on September 18, 1958. Smith (1907) 

 gave the first record and Gudger (1913a) 

 the second record of occurrence of 

 this species on the North Carolina 

 coast. 



Oligoplites saurus 



Leather jacket 



Two leatherjackets, 71 and 75 mm. 

 in length, were collected at station 2 in 

 October 1958. One hundred and twenty- 

 eight, 20 to 93 mm. in length, were 

 collected at station 3 from July through 

 October 1957-59; and 47, 28 to 92 mm. 

 in length, were collected at station 4 

 from July through September 1957. No 

 previous record of occurrence of 

 0. saurus from the Neuse River was 

 found in the literature. This river is 

 apparently an important nursery area 

 for this species. Smith (1907) listed a 

 specimen from Beaufort as the first 

 North Carolina record, and Gudger 

 (1913a) listed a specimen from Cape 

 Lookout as the second record. 



Trachinotus falcatus 



Permit 



Eleven permits, 14 to 47 mm. in 

 length, were collected at stations 1 and 

 2 during May through October 1957-59, 

 and one, 80 mm. in length, was col- 

 lected at station 3 on October 15, 1958. 

 Young of this species have been taken 

 at Beaufort and Cape Lookout (Smith, 

 1907; Gudger, 1913a), but no previous 

 record of occurrence from the Neuse 

 River was found in the literature. 



Sciaenops ocellata 



Red drum 



Collections from the Neuse River 

 contained 175 red drum, 10 to 85 mm. 

 in length. Taylor (1951) indicated that 

 it was not certain whether red drum 

 spawned off North Carolina or whether 

 the State was getting the results of 

 Chesapeake Bay spawning. Occurrence 

 of these young, especially those as 

 small as 10 mm., suggests spawning 

 off North Carolina. The Neuse River 

 is apparently a nursery area for this 

 species. 



Sphyraena barracuda 



Great barracuda 



One juvenile great barracuda, 24 

 mm. in length, was taken at station 1 



on September 18, 1958. Breder (1929) 

 refers to S. barracuda as "a typical West 

 Indian species regularly reaching South 

 Carolina and straggling rarely to 

 Massachusetts." First reports for 

 North Carolina were three specimens 

 taken at Pivers Island, Beaufort, No- 

 vember 3, 1914, and another at Cape 

 Lookout, August 7, 1915 (Hildebrand, 

 1941). Fowler (1945) reported one taken 

 off Southport on August 9, 1937. 



Paralichthys squamilentus Broad flounder 



One broad flounder, 161 mm. in 

 length, was collected at station 1 on 

 August 27, 1957. This was the first 

 record of this species in North Carolina 

 (Rothschild and Deubler, 1960). Sub- 

 sequently, 26 juveniles, 18 to 39 mm. 

 in length, were collected at station 1; 

 17 on April 28, 1958, 3 on March 31, 

 1959, and 6 on April 28, 1959. 



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