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and it destroyed and ate every fish in the car. Dr. A. K. Fisher of Washington has 

 found the young of the Crab-eater in the Hudson near Sing Sing. Though we have 

 no specimens of the Crab-eater from Great South Bay, there is scarcely a doubt of 

 its occurrence in that body of water. 



A young e.xample, 3^^ inches long, was caught at Somers Point, N. J., near the 

 club house, August 2, 1887, by Capt. Richard Chamberlain. Ground color nearly 

 black ; a white stripe, about as wide as pupil, from upper angle of gill opening to 

 caudal ; another one, but narrower, begins at lower extremity of pectoral base, curves 

 very slightly upward, fading out near the tail ; upper caudal lobe with a narrow 





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whitish margin along its upper surface, relieved by a trace of orange red at its 

 base; lower caudal lobe with a narrow orange red margin; pectorals, ventrals and 

 caudal black ; back fades to a dark green ; belly grayish white ; iris golden bronze. 

 This species has not previously been recorded from Great Egg Harbor Bay, and the 

 young seems not to have been described. 



Another example, 4 inches long, was seined in one of the thoroughfares in the 

 bay August 23. This has the same markings as the first. The caudal when fully 

 expanded, is rounded, the end truncate; there is no emargination as in the adult. 

 A figure of the young is published in Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, pi. 2, 

 fig. 13, 1888. 



