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more or less transparent whitish. Length 23¢ inches. Sea Isle 
City: July goth; 1907.''\ “WJ. Fox. 
One was found at Ocean City on October 13th, 1907, by Mr. 
David McCadden. 
Family BATRACHOIDID. 
Opsanus tau (Linnzus). 
Oyster Fish. 
Mr. W. J. Fox and myself saw a small example in Ludlam’s 
Bay, at Sea Isle City, on July 19th, 1906. It occurs in Dela- 
ware Bay from Cape May Point at Green Creek, on the oyster 
and clam beds, and is common in the shallows about such places. 
One found at Green Creek on June 23d, 1907. 
Family GADIDZ. 
Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). 
Tom Cod. 
About Cape May it is taken off-shore, and in the sounds along 
the ocean, in the fall. 
Gadus callarias Linnzus. 
Cod. 
About Cape May they are abundant off-shore. They appear 
late in October and leave in March. Occasionally a few are 
taken in the deep water in April and May. 
Phycis regius (Walbaum). 
White Spotted Hake. 
Color of young when fresh erayish-olive above and on upper 
sides, each scale with a blotch of very slightly darker tint than 
ground-color. Head about like back. A: grayish-brown obso- 
