1913] Some Beaufort, K C, Fishes 169 



July, 1911 Coles took a number of young while seining for 

 blue-fish at Cape Lookout. 



Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus). 



Round Pompano. 



Only young specimens of the round pompano seem to have been 

 taken at Beaufort. Likewise Coles' specimens collected at Cape 

 Lookout in July 1911 were young. They were taken in com- 

 pany with T. glaucus and T. carolinus. 



Lutianus griseus (Linnaeus). 



Gray Snapper; Mangrove Snapper. 



Our only record of this West Indian snapper is contained in 

 Smith's Fishes (p. 287) where it is stated that 4 small speci- 

 mens were seined in Beaufort harbor in 1902. Coles' capture 

 of one small specimen in eel-grass at Cape Lookout in July, 

 1911 will constitute a second record. 



Haemulon plumieri (Lacepede). 



Black Grunt. 



Heretofore the "snapper banks" off Cape Fear have been 

 constituted the northern limit of the black grunt, Haemulon 

 plumieri. This however must now be moved to the "rocks" of 

 IN'ew River Inlet, since Coles finds them there in great numbers. 

 He caught them running up to l^^ pounds in weight in 1911. 



Bathystoma rimator (Jordan and Swain). 



Tom Tate; Red-mouthed Grunt. 



The Cape Fear "banks" have also been heretofore the north- 

 ern limit for the adult "tom-tate grunt", but Mr. Coles found 

 them likewise common at the l*^ew River Inlet "rocks" in 1911. 

 However they are small, averaging less than ^2 pound in 

 weight. At Beaufort numbers of young have been taken but 

 no adults. 



Otrynter caprinus (Bean). 



Long-spined Porgy. 



This porgy was not known at Beaufort prior to 1904 when a 

 number were taken in the laboratory pound net. In 9 years' 



