1 specimen of 230 mm. Also 2 specimens not 

 nneasured, sta. 6-5, 1 and 6-6, 1. 



Snipefishes 



Snipefish, Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Linnaeus). 

 Material tentatively referred to this species. 

 Sta. 4-4, 2; and 10-5, 1 specimen. 



Mackerels 



Mackerel, Scomber scombrus Linnaeus. Sta. 3-1, 

 1; 3-2, 12; and 3-3, 2 specimens. All speci- 

 mens were ca. 20 cm. in total length. These 

 stations are on the inshore end of the Barnegat 

 fishing transect. All of these specimens had a 

 well developed "adipose eyelid." 



Bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus). Sta. 

 7-4, 13 specimens taken by hook and line, 

 ranging from 43 to 49 cm. in fork length. 

 Figure 8 is a photograph of a 45-cm. speci- 

 men. Frank Mather (Woods Hole Oceanographic 

 Institution) kindly verified our identification. 



These fish were observed on stations before 

 and after 7-4. They canne alongside on this 

 particular station when we have several bushels 

 of round herring in the cod end and a fair 

 number escaping through the l/2-inch cod end 

 liner. This "chum" attracted the school of 

 small tuna, estimated to contain at least 300 

 fish. The tuna bit readily on hooks baited with 

 round herring and also avidly struck a yellow- 

 feathered spoon. 



Butterfishes 



Butterfish, Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). Collec- 

 tion data listed on fishing transect profiles. 



Bluefishes 



Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus). Sta. 

 7-1,2 specimens (fig. 9). 



Sea Basses 



Sea bass, Centropristes striatus (Linnaeus). Col- 

 lection data listed on fishing transect profiles. 



Porgies 



Scup, Stenotomus versicolor (Mitchill). Collection 

 data listed on fishing transect profiles. 



There were virtually no young-of-the-year 

 scup in our collections. In the opinion of many 

 of the fishery biologists. State and Federal, 

 that had an interest in or occasion to observe 

 the scup last summer (1958), the spawning, 

 or the results thereof, had been an almost total 

 failure. The results of our cruise bear this 

 out. 



Of further interest was the fact that the scup 

 taJ^en off New Jersey presented a different 



appearance to the eye than did those taken to 

 the north and east. Some preliminary observa- 

 tions by two of us, Edwards and Hamer, had 

 led us to believe that differences existed in the 

 stocks that occurred off the coasts of New 

 Jersey and southern New England during the 

 summer months, at least, on the basis of a 

 comparison of scales. The differences ob- 

 served on this cruise were matters of dif- 

 ferences in color. The fish taken north of the 

 Hudson Canyon were darker and generally less 

 colorful than those taken farther south. This 

 color difference was particularly noticeable 

 on the caudal fin. The fish taken off New Jersey 

 had caudal fins that were, by comparison, 

 brightly barred with alternate vertical bands 

 of orange and blue. 



Tilefishes 



Tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode and 

 Bean. Sta. 1-4, 1 specimen. 



Rockfishes 



Black-bellied redfish, Halicolenus dactylopterus 

 (De La Roche). Collection data listed on fishing 

 transect profiles. 



Sculpins 



Long-horned sculpin, M y o x o c e phalus 

 octodecimspinosus (Mitchill). Sta. 3-2, 1 specimen. 



Sea Robins 



Comnnon sea robin, Prionotus carolinus (lAn- 

 naeus). Collection data listed on fishing transect 

 profiles. 



Striped sea robin, Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus). 

 Sta. 6-5, 1; 7-1, 13; and 7-2, 4 specimens. 



Armored sea robin, Peristedion miniatum Goode. 

 Collection data listed on fishing transect pro- 

 files. 



Ocean Pouts 



Eelpout, MacroBoarces americanus (Block and 

 Schneider). Sta. 1-5, 5; 9-1, 2; and 10-5, 1 

 specimen. 



Anglers 



Angler, Lophius americanus Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes. Collection data listed on fishing tran- 

 sect profiles. 



Frogfishes 



Dibranchua atlanticus Peters. Sta. 1-1, 1; 10-1, 

 3; and 10-2, 2 specimens. It was noticed that 

 pupils of these specimens were black with 

 very slight blue cast, whereas several speci- 

 mens taken in approxinnately 200 fathoms south- 

 east of Cape Hatteras had strikingly bright 

 blue pupils. 



