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Nahant Marine Flora & Fauna List

Marine Invertebrates

Class: Oligochaeta
Clitellio arenareus
Enchytraeus albidus
Lumbricillus lineatus- on rocks beneath Ascophyllum and Fucus
Lumbricillus viridis
Marionina spicula- in course gravel Canoe Beach & Forty Steps Beach
Marionina subterranea
Paranais littoralis- Black Rock area
Phallodrilus parviatratus
Tubificoides benedenii

Class:  Polychaeta
Ampharete finmarchica- 4oft depth of Egg Rock
Amphitrite johnstoni
Arabella iricolor
Arenicola marina
Cirratulus cirratus
Cirratulus grandis
Cistenides gouldi
Clymenella torquata
Ctenodrilus serratus
Diopatra cuprea
Eteone longa
Eulalia viridis
Exogene hebes
Exogone dispar
Fabricia sabella
Glycera capitata- dredged off East Point
Glycera dibranchiata Ehlers
Goniada maculata
Harmothoe imbricata (L.)
Lepidonotus squamatus (L.)
Microphthalmus pettiboneae- Forty Steps Beach
Microphthlmus sczelkowii- Pump House Beach
Myxicola infundibulum- 30ft North side of East Point        
Naineris quadricuspida
Nephthys bucera
Nereis pelagica L.
Nereis succinea
Nereis virens Sars
Nereis zonata
Nicolea zostericola
Ophryotrocha bacci
Ophryotrocha gracilis
Orbinia ornata
Paraonis fulgens
Parapionosyllis manca
Pherusa affinis
Pholoe minuta
Phyllodoce maculata
Polydora ciliata
Polydora socialis
Potamilla neglecta
Protodorvillea gaspeensis
Psammodrilus balanoglossoides- Dorthy Cove
Psammodrilus fauveli
Sabella microphthalma
Schistomeringos caeca
Scololepides viridis - Lynn Harbor
Scolopolos armiger
Scolopolos robustus
Sphaerosyllis brevifrons (40ft. depth off Egg Rock)
Sphaerosyllis erinaceus - Nahant Bay
Spio setosa
Spirorbis spirorbis
Stygocapitella subterranea - Ground water, Canoe Beach
Syllides benedicti
Syllides convoluta
Syllides eburneus
Syllides setosa
Syllis cornuta
Tharyx acuta- dredged off Egg Rock

Order:    Archiannelida
Meganerilla penicillicauda
Mesonerilla intermedia - 20-30ft depth off foot of Summer Street
Nerilla antennata - East Point
Polygordius appendiculatus
Polygordius lacteus
Polygordius triestinus
Protodrilus gelderi
Trilobodrilus hermaphroditus

Phylum:  Arthropoda 

Class:  Arachnida
Nymphon longitarse
Phoxichilidium femoratum

Class:  Branchiopoda

Order:  Cladocera
Evadne nordmani- in plankton
Podon leuckarti- in plankton

Class:  Malacostraca

Order:   Amphipoda
Acanthohaustorius millsi
Aeqinina longicornis
Ampelisca macrocephala
Amphithoe rubricata
Calliopius laeviusculus
Caprella acutifrons
Caprella linearis
Corophium crassicorne
Corophium insidiosum
Gammarus oceanicus
Haustorius canadensis
Hippomedon serratus
Jassa falcata
Lepticheirus pinquis
Monoculoides edwardsi
Orchomena sp.
Photis reinhardi
Phoxocephalus holbolli
Pontogenia inermis
Protohaustorius deichmannae
Psammonyx nobilis
Pseudunciola sp.
Rivulogammarus duebeni
Tricophoxus epistomus
Uniciola irrorata

Order:  Decapoda
Callinectes sapidus- one taken offshore 9/1974
Cancer borealis
Cancer irroratus
Carcinus maenas
Crago semptemspinosus
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Hyas coarctatus
Ovalipes ocellatus
Pagurus acadianus
Pagurus longicarpus
Palaemonetes sp.

