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from our waters. Concerning it Mr. Coles writes: In 1912, I secured my 

 first specimen of this fish (8 inches long) from Cape Lookout and pre- 

 sented it to the American Museum." This is the fifteenth species which 

 Mr. Coles has added to the fish fauna of North Carolina. 



Rachycentron canadus (Linnaeus). 



CABIO; CRAB-EATER. 



The record cahio for Beaufort and for the coast of North Carolina was 

 taken hy Mr. Dan Fowle while fishing in the ocean between Beaufort 

 Inlet and Cape Lookout in October, 1911. It was 61 inches long and 

 weighed 70 pounds. Large ones are often taken in seines at Cape Lookout 

 but none so large as this has ever been recorded. I am indebted to Mr. 

 A. D. Dart for a photograph of this fish and for the data above given. 



Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider). 



TROUT; SEA TROUT; GRAY TROUT. 



Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



TROUT; SEA TROUT; SPECKLED TROUT; SALMON TROUT. 



These sea trouts are among the most common food fishes at Beaufort, 

 the latter however being the more abundant and valuable. Hence it was 

 that a recent press notice, similar to but more indefinite than the one pre- 

 viously quoted concerning the cero, led me to ask my friend, Captain 

 J. H. Potter, a fish dealer of long standing at Beaufort, for more definite 

 data. This through his kindness is now presented. 



The fishing fleet at Beaufort at present comprises 20 to 25 vessels of 

 from 40 to 70 tons displacement each, and it is not an infrequent thing for 

 them to make catches of from 5,000 to 30,000 pounds of fish each several 

 times a week during the height of the fishing season. This winter fishing 

 is best at or near the bar across Beaufort Inlet, and sink or purse nets are 

 used since the fish are found in large schools, each kind to itself. On the 

 days referred to in the press dispatch, the fishermen were fortunate in 

 striking immense schools, and it is estimated that 600,000 pounds were 

 taken. Capt. Potter himself bought 70,0U0 pounds of gray trout in one 

 lot for which he paid $1,000, while for another and smaller lot he paid 

 $400. Other lots were sold to other dealers for $780, $650, and so on 

 down to the smallest lot, which brought $150. 



Of this great catch the spotted trout aggregated about 50,000 pounds 

 and were sold for about $3,000, the price averaging 3 to 4 times higher 

 than the price for gray trout. Capt. Potter says that this is the largest 

 catch of spotted trout he has ever known at Beaufort, since fishing for 

 them is generally by haul nets or they are taken in small quantities in 

 purse seines by the menhaden fishermen while they are feeding on the 



menhaden. 



Batistes carolinensis Gmelin. 



TRIGGER-FISH; TURBOT. 



The only published record of the occurrence of this trigger-fish in North 

 Carolina is found in Smith's Fishes, where on page 340 it is noted that 



