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fishing at Cape Lookout, Coles has caught but 7, 6 of which 

 were taken in 1910 and one in 1911. 



Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook). 



Silver Squeteague. 



While the gray and spotted sea trouts, Cynoscion regalis 

 and nebulosus, are among the most common and valuable food 

 fishes at Beaufort, the rare form C. nothus, the silver sque- 

 teague, is known from but one specimen taken just outside the 

 Inlet in 1899. Coles, however, took one at I^ew River Inlet in 

 January and another at the Cape in April, 1910, and in 1911 

 at the same place a young one which he presented to the United 

 States National Museum. It seems to be either a solitary fish 

 or else a straggler in the Beaufort region. 



Larimus fasciatus (Holbrook). 



Banded Drum. 



The banded drum is a fish so little known at Beaufort that its 

 capture at Cape Lookout by Coles in 1910 seems worthy of 

 record. Only a few were taken in this year, but in 1911 Mr. 

 Coles relates that he made a catch of such size that his net 

 threatened to break. Although it was ''backed" from around the 

 school, even then it took hours to clear it of the gilled fish. A 

 number of these were sent to the National Museum. 



Iridio bivittatus (Bloch). 



Slippery Dick. 



This beautiful little tropical fish is seldom taken at Beaufort, 



in fact the specimens dredged by the steamer Fish-Hawk in 



1902 are the last recorded until Coles collected several in July, 



1910, in eel-grass growing in shallow water in the bight of the 



Cape. He writes that the name is well bestowed, the little fish 



being harder to hold than a small eel would be. None were 



taken in 1911. 



Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus). 



Striped Sea-robin. 



This interesting gurnard has not been taken at Beaufort in 

 over 25 years though it is known only from the coast of the 