Order:  Isopoda
Chirodotea coeca
Chirodotea tuftsi
Edotea triloba
Idotea baltica
Idotea phosphorea
Jaera marina

Order:  Mysidae
Heteromysis formosa
Mysis stenolepis
Neomysis americana
Praunus flexuosus

Class:  Maxillopoda 

Order:  Harpacticoida
Ameira minuta
Amphiascoides debilis- Canoe Beach
Amphiascus minutus- Canoe Beach
Arenosetella fissilis- Canoe Beach
Cyclopina gracilis
Enhydrosoma propinquum – Lynn Harbor side of Causeway
Heterolaophonte hamondi- Canoe Beach
Itunella bacescoi
Laophonte carnuta- Lynn Harbor side of Causeway
Mesochra pygmaea- Lynn Harbor side of causeway
Microsetella norvegica
Nitocra spinipes
Nitocra typica- Canoe Beach
Parateplastacus spinicauda- Canoe Beach
Paronychocamptus wilsoni
Pseudobradya quoddiensis
Pseudonychocamptus koreni
Remanea arenicola- Canoe Beach
Rhizothrix minuta- Lynn Harbor side of causeway
Robertquernya ecaudata
Schizopera carolinensis
Tachidius discipes
Thalestris purpurea
Thompsonula hyaena- Lynn Harbor side of causeway
Tisbe furcata

Class:     Merostomata

Order:  Sessilia
Balanus balanus
Semibalanus balanoides

Order:     Xiphosura
Limulus polyphemus

Phylum:  Bryozoa 

Alcyonidium polyoum
Bugula simplex- subtidal
Bugula turrita (Desor)
Crisia eburnea
Cryptosula pallasiana (Moll)
Electra pilosa (L.)
Flustrelledra hispida
Hippothoa hyalina (L.)
Lichenopora hispida
Parasmittina jeffreysi
Schisoporella unicornis (Johnston)
Schizomavella auriculata
Scruparia ambigua (D’Orbigny)

Phylum:   Chaetognatha 

Sagitta elegans- abundant in plankton Jan-Mar.

Eumastia sitiens
Halichondria panicea
Haliclona oculata
Halisarca duiardini
Halisarca nahantensis
Leucosolenia sp.
Microciona prolifera
Mycale lingua
Myxilla fimbriata
Polymastia infrapilosa
Prosuberites epiphytum

Phylum:  Sipunculoidea

Golifingia minuta
Phascolopsis gouldi- S. end of flats bounding Black Rock Cannel

Marine Algae

Division:    Chlorophycophyta

Blidingia marginata
B. marginata ssp. subsalsa
B. minima
B. minima var. ramifera
Brachiomonas sp.- tide pools in spray zone
Bryopsis plumosa
Capsosiphon fulvescens- zoospres through summer; sexual in winter
Chaetomorpha linum (incl. C. aerea)
C. melagonium- zoospores in June
Chlorochytrium moorei (endophytic in Enteromorpha)
C. inclusum (endophytic in Callophyllis)
Chlorochytrium sp. (endophytic in Amphipleura)
Cladophora albida- zoospores through summer (det. by Van den Hoek)
Codilum gregarium- reproductive in Nov. ?
C. gregarium var. intermedium
C. pussilum
Coleochaetae- like epiphyte on Elachistea
Enteromorpha ahlneriana (type I)
E. compressa
E. clathrata (types I and 2)
E. flexuosa ssp. flexuosa- zoospores in Sept.
E. flexuosa ssp. paradoxa
E. intestinalis var. intestinalis
E. intestinalis f. clavata
E. linza
E. linza var. oblanceolata
E. prolifera
Entocladia flustrae (in Sertularia; coll. by Fiore)
Monostroma oxyspermum
M. pulchrum- mid-littoral pools in Spring; sublittoral during July
Oocystis sp.
Percursaria percursa
Prasinocladus lubricus
Prasiola stipitata
Pringsheimiella scutata (on Littorina operculum)
Pseudendoclonium submarinum
Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicul (det. by Prescott- Salem marsh)
R. riparium f. riparium
R. tortuosum
R kerneri
R. nitida
Schizothrix calcicola
Spirulina subsalsa
Stigeoclonium subsecundum (det. by Prescott- Salem marsh)
Spongmorpha arcta
S. lanosa
S. spinescens
Tetraspora lubrica- Summer St. marsh
Ulothrix flacca
Ulva gigantea (U. lactuca)
Urospora collabens- zoospores iin July

