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Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus (Walbaum). 

 Hunter's Island. 



Fundulus diaphanus (Le Sueur). 



Hudson River in Greene Co. 



Mugil cephalus Linnaeus. 



Four young from South Beach, Long Island, on July 16, 1911. 

 Seriola zonata (Mitchill). 



Long Beach. 

 Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill). 



Young from Long Beach on August 2, 1911. 

 Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum). 



Hunter's Island. 



Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitchill). 



Two very young from tide-pools at Rye Beach on May 19, 1910. 



New Jersey. 



Squatina squatina (Linnceus). 



A female about 40 inches long was secured at Sea Isle City, through 

 Mr. W. J. Fox, on July 7, 1911. It was taken in the off-shore pounds, 

 and known to the fishermen as "lizard fish." A large Mola mold, 

 weighing about 200 pounds, was also secured at the same time, 

 though not preserved. 

 Atopiohthys novse-caesariensis sp. nov. Fig. 1. 



Head about 13f; depth about llf; snout about 4j in head, 

 measured from upper jaw tip; eye 4; maxillary 2j; interorbital 

 3j; head depth at occiput 2\; muscular segments about 70 + 50. 



Body oblong, greatly compressed, tapering well anteriorly to 

 region of greatest depth about third, fourth and fifth sixths of trunk 

 length. Tail tapering rather suddenly, though less gradual than 

 front of bodv. 





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Fig. 1. — Atopichthys novce-ccesariensis Fowler. Type. 



Head widest part of body, slightly compressed, profiles similar. 

 Snout conic, compressed slightly, basal width trifle greater than its 

 length. Eye large, rounded, its hind edge about midway in head- 

 Mouth cleft straight, extends back about opposite eye centre - 



