FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES. 179 
They run up Delaware Bay to Pierce’s Point and are reported 
to occur at Ege Island on the oyster grounds by oystermen. 
They take fish-bait and crabs, and run about 60 pounds in 
weight. Off shore they have been taken at Five Fathom Bank, 
McCrie’s Shoal and north of Corson’s Inlet, according to Mr. 
H. Walker Hand. 
Reported to occur at times at Barnegat Pier. 
Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépéde. 
Cape May Goody. 
About Cape May they occur along shore though are becoming 
scarce. In Delaware Bay they range from Cape May Point to 
Cedar Hummocks. They are taken in surf-seines, and angled, 
though not in deep water. At times quite large ones have been 
noticed. 
Micropogon undulatus (Linnzus). 
Croaker. 
Noted at Sea Isle City on July 15th, 1906, by Mr. W. J. Fox. 
Along the shores of Cape May county they are frequently 
taken, and in Delaware Bay range from Cape May Point 
to Green Creek off the Hummocks, where about 300 pounds 
were taken in a single day during July of 1907. Mr. Hand 
reported one 3 pounds in weight caught in Mill Creek. Others 
of less size were taken at Fourteen Foot Bank. 
Menticirrhus saxatilis (Schneider). 
King Fish. 
About Cape May they are taken in the inlets and around 
sand-bars. They are good market fish, running about 1% 
pounds. Taken at McCrie’s Shoal, though seldom on Five 
Fathom Bank according to Mr. Hand. During the past August 
they have been taken up Delaware Bay as far as Dias Creek, 
according to the fishermen. 