Division:    Chrysophycophyta

Apistonema- like plants
Chrysomeris ramosa sp.- Annisquam area; rare
Phaeosaccion collinsii-  on Zostera, March-April
Ruttnera sp.- maritima?
Urococcus fosieanus
Xanthophycophyta
V. arcassonesis- Ipswich
V. compacta var. koksoakensis- Ipswich and Essex

Division:  Cyanophycophyta

Anabaena torulosa
Beggiatoa alba- lab tanks
Calothrix crustacea- C. scopulorum and C. vivipera forms)
Coccochloris stagnina
Cylindrospermum sp.
Entophysalis duesta (Dermocarpa, Xenococcus, Anacystis forms)
Microcoleus chthonoplastes
M. tenerrimus
M. lyngbyaceus (Hydrocoleum and Lyngbya forms)
M. vaginatus (Phormidium and Oscillatoria forms)
Modularia harveyana
N. spumigena
Nostoc muscorum (det. bu Drouet)
Rivularia atra

Division:  Phaeophycophyta

Agarum cribosum
Alaria esculenta
Ascophyllum nodosum
Asperococcus echinatus (Unilocular)
Chaetopteris plumosa- rare, epilithic in “cave”
Chorda filum
C. tomentosa
Chordaria flagelliformis
Desmarestia aculeata
D. aculeata var. attenuata
D. viridis
Desmotrichum undulatum (on Zostera)
Ralfsia sp.
Saccharina latissma

Division:  Rhodophycophyta

Chondrus crispus
Corallina officianalis (tetrasporic)
Clathromorphum circumscriptum (det. by Johansen)
Cystoclonium purpureum (carposporic)
C. purpureum car. cirrhosum
C. purpureum f. stellatum
Dumontia incrassaria (tetrasporic)
Gloiosiphonia capillaris (carposporic)
Gigartina stellata (carposporic)
Gracilaria verrucoia
Gymnogongrus norvecicus (on Halichondria)- littoria/sublittoral interface tide pool; rare
Hildenbrandia prototypus (tetrasporic)
Kylinia sp (?) – on Zostera
Lithothamnium sp.
Membranoptera alaca
Metacarpus stellatus
Nemalion multidum (carposporic)
Panataneura sp. - sublittoral
Petrocelis middendorfii
Peyssonnelia sp. (tetrasporic; on kelp haptera, also epilithic)
Phycodrye rubens
Phyllophora brodiaei
Phymatolithon laevigatum (det. by Johansen)
Phymatolithon sp. (det. by Johansen)
Plumaria elegans (dense shade of intertidal rock cave)
Polysiphonia arctica (tetrasporic)
P. harveyi (carposporic and tetrasporic)
P. lanosa (carposporic and tetrasporic- on Ascophyllum)
P. nigrescens (carposporic and tetrasporic)
P. novae-angliae (carposporic and antheridial)
P. urceolata (tetra- and carposporic)
Porphyra umbilicalis
Ptilota serrata
Rhodochorton purpureum
Rhodomela confervoides (carposporic and tetrasporic)
Rhodymenia palmata
Trailliella intricata- sublittoral 30ft. Canoe Beach also epiphytic on Polydes)

Division:    Xanthophycophyta

Vaucheria compacta- ubiquitous
V. intermedia- Ipswich
V. litorea- vicinity of M.B.L. Woods Hole
V. nasuta- rare, Gloucester
V. thuretii- Eastern Point Gloucester, Jeffery Neck Ipswich
Bacillariophcophyta (Plankters omitted)
Achnanthes parvula (det. by C. Reimer, epiphytic on Cladophora- Lynn Harbor)
Amphipleura rutilans var. obtusa (det. by Reimer in tide pools- common)
Cocconeis scutellum var.minutissma (det. by Reimer)
C. scutellum var. parva (det. by Reimer)
Grammatophora oceanica- epiphytic on Ceramium deslongschampii
Isthmia nervosa (det. by Reimer)- epiphytic on sublittoral algae
Licnophora flagellata- sublittoral epiphyta
Melosira sp.
Rhabdonema arcuatum- epiphyte on Ceramium deslongchampii
Tabellaria sp.- epilithic in pools. also entangled with course algae in sublittoral.

