and Atlantic silver side. Young or im- 

 mature gulf kingfish (M enticirrhus littoralis) 

 were collected at the ocean beach 

 (station 1) every month except Feb- 

 ruary. 



Collected at station 4 were 12 

 species of fresh-water fish that were 

 not included in the analysis of data. 

 The numbers of each species were 13 

 chain pi c k e r e 1 (E sox niger), 1 carp 

 (Cyprinus carpio), 11 silvery minnow 

 (Hybognathus nuchalis), 4 golden shiner 

 (Notemigonus crysoleucas), 4 satinf in shiner 

 (Notropis analostanus), 122 spottail shiner 

 (N. hudsonius), 1 mimic shiner (TV. 

 volucellus), 3 brown bullhead (fctalurus 

 nebulosus), 2 channel catfish (I . punctatus), 

 15 banded killifish (Eundulus diaphanus), 

 2 pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), and 29 

 yellow perch (Perca flavescens). One sa- 

 tinf in shiner, 16 banded killifish, and 



1 pumpkinseed were also collected at 

 station 3; the first named in water of 

 19.0 °'oo, the second in water of 11.8 4>o , 

 and the third in fresh water. 



The seasonal relative abundance 

 of major species (represented in the 

 survey by more than 100 specimens) is 

 presented by station in table 7. During 

 the winter (December-February) pin- 

 fish and striped mullet made up 78 

 percent of the collected specimens at 

 station 1; Atlantic silverside made up 

 70 percent of the specimens at station 



2 and 92 percent at station 3; and tide- 

 water silverside made up 79 percent 

 of the specimens at station 4. During 

 the spring (March-May) 92 percent of 

 the fish collected at station 1 were 

 Atlantic menhaden; 74 percent of the 

 fish collected at station 2 and 70 

 percent at station 3 were Atlantic 

 menhaden and spot; and 66 percent of 

 the fish collected at station 4 were 

 Atlantic menhaden. During the sum- 

 mer (June-August) 67 percent of the 

 specimens from station 1 were pompano 

 (Trachinotus carolinus) and gulf kingfish; 

 59 percent of the specimens from 

 station 2 and 62 percent from station 



3 were spot and Atlantic silverside; 

 and 82 percent of the specimens from 

 station 4 were Atlantic menhaden and 

 bay anchovy. In the fall (September - 

 November), fish collected at station 1 

 were 70 percent striped anchovy; fish 



collected at station 2 were 59 percent 

 Atlantic silverside; and fish collected 

 at stations 3 and 4 were 74 and 62 

 percent respectively, Atlantic men- 

 haden and bay anchovy. 



Abundance of fish and number of 

 species in the collections varied be- 

 tween seasons. The least numbers of 

 fish and species were collected in 

 winter when 8,186 individuals (18 

 species) were obtained. Fish were 

 most abundant in spring when 109,532 

 specimens (41 species) were collected. 

 Spring yielded the largest catches pri- 

 marily because of the peak abundance 

 of young Atlantic menhaden, spot, and 

 striped mullet in the collections at 

 each station. The largest number of 

 species, 54, was collected during the 

 summer and totaled 47,138 individuals. 

 The same number of specimens (47,138) 

 was collected during the fall, but fewer 

 species (48) were represented. 



OCCURRENCES OF SPECIAL NOTE 



Elops saurus 



Ladyfish 



Nine ladyfishes, 29 to 200 mm. in 

 length, were collected from the Neuse 

 River. At station 3, one was obtained 

 April 29, three on July 11, one on July 

 26, one on August 26, 1957, and one on 

 July 6, 1959. At station 4, one was 

 obtained April 29 and one on July 24, 

 1957. No previous record of occurrence 

 of E. saurus from the Neuse River was 

 found in the literature. Smith (1907) 

 reported the species not common at 

 Beaufort. 



Lucania parva 



Rainwater killifish 



Twelve rainwater killifishes, 23 to 

 32 mm. in length, were collected at 

 station 3 in the Neuse River on June 

 11, 1958. Smith (1907) reported no 

 record of occurrence of L. parva in 

 North Carolina, but stated it probably 

 occurs in the State; no record was 

 given byHildebrand (1941). Kuntz (1916) 

 wrote of its presence in Mullet Pond 

 on Shackleford Banks. 



Lutjanus griseus 



Gray snapper 



Two gray snappers, 21 and 22 mm. 

 in length, were collected at station 1 



