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is the onlv record known of the occurrence of this genus nortii of F'lorida. The speci- 

 men is not now available for study. 



32. Opisthonema oglinum {Lc Sueur). Tureau Herring. — Known as "sprat 

 herring " in Gravesend Bay. Appears there in July and August, and is sometimes 

 so abundant as to fill the nets. The great run lasts two weeks, beginning towards thf 

 end of July. 



Z3. Brevoortia tyrannus {Latrohc). Menhaden. — The species comes into 

 Gravesend Bay in May and through the summer ; occasional individuals are seen in 

 the fall as late as November. At the end of November, 1897, some e.xamples are 

 alive and feeding well in the great pool of the Aquarium. 



34. Stolephorus mitchilli {Cuv. & I'al.). Anchovy ; White Bait,— This 

 anchovy appears in Gravesend Bay in May and remains until October. It is frequently 

 shippetl to the market as " white bait." The fish is too frail for a captive life. 



35. Stolephorus argyrophanus {Cuv. & la/.). Anchovy. — This species is 

 uncommon in Gravesend Bay, but occurs more frequently in bays communicating 

 directly with the Atlantic. 



36. Coregonus quadrilateralis (Richardson). F"ROST-FlSH ; Round VVhiteitsh. 

 — This small whitefish is one of the characteristic species of the Adirondack Lakes. 

 Mr. James Annin, Jr., sent specimens for identification from Hoel Pond and Big Clear 

 Lake, in Franklin County, N. Y,, and from the third lake of the Fulton Chain. He 

 states that the fish spawn in the little inlets or upon the sand beaches. It never 

 appears until about the time the water begins to chill and freeze about the edges. 

 On the P^ulton Chain of lakes the spawning season of 1895 ^^'^s practically closed 

 about November 20. 



The frost-fish, according to Mr. Annin, is "a delicious morsel." 

 The following notes were made upon fresh examples received from the third lake 

 of the Fulton Chain, November 26, 1895 : 



A male 1 1 i/^ inches long to end of caudal fin had the middle caudal rays, from end of scales, 

 ^8 inch long; upper caudal lobe, measured horizontally, ij^ inches; head. ii| inches; 

 maxilla, -Vs inch; eye, -'s inch; gill-rakers, 5 plus 10. the longest ]/^ as long as the eye; scales, 

 8-84-8. .\ female ii/s inches to tip of caudal has upper caudal lobe 2 inches, measured 

 horizontally; middle caudal rays from end of .'.cales, J^ inch; depth of body, 23^ inches; 

 head, i^ inches; maxilla and eye, each 3^ inch; gill-rakers, 5 plus 10, the longest yl as long 

 as the eye; scales, 8-79-8. 



Three males received December 11, 1895, showed the following colors: 