Marine Fungi

Phycomycetes

 Cytrids on decaying Codiolum

Ascomycetes

Leptosphaeria discors (in old Spartina)

Leptosphaeria sp. 
Lulworthia opaca            \ Endophytic, Laminaria
Phycomeliana laminariae /

Remispora sp.              \ in marsh grass- Summer st.
Sphaerulina pedicellata /

Spores of Pleospora sp. – Summer st.
See New England marine fungo papers (Webber; Kohlmeyer) in library
Fungi imperfecti (from lab tanks)

Cladosporium sp. \   (det. by Kohlmeyer)
Altenaria sp.        /          

Marine Fish- Nahant Bay and Broad Sound

Acipenseridae - Sturgeons
•Acipenser oxyrhynchus (Mitchill)- Sea sturgeon. Two (745 and 790 mm TL) taken in gill net off Nahant in early summer ’76.

Agonidae – Poachers
•Aspidophoroides monoterygius (Bloch) – Alligatorfish. Reported from off Nahant by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953:458)

Alopiidea – Thresher Shark
•Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre)- Thresher shark. Juvenile Female (MCZ 486, 118cm TL) was taken at Nahant by L. Agassiz

Ammodytidae – Sand Lances
•Ammodytes americanus (DeKay)- American sand lance. Taken in tide pools occasionally; commonly seen in schools over the sand and burrowing into sand along Canoe Beach

Anarhichadidae - Wolffishes
•Anarhichas lupus (Linnaeus)- Northern wolffish. Reported from deeper rocky spots near Nahant by Bigelow & Schroeder (1953;506) Two specimens (MCZ 12483, 12501) were collected at Nahant by Louis Agassiz.

Anguillidae – Freshwater eels
•Anguilla rostrata (Leseur) – American eel. Juveniles in tide pools. Adult caught off Canoe Beach, Aug.’75. Reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al.

Atherinidae – Silversides
•Menidia menidia (Linnaeus) – Atlantic silverside. Few juveniles (15mm SL) seen near shore Aug. ’67 and ’72. Large numbers of juveniles to adults taken at low tide behind pharmacy, Aug ’78.
•Menidia beryllina (Cope) – Tidewater silverside. Seined in Bear Pond on the golf course, Nahant Aug. ’80. Northern limit of range.

Bothidae – Left eye flounders
•Scopthalmus aquosus (Mitchill)- Windowpane. One taken by hand of Marginal Rd., Aug. ’77 and 10 taken (200-320mm SL) by trawl around Nahant, Sept. ’77.

Carangidae – Jacks
•Caranx hippos (Linnaeus) – Crevalle jack. One specimen was picked up on Lynn Beach durring summer of 1847 according to Bigelow and Shcroeder (1953:376).

Carcharhinidae – Requiem sharks
•Prionace glauca (Linneaus) – Blue shark. 8ft male taken behind Lynnway Marina in ’79.

Clupeidae – Herrings
•Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) – Atlantic menhaden. Three 17mm juveniles taken on beach, Aug. ’72. Adults found dead on beach, summer ’73.  driven on beach by bluefish spring ’75. Large schools driven onto Canoe beach by bluefish Aug. 29, 1978. Also taken by Louis Agassiz in 1860’s.
•Clupea harengus (Linnaeus) – Atlantic herring. Several specimens (MCZ 2374, 17646, 25246) taken by L. Agassiz at Nahant in 1862. Recently reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al. (1972:17).
•Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson) – Alewife. Several specimens (MCZ 2373, 17822) collected at Nahant by L. Agassiz in 1862. recently reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al. (1972:17).
•Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill) – Blue herring. Listed here on the basis of the report from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al. (1972:17).

Congridae – Conger eels
•Conger oceanicus (Mitchill)- Conger Eels Band-like loptocephalus larvae have been reported from Nahant more then a century ago (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 156-157

Cottidae – Sculpins
•Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill) – Longhorn sculpin. Common on open sand below tidal zone at 3-15m.
•Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill) - Grubby or little sculpin. Abundant in tide pools and around rocks at depths to 10m.

