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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH. COMMISSION. 
FISTULARIIDiE. The Cornet-Fishes. 
67. Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus. Trumpet-fish. (* t $) 
A few are observed every year, mostly in Buzzards Bay near Quisset; some are taken in Great 
Harbor; found mostly in September and October. The usual size is 7 or 8 inches, the smallest 1 
inches; the largest, specimen, about 16 inches long, was caught at the station within the inner basin. 
SYNGNATHID1E. The Pipe-Fishes. 
6S. Siphostoma fuscum (Storer). Pipefish. (* t §) 
The types of this species were obtained at Woods Hole. 1 Very common from about the first of 
May till December, and probably present throughout the year. Found chiefly among eelgva-s. 
Spawning occurs about June 1. Very young transparent pipefish are sometimes taken at the surface 
in tow nets in July. 
HIPPOCAMPIDiE. The Sea-Horses. 
69. Hippocampus hudsonius DeKav. Sea-horse, (t) 
Rare. A few are picked up every year in August and September in Vineyard Sound in gulf-weed 
or rock-weed. All are about 4 inches long. 
ATHERINIDJE. The Silversides. 
70. Menidia gracilis (Gunther). Silverside. (t $) 
Abundant. Often in large dense bodies about piers in July, August, and September and as late 
as December. Appears early in spring and remains later than M. notata. 
71. Menidia notata (Mitchill). Silverside; “Brit.” (* i §) 
Very abundant from April to December. In November exceedingly numerous in harbor. 
MU GILID-33. The Mullets. 
72. Mugil cephalus Linnaeus. Striped Mullet; “Jumping Mullet.” (* + §) 
Commoner than the white mullet. Found from September to end of October, going in large 
schools about October 1. Largest, 10 inches; average, 7 or 8 inches. 
73. Mugil curema Cuvier & Valenciennes. White Mullet; “Jumping Mullet.” (* t) 
Common from July 1 to October. Largest, 5 inches long. In summer fish from f inch to 2 inches 
long and upward are taken. 
74. Querimana gyrans Jordan & Gilbert. Whirligig Mullet. (§) 
Common in summer. Originally described from Key West, this species has been successively 
recorded from North Carolina, Virginia, and Massachusetts.' 2 
SPHYRJENIDiE The Barracudas. 
75. Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum). Barracuda. (§) 
A rare straggler. First recorded from Woods Hole by Dr. Goode, who says “it occasionally finds 
its way into our northern waters, and one or two specimens of it and other West Indian species have 
been taken at Woods Hole.” 3 A young example 3f inches long was seined at Quisset Harbor Sep- 
tember 22, 1897. 
76. Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier & Valenciennes. Barracuda. (*) 
A rare straggler not recently met with. A specimen 22 inches long was taken at Woods Hole July 
7, 1876. Another was caught in Buzzards Bay, near Woods Hole, July 17, 1883. 
77. Sphyraena borealis DeKay, Barracuda. (* t §) 
Dr. Goode 3 said of this fish in 1882 that it had “recently appeared in considerable numbers on 
the coast of southern Massachusetts. * * * No specimens of greater length than 10 or 12 inches 
have ever been taken, and individuals of this size are very unusual, though smaller ones, ranging 
from 2 to 6 inches, are occasionally found in large schools about the western end of Marthas Vineyard 
1 See Storer, Rept. Mass. Fishes, 1838. 2 See Bull. U. S. F. C. 1894, p. 20. 3 Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., p. 448. 
