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stroyed and ate every fish in the car. Dr A. K. Fisher of Wash- 

 ington has found the young of the crabeater in the Hudson near 

 Sing Sing. Though we have no specimens of the crabeater from 

 Great South bay, there is scarcely a doubt of its occurrence in 

 that body of water. 



A young example, 3 inches long, was caught at Somers Point 

 N. J. near the club house, Aug. 2, 1887, by Capt. Richard Cham- 

 berlain. Ground color nearly black; a white stripe, about as- 

 wide as pupil, from upper angle of gill opening to caudal; another 

 one, but narrower, begins at lower extremity of pectoral base,, 

 curves very slightly upward, fading out near the tail; upper- 

 caudal lobe with a narrow whitish margin along its upper sur- 

 face, relieved by a trace of orange red at its base; lower caudal 

 lobe with a narrow orange red margin; pectorals, ventrals, and 

 caudal black; back fades to a dark green; belly grayish white; 

 iris golden bronze. This species has not previously been re- 

 corded from Great Egg Harbor bay, and the young seems not to^ 

 have been described. 



Another example, 4 inches long, was seined in one of the thor- 

 oughfares in the bay August 23. This has the same markings as 

 the first. The caudal when fully expanded, is rounded, the end 

 truncate; there is no emargination as in the adult. A figure of 

 the young is published in the bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, 1888, v. 7, pi. 2, fig. 13. 



Family Coryphaenidae 



Dolphins 

 Genus CORYPHAENA Linnaeus 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with small cycloid scales; 

 cleft of the mouth wide, oblique, the lower jaw projecting; cardi- 

 forrn teeth in the jaws and on the vonier and palatine bones, a 

 patch of villiform teeth on the tongue, no teeth on the esophagus; 

 opercular bones entire; skull with a crest which is more elevated 

 in the adult than in the young; a single, many-rayed dorsal fin, 

 not greatly elevated, extending from the nape nearly to the 

 caudal fin; anal similar, but shorter, both without distinct spines; 

 pectoral fins very short and small; ventrals well developed,. 