Cryptacanthodidae – Wrymouths
•Cryptacanthodes maculatus (Storer)- Wrymouth. Reported from Swampscott and Nahant Bay. Bigelow & Schroeder (1953:502) There are two specimens at the MCZ (MCZ 12655, 560 and 740mm SL).

Cyclopteridae – Lumpfishes and snailfishes
•Liparis atlanticus (Jordan and Evermann)- Sea Snail. Found in large tide pools and taken in algae with poison and slurp tube. Also taken by Louis Agassiz in 1861 (MCZ 12944).
•Liparis coheni (Able). One specimen taken with Boltenia in about 20m of water off Canoe Beach on Aug. 22, 1978.
•Cyclopterus lumpus (Linnaeus) – Lumpfish. Juveniles taken on seaweed. Adults are fairly commin inshore at Nahant in the spring.

Cyprinodontidae – Killifishes
•Fundulus heteroclitus (Linneaus) – Mummichog. Common in tide pools and over grass flats.

Gadidae – Codfishes, Mostly taken with hook and line off East Point
•Pollachius virens (Linnaeus) – Pollock. Common a few feet over the bottom. Several MCZ collections made by Louis Agassiz 1857-1863.
•Gadus morhua (Linnaeus) – Atlantic cod. Taken close to shore by hook and line. Also taken by Louis Agassiz in the 1860’s.
•Microsgadus tomcod. (Walbaum) – Atlantic tomcod. Poisoned near shore in 1968 & 1969. Several MCZ specimens (MCZ 12321, 24061-2) taken by Louis Agassiz 1858-1863.
•Urophycis chuss (Walbaum) – Red or squirrel hake. Taken with otter trawl at 15m in beds of seaweed west of Nahant Aug. 1973. Reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al. (1972:17).
•Urophycis tennis (Mitchill) – White hake. One specimen (107mm SL) trawled off Little Nahant Beach, Aug. 20, 1981.
•Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus) – Four-bearded rockling. Juvenile found in shallow sandy pool- Short Beach, Aug. 1973 and also collected by Lousi Agassiz in 1860’s (MCZ 12347, 21 specimens, 10-  22mm SL).

Gasterosteidae – Sticklebacks
•Gasterosteus aculeatus (Linneaus) – Three-spine stickleback. The most common tide pool stickleback at Nahant. Also common in eel grass at low tide behind pharmacy. Several collections made by Louis Agassiz in the 1860’s.
•Gasterosteus wheatlandi (Putnam)- Black- spotted stickleback. High tide pools. Described from a specimen collected by Richard A. Wheatland at Nahant on April 15, 1859. One taken with a large collection of G. aculeatus on the sand flats behind the Pharmacy, Aug. 1978.
•Pungitius pungitius (Linneaus) – Nine-spine stickleback. Taken in tide pools Aug. 1968. Two MCZ collections (6753, 6782) made by Louis Agassiz 1853-1863.
•Apeltes quadracus (Mitchell)- Four-spine stickleback. Taken in patches of eelgrass at low tide on the sand flats behind the Pharmacy on Aug. 24, 1978 and seined in Bear Pond. Also collected by Louis Agassiz in the 1860’s.

Labridae- Wrasses
•Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum) – Cunner. Most abundant species of fish arouns Nahant, especially near rocks. Feed primarily on mussels, barnacles, tunicates and small green sea urchins (Chao, 1973).
•Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus) – Tautog. Adult taken by Louis Agassiz in the 1880’s (MCZ 25482). Also taken in Swampscott in 1860 (MCZ 14382, 14383). An adult seen over the rocks off Canoe Beach in 3m of water Aug. 18, 1974. Large adult caught on hook and line off Pumphouse Beach Aug. 1975.

Lamnidae -  Mackerel sharks
•Lamna nasus (bonnaterre) - Porbeagle. A 37in specimen was taken at Nahant in 1854 by L. Agassiz. It is illustrated in Bigelow & Shroeder (1953:21, fig. 5). A mature male about 2m long was taken in a gill net by Paul Roy off Graved Light Aug. 30, 1979.
•Charcharadon carcharias (Linneaus) – Great white shark. Bigelow & Schroeder (1953:26) examined a specimen that was netted in Swampscott and reported that ten were captured or harpooned and lost in Massachusetts Bay from 1935-1948.
•Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus) – Basking shark. A juvenile female (385sm TL) was taken between Swampscott and Little Nahant by Gordon and Bill Nichols on Aug. 20, 1979. Another one taken off Nahant Aug. 6, 1980.

