taken during the Survey dredging throughout 
Vineyard Sound and the lower half of Buzzards 
Bay, in waters of 3 to 17 fathoms depth. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7548 (many), 7554 (many), 
7567 (few), 7569 (2), 7570 (few), 7574 (1), 7575 
(1), 7576 (many), 7578 (many), 7579 (many), 
7580 (many), 7582 (several), 7583 (1), 7584 (1), 
7593 (many), 7594 (few), 7597 (1), 7598 (1), 7599 
(1), 7602 (few), 7615 (1), 7643 (1), 7654 (1), 7656 
(many), 7657, 7660 (several), 7673 (several), 
7675 (1)- 7734 (1). 7739 (2). 774 i (1), 7757 W- 
7759 (1), 7761 (several), 7765 (2), 7767 (few), 
7772 (1). 7774 (2), 7777 (several), 7778 (few), 
7780 (many), 7781 (few), 7782 (several), 7783 
(many). 
Spawns early in June. For growth of young, see 
Sherwood and Edwards, 1901. 
Food : All kinds of small Crustacea, annelids, bi- 
valve and univalve mollusks, etc. — Verrill and 
Smith. Small fish and squid, also annelids, 
crabs, shrimps, amphipods, mollusks, hy- 
droids, young sea urchin, holothurians, vege- 
table debris, copepods, small Crepidula . — 
Linton. 
Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) — Echino- 
rhynchus acus, E. sagittifer. Nematodes (Lin- 
ton) — Ascaris sp. (immature). Cestodes (Lin- 
ton) — Rhynchobothrium imparispine, R. longi- 
spine (cysts), R. speciosum (cysts), Scolex poly- 
morphus (larvae), Tetrarhynchus bisulcatus 
(cysts). Trematodes (Linton) — Distomum 
appendiculatum, D. vitellosum , D. sp., Micro- 
cotyle stenotomi. Rhynchobdellida (Linton) — - 
Pontobdella rapax. Copepods (C. B. Wilson) — 
Caligus rapax. 
Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). Sailor’s choice, 
p infish. 
Goode, 1884a, p. 393; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 101; 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1358; Kendall, 
1908, p. 103. 
Woods Hole. — Goode. Quisset Harbor, Great 
Harbor, Tisbury Great Pond, Eel Pond. — 
Edwards. A specimen ioj^ inches long taken 
in Buzzards Bay in 1899. — Smith. Ordinarily 
scarce; common throughout the region in 
1906. Recorded from June till October 25. 
Taken with the seine. 
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). Sheeps- 
head. 
Storer, 1867, p.49 ( Sargus ovis ); Goode, 1884a, p. 
381 ( Diplodus probatocephalus)', H. M. Smith, 
1898, p. 101; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 
1361; Linton, 1901, p. 459; Kendall, 1908, p. 
104. 
Wareham. — Goode. Buzzards Bay. — Edwards. 
Very uncommon of late, though said to have 
formerly been quite common. Recorded for 
July and August. Taken by line. 
Parasites: E chino rhynchus proteus. — Linton. 
Family Gerrid^. 
Eucinostomus gula (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Sil- 
ver jenny, Irish pompano. 
Goode, 1884a, p. 279 ( Genes argenteus ); H. M. 
Smith, 1898, p. 101; Jordan and Evermann, 
1898, p. 1370; Kendall, 1908, p. 104. 
Woods Hole. — Goode. Quisset Harbor, Eel 
Pond; usually very uncommon, but small 
specimens were taken on a number of dates 
during August, September, and October, 
1897. — Smith. 
Family Kyphosid^E. 
Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus). Rudder-fish, Ber- 
muda chub. 
Baird, 1873 {Pimelepturus boscii); Goode, 1884a, 
p. 394 ( Cyphosus boscii ); H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 
101; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1387; 
Kendall, 1908, p. 104. 
Woods Hole. — Goode. Quisset Harbor, Tisbury 
Great Pond. — Edwards. Not rare in summer 
and fall, occasionally met with in April. — 
Smith. Taken seining; sometimes found 
among gulfweed at surface. 
Parasites: Caligus rapax. — C. B. Wilson. 
Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1386 (not re- 
corded locally). 
One specimen taken in trap at Nantucket, Oc- 
tober 31, 1906 (sent to G. M. Gray and identi- 
fied by H. M. Smith). 
Family ScnENimE. 
Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider). Sque- 
teague, weakfish, sea trout. 
Storer, 1867, p. 45 (Otolithus regalis)', Baird, 1873; 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 515; Bumpus, 
1898a, p. 59; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 101; Jordan 
and Evermann, 1898, p. 1407; Linton, 1899; 
Sherwood and Edwards, 1901; Sharp and Fow- 
ler, 1904, p. 510; Kendall, 1908, p. 105. 
