Gutlger — Notes on some Beaufort, N. C, Fishes. 105 



Scomberomorus ca valla (Cuvier. ) 



CERO; KING-FISH. 



Since the passage of a law Eorbidding the use of mile-long seines in the 



1 tight of Cape Lookout, the cero has not cut much figure as an export 



food fish, being taken sparingly in the smaller seines or by trolling. 



Hence it was that the following press dispatch caught my attention. 



"Morehead City.— Record-breaking catches of fish are being made 

 here daily * * *. F. (J. Willis caught 65 cero and king mackerel 

 weighing 1200 pounds and Willis Fulcher caught 66 weighing 1200 pounds. 

 By 7 o'clock that evening there was on the floor at Wallace's fish house 

 over 5,000 pounds of cero, caught with hook and line by 4 people. This 

 is the largest day's catch of this variety of fish ever made here." 



In order to ascertain the correctness of this item I sent it to my friend, 

 W. M. Webb, Esq., of Morehead City, who as it turns out is one of the 

 4 men referred to and who vouches for the accuracy of the statements. 

 In addition Mr. Webb kindly communicated further the following interest- 

 ing account. 



" This is the first season we have ever fished exclusively for cero and I 

 was in a party of 4 that made the first catch of 51 which weighed 1,168 

 pounds. For several days after this the sea was rough and we could not 

 get out, but about a week afterwards, when every one thought the cero 

 had gone south, I went out and caught 19 Friday, Oct. 25, 17 Saturday, 

 47 Monday, 66 Tuesday, 20 Wednesday, and 10 Thursday (about 3 hours 

 in the afternoon). All were caught trolling, using whole mullet for bait. 

 I am quite sure that we can get the cero fishing almost any day from about 

 the middle of July up to November 1." 



Auxis thazard (Lacepede). 



FRIGATE MACKEREL. 



Seriola carolinensis Holbrook 



RUDDER-FISH; SHARK PILOT. 



Seriola lalandi Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



AMBER-FISH; YELLOW TAIL. 



Caranx bartholomsei Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



YELLOW JACK 



Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus). 



BUMPER. 



It is interesting to note that Coles reports these fishes, for which there 

 are very few Beaufort records, as being not uncommon at Cape Lookout. 

 He took a number of specimens of each in 1912. 



Decapterus punctatus (Linna?us). 

 SCAD; ROUND ROBIN. 

 This mackerel scad, which reaches a length of 12 inches and which is said 

 by Jordan and Evermann ( 1896) to range from Cape Cod to Brazil and to 

 be very common on the coast of Florida, has not heretofore, been reported 



