[515] INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 221 
Other specimens, opened at various times, show that this fish is very 
general feeder, eating all kinds of small Crustacea, Annelids, bivalve 
and univalye mollusks, &e. 
TauToG; BLAcKk Fisu; (Tautoga onitis.) 
Specimens caught at Wood’s Hole, May 25, contained the common 
rock-crab, Cancer irroratus ; hermit-crabs, Hupagurus longicarpus ; shells, 
Tritia trivittata, all crushed. 
Others caught May 26 contained Hupagurus pollicaris ; FE. longicar- 
pus ; the barnacle, Balanus crenatus ; the squid, Loligo Pealii; Tritia 
trivittata. Others taken May 29 had Cancer irroratus ; mud-crabs, 
Panopeus depressus ; lady-crabs, Platyonichus ocellatus ; shells, Tritia 
trivittata, Crepidula fornicata, Argina pexata, and the scollop, Pecten 
irradians ; barnacles, Balanus crenatus, all well broken up. 
Another taken May 31 contained Platyonichus ocellatus ; Tritia trivit- 
tata. 
Others taken June 5 contained the mud-crab, Panopeus depressus ; tri- 
angular crab, Pelia mutica; Crepidula unguiformis ; Triforis nigrocinctus ; 
the common muscle, JMJytilus edulis; and the “horse-muscle,” Modiola 
modiolus. 
Another, on June 10, contained the common rock-crab, Cancer irrora- 
tus; mud-crab, Panopeus Sayi ; Nucula proxima ; several ascidians, Cyn- 
thia partita and Leptoclinum albidum. 
Two caught July 8 and 15 contained small lobsters, Homarus Ameri- 
canus ; Crepidula fornicata ; Bittium nigrum ; abryozoan, Crisia eburnea ; 
sand-dollars, Hchinarachnius parma. 
A specimen caught in August contained long-clams, Mya arenaria ; 
muscles, Mytilus edulis ; Petricola pholadiformis. 
WEAK-FISH ; SQUETEAGUE ; (Cynoscion regalis.) 
Several caught in seines at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, April, 1871, 
with menhaden, &c., contained large quantities of shrimp, Crangon vul- 
garis, unmixed with other food. 
Specimens taken at Wood’s Hole, in July, often contained sand-crabs, 
Platyonichus ocellatus ; and very frequently squids, Loligo Pealii. 
KiInG-Fisu ; (Menticirrus nebulosus.) 
Four specimens taken in seines at Great Egg Harbor, April, 1871, con- 
tained only shrimp, Crangon vulgaris. 
Others taken at Wood’s Hole, May 29, were filled with Crangon vul- 
garis. 
Specimens taken in July contained rock-crabs, Cancer irroratus ; 
squids, Loligo Pealii. 
RUDDER-FISH ; (Palinurichthys perciformis.) 
‘A specimen caught at Wood’s Hole, in August, contained a small 
Squilla empusa; and young squids, Loligo Pealii. 
