FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES. 161 
lucent brownish, anal and ventral much paler. Length about 134 
inches. The above example, together with many others, was 
taken in Teal’s Branch of Pond Creek, in Cape May county. The 
water is perfectly fresh, with a gentle current, and flows through 
woodland, where the fish were obtained, though below is a long 
stretch of wide matsh. It was, however, clear, and not darkly 
stained, though the stream was quite choked up with thick aquatic 
vegetation in and among which the fish seemed to lurk. Though 
rather hardy they soon die in alcohol. The males seemed to be 
equally abundant with the females. They were all numerous 
enough at this locality to be called abundant. A number of ex- 
amples attain a larger size than any of the average size, and these 
were always found to be females. Associated with them were 
Eupomotis gibbosus, all small and bluish in color. They were 
also abundant in still water in New England Creek, a tributary 
of Delaware Bay in Cape May county at Higbee’s Beach, on Oc- 
tober 6th, 1907. They were found with hosts of Palemonetes 
vulgaris. ‘They frequently swam along the bottom, preferring 
clear running water, or that which has a gentle current. They 
were not found with Cyprinodon, though usually with Lucania. 
Most large examples have brassy and coppery shades on abdomen 
laterally. 
Mr. H. Walker Hand and myself again visited Teal’s Branch 
of Pond Creek, where this species was first discovered, and then 
further down stream, on October 15th. We found the fish very 
abundant throughout our exploration. Numbers were taken in 
woodland, where covered with almost impenetrable thickets. In 
the open courses of the creeks, especially about the shallows, 
among the aquatic vegetation these little fish lurk in schools of 
countless individuals. ‘They are fond of swimming near the sur- 
face, and when disturbed swim about in procession through the 
little channels and thoroughfares in the vegetation, though a 
whole school may easily be captured in a dip-net. We secured 
about 1,000, of which only 60% reached Philadelphia alive, 
though the water was changed shortly after their capture, again 
at night, and finally the following morning, when they were liber- 
ated in large tanks well balanced, etc. They fed well in captivity 
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