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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CYPRINOID FISH (NOTROPIS STONEI) WITH 

 NOTES ON OTHER FISHES OBTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES. 



BY HENRY W. FOWLER. 



Several small collections of fishes obtained in various parts 

 of the United States have been received at the Academy recently. 

 A summary is presented herewith of those not reported previously, 

 mainly as short annotated lists. One species obtained in South 

 Carolina is described as new, and several others are recorded within 

 new faunal regions or at new localities. 



New Jersey. 



Mr. Henry S. Drinker has contributed interesting data on various 

 sharks secured at Beach Haven. Dr. R. O. Van Deusen visited 

 Blackwood in late April, 1920, and Tuckahoe, in Cape May County, 

 on May 23, 1920. On September 12, 1920, the writer with Mr. 

 Edwin Fowler, visited Laurie's Pond at Lakeside, near Yardville, 

 in Mercer County. Mr. Wm. T. Innes visited Corson's Inlet on 

 October 17, 1920, and sent a few notes on several common species 

 seen there. 



Carcharias taurus Rafinesque. Jaws of a small example, about 

 3 feet long, obtained at Brigantine during the past summer. 



Carcharodon carcharias (Linne). Mr. Drinker reports a large 

 example taken in a pound at Beach Haven, in early July, 1920. A 

 small section of its skin, together with some copepods with which 

 it was infested, were received later. As the specimen was largely 

 butchered, Mr. Drinker had no opportunity to secure measurements 

 or other data. This ferocious shark is only known in New Jersey 

 waters from two previous records. The first notice is by Hussakof, 

 who mentions seeing two teeth of a freshly caught specimen, alleged 

 from the New Jersey coast, in early June of 1916. He estimated 

 this specimen at 7 or 8 feet in length. Nichols reports the second 

 example from off South Amboy, July 14, 1916, which he saw mounted, 

 and measured 7^ feet in length. These records appear to have 

 been the only ones in 1916 suggesting that the shark scare of that 

 season may have been due in part to the presence of the great white 

 shark. Our record shows that the species occurs casually. It may 

 be present more frequently than is generally supposed. 



