Gudger — Notes on Some Beaufort, A r . C, Fishes. 17-") 



Pterophryne histrio (Linnaeus). 



SARGASSUM-FISH. 



But little more abundant than the angler is its diminutive relative the 

 sargassum-fish, which comes into Beaufort harbor anchored in the drifting 

 seaweed of the same name. Sharp lookoul was kept for this fish all summer 

 ( 1910), but, despite the strong southern winds, no weed came in and the 

 search w as futile. This tish, like the angler, lays a long gelatinous egg raft in 

 which the ova are imbedded. This was first noted by Smith (1898) at 

 the Woods Hole laboratory, and later corroborated by' Gudger (1905) at 

 the Beaufort station. 



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