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Length 3^ inches (85 mm.). 



Type, No. 36,638, A. N. S. P. Corson's Inlet, Cape May County, 

 New Jersey. April 11, 1909. Dr. R. J. Phillips. 



This interesting fish was picked up on the ocean beach after a storm, 

 with a number of other small fishes, such as Raja erinacea, Syngnathus 

 fuscus, Hippocampus hudsonius, Centropristis striatus, Prionotus 

 evolans strigatus, Gobiosoma bosci, Opsanus tau and Lophius piscatorius. 

 Dr. Phillips noted the color of the Atopichthys as ivory-white when 

 first found and measuring 3f inches in length, so that it has shrunk 

 considerably after being placed in alcohol. It is most closely related 

 to Leptocephalus amphioxus Eigenmann and Kennedy, but differs at 

 once in having the area of its greatest depth extending well behind the 

 middle of the length of the body, and therefore with an extremely 

 elongated ovoid contour. It agrees, however, in the chromatophores 

 and posterior vent, though there are no branchiostegal chromato- 

 phores indicated for L. amphioxus. Further it differs from the latter 

 in fewer trunk myomeres, protruding mandible, widely separated 

 nostrils, and more numerous ventral chromatophores. Possibly it 

 may be the young of some genus like Uropterygius? 



(Named for Dr. Richard J. Phillips, of Philadelphia, who collected 

 the type.) 



Notes on some New Jersey Fishes. — Dr. R. J. Phillips secured 

 a number of interesting fishes at Corson's Inlet during the past sea- 

 son, among them a fine example of Hemitripterus americanus on April 

 25th, on May 10th a fine adult example of Pomolobus mediocris with 

 a small blue Petromyzon marinus attached, and on March 21st six 

 small Fundulus lucice. On May 20th he secured, besides an interesting 

 young P. mediocris, Anchovia, mitchilli, Lucania parva, Syngnathus 

 fuscus, young Poronotus triacanthus and Phycis regius in the bait- 

 net. A few specimens of Menticirrhus americanus were taken there 

 during the past summer, as well as at Somers' Point, and early in No- 

 vember of 1908 several of Squalus acanthias and a large Raja la3vis 

 were taken at Corson's. Mr. W. J . Fox secured a fine Zoarces anguillaris 

 taken March 14, 1909, and noted three Pollachius virens on April 4th 

 at Sea Isle City. An Alopias vulpes, 15^ feet long, was taken at Cape 

 May Point on June 18th, according to Mr. H. W. Hand. During the 

 past month the latter also noted Carcharias littoralis, Cynais canis and 

 Sphyrna zygana about Cape May, and found Gambusia gracilis appar- 

 ently more abundant in Teal's Branch than when first discovered in 

 1907. On July 14th I received a Raja eglanteria and four Dasyatis 