Lophiidae – Anglerfishes
•Lophius americanus Valenciennes – Goosefish. Adult (960mm TL) taken at 10m Sept. 9, 1979. Veil of developing eggs found on Little Nahant Beach Aug. 1971. Skull and jaw bones found on Pumphouse Beach Aug. 1976.

Merlucciidae – Hakes
•Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill) – Silver hake. Hook and line off East Point in June and July, 1980. Juvenile taken with trawl in Broad Sound in Aug. 1976.

Monocanthidae – Filefishes
•Monocanthus hispidus (Linneaus) – Planehead filefish. Bigelow & Schroeder (1953:523) reported that odd specimens of this filefish had been reported from Lynn and Nahant.

Odontaspididae – Sand tiger sharks
•Odontaspis taurus (Rafinesque) – Sand tiger shark. A juvenile male (MCZ 402, 1070,TL) was collected at Nahant by G.A. Shaw & A. Agassiz prior to 1864. Bigelow and Schroeder (1953:19) reported it from Lynn.

Osmeridae – Smelts
•Osmerus modax (Mitchill) – Rainbow smelt. Reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al. (1972:17)

Percichthyidae – Temperate basses
•Morone saxatilis (Walbaum) – Striped bass. Reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor by Chesmore et al. (1972:17)

Petromyzontidae – Lampreys
•Petromyzon marinus (Linneaus) – Sea lamprey. One adult taken in Swampscott in 1869 (MCZ 41007).

Pholidae – Gunnels
•Pholis gunnellus (Linneaus) – Rock gunnel. Common under rocks along shore and in tide pools, taken with poison. Several MCZ collections taken by Louis Agassiz in early 1860’s.

Pleuronectidae – Righteye flounders
•Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) – Winter flounder. Common over sandy bottom on both beaches to at least 20m. Several MCZ collerctions made by Louis Agassiz 1858-1863.
•Limanda ferrundinea (Storer) – Yellowtail flounder. Found in deeper water than Pseudopleuronectes americanus, 20-25m in Nahant Bay with otter trawl Aug. 1973. Also taken by Louis Agassiz in the 1860’s (MCZ 25483).

Pomatomidae – Bluefish
•Pomatomus saltatrix (Linneaus) – Bluefish. Schools near shore along Short Beach Aug. 1973; a 640mm specimen washed onshore on beach. Adults drove menhaden onto shore in spring 1975 and Aug. 29, 1978 when 15 were taken on hook and line.

Rajidae – Skates
•Raja erinacea (Mitchill) – Little skate. One found stranded on Little Nahant Beach Aug. 1971. Several taken by hand while scuba diving Aug. 1977. Several collected by Louis Agassiz in 1860’s.
•Raja radiata (Donovan) – Thorny skate. Several specimens were taken at Nahant by L. Agassiz in 1862-66. These specimens served as the typed for Raja scabrata Garman which is a junior synonym of R. radiata. No recent records.
•Raja ocellata (Mitchill) – Winter skate. Nine specimens (545-880mm TL) were taken by L. Agassiz at Nahant in 1862. Reported from Lynn-Saugus Harbor, 1968-1969 by Chesmore et al. (1972:17)
•Raja laevis (Mitchill) – Barndoor skate. Several specimens were collected by L. Agassiz in 1862 at Nahant, of which one female (122cm TL) is still extant (MCZ 1138). No recent records.

Sciaenidae – drums
•Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider) – Weakfish. Adult taken by fisherman in June 1,1974. According to Bigelow and Schroeder (1953:421) 369lbs. were landed at Nahant in 1906.
•Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch and Schneider) - Northern kingfish. There is one record for Lynn in 1840 (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953:425).

Scombridae – Mackerels and Tunas
•Scomber scombrus (Linneaus) – Atlantic mackerel. Periodically common near shore. Taken with hook and line. One juvenile taken with seine on Canoe Beach Aug. 29, 1978.
•Sarda sarda (Bloch) – Atlantic bonito. One (257mm fork length, MCZ 17080) taken by Louis Agassiz at Nahant in 1883.
•Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill) – Spanish macherel. There is one record from Lynn according to Bigelow and Schroeder (1953:346).

