6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



Aoipenser aturio Linnseus. "Sturgeon." 



Reported from Delaware City by Ryder, 4 where it was formerly 

 abundant and the object of extensive fisheries, though now said to be 

 scarce. The occasional large sturgeon still to be seen in Philadelphia 

 markets is usually now captured further down the coast. I recently 

 picked up a large dorsal scute on Dewey Beach. 



Aoipenser brevirostrum Le Sueur. 



Included on Ryder's authority/ He notes 5 from Delaware City. 



Lepisosteus OSSeus (Linnaeus). "Gar Pike." 



Described many years ago from a stuffed example still in the Acad- 

 emy, probably from Bombay Hook. 5 Mr. Rhoads secured heads at 

 Seaford and in the Indian River about 3 miles below Millsboro. 



PomolODUS pseudoharengUS (Wilson). "Branch Herring." 



Ascends fresh-water streams and such waters above tide as have 

 direct communication with the sea. Though no examples in the 

 Academy from Delaware, I have examined examples at Wilmington. 

 In many places very abundant in the spring runs, great numbers 

 being captured in the Indian River to Millsboro, Laurel Creek to 

 Laurel, Mispillion Creek to Milford, Delaware City and the canal at 

 St. Georges. P. mediocris appears at the fisheries earlier and P. 

 cestivalis comes much later, and though I have not obtained either, 

 both doubtless occur in most tidal waters. 



Alosa sapidissima (Wilson). "Shad." 



This far-famed food-fish is taken in numbers in most of the larger 

 tidal waters during the spring run, 6 though not running into the 

 smaller fresh waters so far as the branch herring. I have seen market 

 examples at Wilmington. Young in the Academy from Fort Delaware. 



Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). "Menhaden." 



Common along the coast 7 and in Delaware Bay. Sometimes 

 ascends the Delaware nearly to Philadelphia. Young in the Academy 

 from Fort Delaware. 



Anohovia mitohilli (Valenciennes). 



Many from Fort Delaware, obtained by Dr. C. Arrott, are in the 

 collection. 



4 Bull. U. S. F. Com., VIII, 1888 (1890), p. 240. 



6 Lepidosteus crassus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, p. 86. 



6 Forest and Stream, VI, February 10, 1876, p. 6. A few in January and 

 February at Bombay Hook. 



7 L. c, V, November 11, 1875, p. 230. Great numbers chased ashore by 

 blue fish. 



