THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. I9I 
medianly. Side with about a dozen or less vertical pale or dilute 
silvery narrow bars, crowded on costal region, and far apart on 
tail. Dorsal pale brownish margined with pale or whitish. Caw- 
dal pale brownish, and posterior margin dilute greenish. Iris 
dilute brassy. Crosswicks Creek near Trenton, N. J., May gth, 
1905. Very abundant in the shallow pools and runs on the flats 
They appear very differently colored from the adults, many of 
which, all much larger, as to be expected, were taken with them. 
However, I did not notice any males deeply pigmented, or more 
or less blackish, like those taken at Cape May Point May 7th, 
1905. An adult female in the ornatus stage, with the same data 
as the one described above was brownish in life. Scales on back 
with slightly brownish centers, and those on sides forming imbri- 
cated diamonds of fine blackish dots. A pale silvered reflecticn 
from above costal region to caudal. Peritoneum showing through 
abdominal walls whitish with little reflection. Fins translucent. 
Caudal brownish with a slightly ruddy tint. Dorsal with uniform 
~ dull brown. Pectoral, anal and ventral dilute brownish. Side of 
head, especially opercle, with brassy reflections, and cheek tinted 
with dull azure. Examples in both of the above described stages 
are found at all seasons of the year, equally common with the 
adult examples, which breed in the Delaware. 
This interesting little fish was found in abundance May 7th. 
1905, swimming in the lower waters of the small creek at Cape 
May Point. This stream flows directly into the salt water of the 
bay side. At its mouth but few of the fish occur, though thirty 
yards or so above they are abundant in numerous schools or 
shoals along the shallows of the banks, which are formed of 
sand. We did not notice them to any extent above these places 
or other than where the stream passes over the sandy beach. 
They were easily frightened into the deeper waters or channel 
by any sudden movement, though not at all disturbed by loud 
talking or other noise. Provided there is no movement on the 
banks one may watch them conduct their spawning for a long 
time. They do not remain in the channel long, but soon swim 
up in the shallows close to the shore, and often when the orgasm 
takes place they are more or less out of the water. The usual 
method is for a male to swim rather nervously alongside a female 