Serranidae – Sea bass
•Centropristis striata (Linneaus) – Black sea bass. Taken with hook and line and in lobster traps, summer 1973. One collected during a night dive off Canoe Beach June 1983.

Soleidae – Soles
•Trinectes maculatus (Bloch and Schneider) – Hogchoker. Bigelow and Schroeder (1953:297) reported one taken at Nahant in 1850.

Sphyrnidae – Hammerhead sharks
•Sphyrna zygaena (Linneaus) – Smooth hammerhead. A juveline female (MCZ 1159, 685mm TL) was taken at Nahant by L. Agassiz. This specimen was figured by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953:45, fig. 16).

Squalidae – Dogfish sharks
•Squalus acanthias (Linneaus) – Spiny dogfish shark. A female taken with hook and line in Aug. 1967 had 6 pups (203-212mm TL). Also collected by L. Agassiz at Nahant.

Stichaeidae – Pricklebacks
•Ulvaria subbifurcata (Storer)  - Radiated shanny. In pools and under rocks down to 10m. Taken with poison. Nahant is the type-locality of this species.
•Stichaeus puctatus (Fabricius) – Arctic shanny. One juvenile taken with poison in 1968 (Collette and MacPhee, 1969), southern-most record of this circumpolar species.

Syngnathidae - Pipefish and Seahorses
•Syngnathus fuscus (Storer) Northern pipefish. Juvenile taking in plankton tow, early fall 1970. Adult poisoned in tide pool by Class Aug. 1972. Juvenile dip-netted in tide pool Aug. 1973 and 1979. Adults taken at the surface and at the bottom Aug. 1974,1975 and 1976. Two MCZ specimens (11741-2) taken by Louis Agassiz in 1862-1863.
•Hippocampus erectus (Perry) – Lined seahorse. One adult (about 75mm TL) taken with its tail wrapped around the line of a lobster trap in 20m off East Point Sept. 21, 1976.

Tetraodontidae – Puffers
•Sphaeroides maculatus (Block and Schneider) – Northern puffer. An 88mm specimen was dropped by a gull near Lowell’s Beach, Oct. 1980.

Triglidae – Sea Robins
•Prionotus carolinus (Linneaus) – Northern sea robin. One taken near Nahant by a fisherman in Nov. 1970 and another at the Shags in May 1979. Also collected by Agassiz off Nahant.

Zoarcidae – Eelpouts
•Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch and Schneider) – Ocean Pout. Not uncommon in the rocky areas 10m or deeper. One taken with hook and line off East Point. Taken in lobster trap near Nahant, June 1973. One taken by hand Aug. 1974. Several taken by Louis Agassiz.

References
•Bigelow, H.B. & Schroeder, W.C. 1953. Fished of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Wild. Serv. Fsih. Bull. 53:1-577.
•Chao, Labbish N. 1973. Digestive system and feeding habits of the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus, a stomachless fish. Fish. Bull. 71(2): 565-586.
•Chesmore, A.P., Brown, D.J., & Anderson, R.D. 1972. A study of the marine resources of Lynn-Saugus Harbor. Mass. Div. Fish. Monogr. 11:38p.
•Collette, B.B., Hartel, K.E. MS. Annotated list of the fishes of Massachusetts Bay.
•Collette, B.B., & Macphee, J.A. Jr. 1969. First Massachusetts Bay Record of the arctic shanny, Stichaes punctatus. J. Fish. Res. Board Canada 26(5):1375-1377.
•Goode, B.G. & Bean, T.H. 1879. A list of the fishes of Essex County, including those of Massachusetts Bay. Bull. Essex Inst. 11:1-38.
•Liem A.H. & Scott, W.B. 1966. Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Canada Bull. No. 155: 485p.
•Norton, S.F. 1980. Feeding ecology of a benthic predator, Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Pices:Scorpaeniforms). BA Honors Thesis, Harvard University: 77p.

Original list prepared by: Bruce B. Collette; July, 1983
Last updated: 6/23/11
Marine Science & Maritime Studies Center
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