19131 Some Beaufoet, K C, Fishes 165 



Lyosphaera globosa Evermann and Kendall. 



This fish, heretofore recorded from the mouth of the Rappa- 

 hannock River in Chesapeake Bay and from Biscayne Bay, 

 Florida, is now to be catalogued from an intermediate point 

 since Coles took two small ones in eel-grass at Cape Lookout in 

 July, 1911. His specimens, about the size of a man's thumb, 

 were kept for a half day in a bucket of salt water. He noted 

 that they are poor swimmers since they retain their globular 

 form while swimming. 



Gobius glaucofraenum (Gill). 



Another fish new to the fauna of I^orth Carolina is Gohius 

 glaucofraenum, which Coles took in 1911 in eel-grass in the 

 bight of Cape Lookout. His specimen, which is now in the 

 American Museum, is small and is presumably the first ever 

 taken north of the Florida Keys. 



Porichthys porissimus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Bagre Sapo. 



The last (14th) fish, which by the indefatigable energy of 

 Mr. Coles, has been added to the ichthyological fauna of ITorth 

 Carolina, is the interesting toad-fish, Porichthys porissimus. 

 This fine 8 or 9 inch specimen was taken at Wreck Point in 

 the bight of Cape Lookout early in July, 1911. Heretofore, 

 so far as the writer is informed, this southern form has not been 

 taken north of the South Carolina coast. 



SPECIES RARE ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. 



In addition to these new species, Coles caught a number of 

 fishes not now in the Beaufort collection or at any rate but little 

 known, and it does not seem out of place to list them here that 

 record may be made of their occurrence in ]^orth Carolina 

 waters. Some of these are described in his paper elsewhere 

 referred to, but the data concerning the greater number were 

 communicated to the writer by Mr. Coles personally. 



