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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Striped anchovy, Anchoviella epsetus (Bonnaterre) 
A record from off the Presumpscot River, near Portland, October 8, 1930 (Ken- 
dall 1931, p. 11) is the first for the Gulf of Maine. This anchovy is now known 
from as far northward as Halifax harbor where a number were seined September 
29, 1931 (Vladykov 1935, p. 3). 
Argentine, Argentina silus Ascanius 
Until recently the argentine was considered rare in our waters, for only odd 
examples had been brought in from widely scattered localities. The development of 
otter trawling proved that argentines are in reality fairly common around the 
edge of Georges Bank and off Cape Cod in deep water. Thus, along the northern 
and northwestern slopes of the bank and to the eastward of Cape Cod, in depths of 
80 to 100 fathoms, it is not unusual for a haul of the trawl to bring in from one to a 
dozen, and as much as 15,000 pounds has been reported by one boat during a week’s 
fishing (Firth 1931, p. 11). It also occurs in the deep central basin of the gulf, for 
the Albatross II has recently (July 1931) trawled a specimen in 115 fathoms off 
Mount Desert Rock. 
Pearlsides, Maurolicus pennanti (Walbaum) 
Additional Gulf of Maine records of this species include one specimen 41 mm long 
taken from the stomach of a cod, on Platts Bank, July 27, 1924; one 43 mm long, 
also from a cod’s stomach, on Cashes Ledge, August 16, 1928; and four, 32 to 39 
mm long, from the stomachs of two pollock, caught in 20 fathoms, 7 miles southeast 
of Bakers Island, Mount Desert, Maine, July 24, 1930. 
Viper fish, Chauliodus sloanei Bloch and Schneider 
A specimen found in the stomach of a swordfish caught in the gully between 
Browns and Georges Banks in 1931 is the second to be definitely recorded from 
within the Gulf of Maine. 
Lancetfish, Alepisaurus jerox Lowe 
A record of a 5 /(-foot specimen of this rare fish caught alive in the surf on Block 
Island, R. I., March 12, 1928, is of especial interest even though outside the limits 
of the Gulf of Maine. An excellent photograph, sent in by Mrs. Elizabeth Dickens, 
shows the upper lobe of the caudal prolonged as a long filament, which most of the 
specimens so far seen have lost. This specimen had been feeding on small dogfish. 
Needlefish, Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum) 
A specimen gaffed at the surface from the Albatross II on northern Georges 
Bank, September 20, 1928, is the only definite offshore record for the Gulf of Maine 
although the needlefish has been taken in various localities there alongshore. 
Trumpetfish, Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 
Recent reports of the trumpetfish at Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, and on the 
south coast of Newfoundland, show that this tropical species may stray much farther 
north than previously supposed. 
