BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
Spheroides maculatus — Continued. 
1898a, p. 59; Linton, 1901, p. 464; Sharp and 
Fowler, 1904, p. 510; Kendall, 1908, p. 117. 
Abundant everywhere in local waters, occurring 
from about May 20 to cold weather. Enor- 
mously abundant in 1903, when perhaps sev- 
eral thousand were taken in one set of the trap. 
Young puffers are seined throughout the sum- 
mer. Occasionally specimens were dredged 
by the Survey throughout Vineyard Sound and 
Buzzards Bay. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7551 (1 large), 7554 (1), 7602 
(1 small), 7619 (several small), 7633 (1), 7634 
(1), 7654 (1), 7 6 56 (1), 
Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 51 (1 small), 
158 ( 1 small). 
Spawns from June 1 to 10.— Smith. The eggs 
have been artificially fertilized in the labora- 
tory. Small young abound in summer. 
Young taken in tow from June to August, 
chiefly in July. — Towing records of V. N. 
Edwards. 
Food: Various Crustacea (crabs, hermit crabs, 
amphipods, shrimps), annelids, seaweed, vari- 
ous mollusks (bivalve and univalve). — Linton. 
Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton). — Echino- 
rhynchus acus. Nematodes (Linton) — Ascaris 
habena. Cestodes (Linton) — Dibothrium sp. 
(larvae), Phyllobothrium loliginis (immature), 
Rhynchobothrium bulbifer (cysts), R. tumidu- 
lum (cysts), R. sp. (cysts), Scolex polymorphus 
(larvae), Teirarhynchus bisulcatus (cysts), T. 
sp. (cysts). Trematodes (Linton) — Distomum 
valdeinflatum, D. vibex, D. vitellosum. Cope- 
pods (Wilson) — Tucca corpulentus. 
Spheroides testudineus (Linnaeus). Tambor, globe- 
fish. 
Cope, 1870, ( Tetraodon geometricus); Jordan and 
Evermann, 1898, p. 1734; Kendall, 1908, p. 
117. 
Newport. — Cope. 
Spheroides trichocephalus (Cope). 
Cope, 1870 ( Tetraodon trichocephalus)', Jordan 
and Evermann, 1898, p. 1737; Kendall, 1908, 
p. 118. 
Newport. — Cope. 
Family Diodontid/E. 
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus. Porcupine-fish. 
Smith and Kendall, 1898; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 
104; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1743; 
Kendall, 1908, p. 118. 
One specimen, 9 inches long, taken in trap in 
Buzzards Bay, near Woods Hole station, Au- 
gust 12, 1893. 
763 
Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum). Burrfish, por- 
cupine-fish, rabbit-fish. 
Baird, 187,3 ( Chilomycterus geometricus ); H. M' 
Smith, 1898, p. 103; Jordan and Evermann, 
1898, p. 1748, 1749; Linton, 1901, p. 455; Ken- 
dall, 1908, p. 118. 
Buzzards Bay, Menemsha Bight, Great Harbor, 
Muskeget, Tisbury Pond. — Edwards. Of 
irregular occurrence, but generally rare; more 
numerous than usual during summer of 1906. 
Present during September, October, and No- 
vember. Taken in traps and seines. 
Parasites: Nematodes (Linton) — Ascaris ne- 
glecta. Cestodes^Linton) — Ligula sp. (larva). 
Copepods (C. B. Wilson) — Tucca impressus. 
Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan & Rutter. Burr- 
fish. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1749; Smith, 
1899; (not listed by Kendall). 
Quisset Harbor, one specimen seined September 
7, 1897. — Smith. Katama Bay, September 1, 
1899, one small specimen; Great Harbor 
Woods Hole, November 2, 1910, one full-sized 
specimen taken in fyke net; Menemsha, Sep- 
tember 16, 1911, one specimen. (Last three 
identified with fair certainty by F. B . Sumner) . 
Family Molid^E. 
Mo la mo la (Linnaeus). Sunfish. 
Baird, 1873 ( Mola rotunda)', Bean, 1884 ( Mola 
rotunda)', H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 105; Jordan 
and Evermann, 1898, p. 1753; Linton, 1901, p. 
465; Sharp and Fowler, 1904, p. 511; Kendall, 
1908, p. 119. 
Vineyard Sound ; said to be much rarer now than 
formerly. Dr. Smith states that formerly 8 or 
10 were commonly seen in a season, but in 
recent years seldom more than one. On July 
11, 1900, a sunfish weighing about 250 pounds 
was harpooned by Dr. Bumpus in Vineyard 
Sound. Several were reported in local waters 
in 1908, though none of these were captured. 
Nantucket, rare. — Sharp and Fowler. They 
appear during July and August and are some- 
times captured with a harpoon. 
Food: Salpae, small amphipods. — Linton. Large 
jelly fish.— C. W. Stone. 
Parasites: Acanthocephala (Linton) — Echinor- 
hynchus acus. Immature nematodes. Ces- 
todes (Linton)— Dibothrium microcephalum, 
Tetrarhynchus elongatus. Trematodes (Lin- 
ton) — Distomum contortum, D. foliatum, D. 
fragile, D. macrocotyle, D. nigroflavum, Tris- 
tomum molce. Copepods (Rathbun) — Cecrops 
latreilli, Lepeophtheirus normanni (C. B. Wil- 
son) — Anthosoma crassum, Penella Jilosa. 
