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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Common grenadier, Macrourus bairdii Goode and Bean 
Recent records show that the grenadier is comparatively common on muddy 
bottom in the gulf, at depths greater than about 90 fathoms and that it may occasion- 
ally be taken shoal er, for one was reported from the slope of Jeffreys Ledge in about 
50 fathoms during March 1934. The capture of a ripe male in late September verifies 
the earlier suggestion that the grenadier is an autumn spawner. The largest fish 
taken by Albatross II was 16 inches long. This grenadier has now been taken as far 
eastward as the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Nfld. Rpt., 1933 (1934), p. 116). 
American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius) 
Recent trawling by Albatross II and Atlantis proves this species to be generally 
distributed even in the deeper parts of the central basin of the gulf, to a depth of at 
least 120 fathoms. A specimen 15% inches long caught off Montauk Point, N. Y., in 
112 fathoms, February 6, 1930, is the most southerly and westerly record. 
As this flounder is a spring spawner it may be assumed that bottom stages 69 to 80 
mm long trawled off Cape Cod, May 1, were about 1 year old, and 85 to 118 mm fry 
found at several localities in July and August were between 1% and 1% years old, 
those of 8-10 inches, 2% to 2% years. 
Four-spotted flounder, Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill) 
This flounder, formerly thought rare to the east of Cape Cod, has recently been 
found here and there on the southern half of Georges Bank. Previously known only as 
far southward as New York, many have been trawled by the Albatross II south to the 
Virginia Capes (lat. 36°45' N.). 
The fact that captures were made in 23 to 112 fathoms in February (7 stations), 
31 to 52 fathoms in March (two stations), 10 to 85 fathoms in April (eight stations), 
15 to 35 fathoms in May (four stations), 11 to 47 fathoms in June (five stations), and 
41 fathoms in July (one station) indicates that it is present and widely distributed in 
this general depth zone the year round. 
The capture of ripe specimens as late as mid- July shows that the breeding season 
is not limited to spring, as formerly supposed, but extends well into the summer. 
Rusty dab, Limanda ferruginea (Storer) 
Capture of a specimen, in the offing of Hog Island, Va. (lat. 37° 41' N.) consider- 
ably extends the known range to the southward. The captures of young dabs 2 to 4 
inches long in February (17 fish), 2% to 4% inches in April (26 fish), 2% to 5% inches in 
May (10 fish), 3 to 5 inches in June (3 fish) and 3 to 6% inches in July (13 fish) yield the 
first data as to rate of growth. According to this growth schedule the rusty dab 
reaches a length of approximately 5 inches at 1 year of age. 
Winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) 
The recovery, off Chatham and on Nantucket Shoals, of winter flounders 
tagged and released at Woods Hole proves that some of them, at least, may wander 
for longer distances than previously supposed. 
