92 FISHES FROM CnESAPEAKE BAY BEAN. 



45. Menidia nptata Mitch. Silverside. 



U. S. N. M., 43213. This species was abimdant at Cape Cbarles 

 City. Mr. Seal found it iu abundance in the Lower Potomac, May 1(3, 

 1889, and at St. Jerome's, Maryland, September 19-21, ranging in length 

 from lA to 5 inches. Its chief value is as food for larger fishes. 



46. Mugil curema Cuv. & Val. Gray Mullet. 

 U. S. N. M., 42480. Two specimens. 



47. Mugil albula L. Striped Mullet. 



U. S. N. M., 43137. One specimen, 9 inches long. 



Called jumping mullet or fat back. Mr. Seal found the young mul- 

 lets, 3 to 10 inches in length, exceedingly abundant. About Sej^tember 

 25, he took about five thousand in one seine haul in the bay at Cape 

 Charles City. The mullets are hardy and attractive for aquaria. The 

 species was abundant in the Norfolk market, September 20, 1890, and 

 the writer saw some in the Washington, District of Columbia, market 

 about November 1. The species was reported as abundant on the 

 North Carolina coast in 1890, where the bluefish devoured them by the 

 thousands. 



48. Hemirhamphus pleei Cuv. & Val. Half-beak. 



U. S. N. M., 43185. Fourteen specimens, from 12 to 16 inches long. 



This species was very abundant in the bay at Cape Charles City, and 

 was seined in large numbers in shallow water. They are not hardy, 

 and none of them reached Washington alive. 



49. Hemirhamphus roberti Cuv. & Val. 



U. S. N. M., 43178, 43195. Four specimens, 6i inches long. 

 This species was not near so common as the H. pleei. Half-beaks 

 were observed by Mr. Seal at Point Lookout, Maryland, May 17, 1889. 



50. Tylosurus marinus Bl. & Scliu. Silver Gar. 



U. S. N. M., 4318G. Nine specimens, from 12 to 14 inches long. 



Common at Cape Charles City. Mr. Seal observed the species at 

 Point Lookout in May, and at St. Jerome's in September 1889. I have 

 observed the species in the Potomac Kiver at Washington. 



51. Fuudulus niajalis Walb. Mummichog. 



Moderately common. 



52. Fundulus heteroclitus grandis Bd. & Grd. 



TJ. S. N. M., 42495. One specimen. Common, especially in the shal- 

 low water back of the docks. 



In May, 1889, Mr. Seal obtained this species, besides F. diajihanns, 

 majalis, Gyprinodoii variegatus, Tjucania parva., and Gambnsia patruelis 

 in the Lower Potomac, from Lower Cedar Point to Point Lookout. 



