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POMATOMIM. 1 

 Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus). Blue Fish. 

 Atlantic (Absecon, Brigantine, Somers Point), Bergen (Hudson River), 

 Burlington, Cape May (Anglesea, Delaware Bay, Dias Creek, Grassy 

 Sound, Great Egg Harbor Bay), Cumberland (Bay Side), Hoboken, 

 Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean (Barnegat, Barnegat Inlet, Beach Haven, 

 Seaside Park, Spray Beach), Salem (Oldman's Creek) Counties. 



RACHYCENTRIM. 

 Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus). Sergeant Fish. 

 Atlantic, Cape May (Delaware Bay) and Monmouth Counties. 



STROMATEID^E. 

 Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). Butter Fish. 

 Atlantic, Cape May and Monmouth (Long Branch) Counties. 

 Palinurichthys perciformis (Mitchill). Black Rudder Fish. 

 Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth (Shrewsbury River) and Ocean Coun- 

 ties. 



CORYPH^NID^. 



Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus. Dolphin. 

 Atlantic (an old example received from Atlantic City in 1875), Cape 

 May, Monmouth, Ocean (Beach Haven and Seaside Park) Counties. 



MICROPTERID^E. 

 Acantharchus pomotis (Baird). Mud Sunfish. 

 Atlantic, Bergen (Oakland), Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Essex, 

 Gloucester, Mercer, Morris and Salem Counties. This species was first 

 discovered by T. A. Conrad, some years before Baird described it, and 

 several fine examples were later (1860) sent to the Academy, where they 

 are now in good condition. Slack also sent material the following year 

 from Oakwood. 



Enneacanthus obesus (Girard). Sphagnum Sunfish. 

 Atlantic, Bergen, Camden, Cape May and Gloucester Counties. 

 Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook). Blue-spotted Sunfish. 

 Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Gloucester, Mercer, Morris, 

 Salem and Sussex Counties. 



Mesogonistius chaetodon (Baird). Banded Sunfish. 

 Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Mercer and Salem Counties. 



i Chloroscombrus chrysurus and Peprilus longitnanus ( = Seserinus paru) are re- 

 corded from "our waters" and the "coast" in 1868, by Abbott. As these records are 

 very indefinite they may be dropped. Likewise the record of Lampugus punctulatus 

 { = Coryphaena equiselis Linnsus), in Forest and Stream, V, September 16, 1878, p. 

 83, from off Sandy Hook 



