168 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
They are said to be fished for mostly in May and June about 
Barnegat Pier, and are mostly shipped to the New York markets. 
One taken in the lower Tuckahoe River near Beesley’s Point, 
August 17th, 1907. It was about 12 inches long, and was taken 
on crab bait by Mr. W. B. Davis. 
Family STROMATEIDE. 
Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). 
Butter Fish. 
Taken at Sea Isle City on July 15th, 1906, according to Mr. 
W. J. Fox, and on July 234d. 
About Cape May it is abundant everywhere in warm weather, 
occurring all through the sounds and near the inlets, both in- 
side and outside. In Delaware Bay they have been taken as far 
as Green and Dias Creeks, according to Mr. Hand. Several in 
the pounds at Green Creek on June 23d, 1907. 
Palinurichthys perciformis (Mitchill). 
Black Rudder Fish. 
About Sea Isle City they were reported to be found in the 
pound nets occasionally, though never in numbers, on July roth, 
1906. They are not taken on lines. They are good food fish, 
and do not vary much in color. 
Family CENTRARCHID. 
(Micropteride. ) 
Pomoxis sparoides (Rafinesque) ? 
Calico Bass. 
Crappies or calico bass were reported by Mr. C. J. Hunt during 
the cold weather, early in 1907, near Pensauken, in the Pen- 
