FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES. 177 
Family SPARIDZ. 
Stenotomus chrysops (Linnzus). 
Porgy. 
Mr. W. J. Fox noted it at Sea Isle City, July 15th, 1906. 
This fish runs in Delaware Bay with the sea bass from Cape 
May Point to Green Creek, where, however, very few are taken. 
Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). 
Sheep’s Head. 
Mr. Hand reports they have been taken back of Avalon and at 
Turtle Gut, in Cape May county. About twenty years ago a few 
large ones were taken in Delaware Bay and off the “drum-beds”’. 
Family SCIZAANIDE. 
Cynoscion regalis (Schneider). 
Weak Fish. ai 
Noted at Sea Isle City on July 15th, 1906, by Mr. W. J. Fox. 
On July 23d about 30 pounds were taken. About Cape May they 
reach a fair size, or about 12 pounds, and some have been re- 
ported of 14 pounds in weight. In the Delaware Bay they run 
up as far as Ship John Light and at Cohansy Creek, where they 
are larger than off Green Creek. They occur all along the ocean 
shore. Found abundant and some quite large, in the pounds at 
Green Creek, May 5th, 1907. Abundant on June oth. It is the 
most prized food fish of this region. Rather few were taken in 
the pounds on June 23d. They are sometimes known locally as 
“blue fish.” Mr. H. Walker Hand reports that weak fish were 
taken in record quantities everywhere about Cape May in late 
July, in both the bay and sounds. They were also taken at Four- 
teen Foot Bank. ‘They ran small, however, and were reported in 
the bay as far as Cohansy Creek. 
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