. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 346 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES it has been taken at Annisquam, at the mouth of the Saco River, and repeatedly in the neighborhood of Casco Bay. Here it appears so regular (if rare) a member of the local fish fauna that Dr. W. C. Kendall saw more than 25 taken from the traps near Small Point between July 4 and 14 in 1896, and the local fishermen were familiar with it; but the only record east of Small Point is for a single specimen caught at Campobello Island in the mouth of the
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 346 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES it has been taken at Annisquam, at the mouth of the Saco River, and repeatedly in the neighborhood of Casco Bay. Here it appears so regular (if rare) a member of the local fish fauna that Dr. W. C. Kendall saw more than 25 taken from the traps near Small Point between July 4 and 14 in 1896, and the local fishermen were familiar with it; but the only record east of Small Point is for a single specimen caught at Campobello Island in the mouth of the Bay of Fundy in August, 1911. Being a shoal-water fish, it is confined to a narrow belt along the shores of the Gulf, but its. o, Adult, b, Egg. d Fig. 170.—Sea robin (Prionolus carolinus) c, Larva, just hatched, millimeters, d, Fry, 9 millimeters. range extends eastward across the south channel to Georges Bank, where the trawlers picked up a few (never more than a dozen or two on a trip) during the summer of 1913. Probably the Eastern Channel is its easterly limit, for "robins" are not known on Browns Bank or off the west Nova Scotian coast. In summer the depth range of the " robin " is from close below tide mark down to 30 or 40 fathoms— perhaps Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off
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