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Menticirrhus saxatilis (Schneider). 



An abundant food-fish along the coast and entering Delaware Bay. 

 I secured it at Rehoboth Beach in October. 



Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook). 



Three small examples were seined in the surf at Rehoboth Beach 

 on October 12, 1910. This is the most northern locality at which the 

 species has been taken on the Atlantic coast of the United States. 



TautOga Ollitis (Linnseus). "Black Fish." 



No examples. Reported about the breakwater at Lewes, 22 according 

 to Dr. Phillips. 

 Balistes oarolinensis Gmelin. 



One angled at the Lewes breakwater about 1890 by Mr. F. J. Keeley. 

 It was not preserved. 

 Prionotus oarolinus (Linnseus). "Sea Robin." 



Young from Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches. 

 Paralichthys dentatus (Linnseus). "Flounder." 



Abundant along the coast and in Delaware Bay in warm weather. 

 I have examined market examples. 

 Pseudopleuroneotes americanus (Walbaum). " Winter Flounder." 



Distributed like the last, and remains all the year. Many angled 

 in cold weather in Indian River, Rehoboth and Delaware Bays. I 

 have seen a few market specimens. 



Aehirus fasciatus Lac^pede. "Hog Choke." 



Found in most tidal and salt waters. Said to be abundant in 

 Rehoboth and Indian River Bays, and about Lewes. Also small ones 

 occasional at Delaware City. Mr. Rhoads secured, in 1903, an example 

 now in the Academy, three miles below Millsboro. 



Zoarces anguillaris (Peck). 



Said to range from "Delaware to Labrador." 23 No examples. 



Ammodytes americanus De Kay. "Sand Eel." 



Found abundant on Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches during last 

 October. Also reported previously as common at Lewes. Many 

 examples in the collection. 



Gadus oallarias (Linnaeus). "Codfish." 



Reported common in cold weather off the coast. I have examined 

 market examples. Mr. H. Walker Hand says the first cod known to 



33 Forest and Stream, XXII, June 5, 1884, p. 367, breakwater. 



13 Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, III, 1898, p. 2457. 



