264. REPORTION NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM: 
Family ELOPIDZ. 
The Tarpons. 
Genus TAarpron Jordan and Evermann. 
The Tarpons. 
Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes). 
PLATE 84. 
Tarpon. Tarpum. 
' This is now known from within the limits of the state by the 
capture of 2 examples near Sandy Hook. The examples were 
reported in a newspaper by Mr. C. H. Townsend, Director of 
the New York Aquarium. They lived a short time in captivity. 
Family CLUPEID. 
Etrumeus teres (DeKay). 
Round Herring. 
Round Herring. Etrumeus teres (DeKay). 
Pomolobus mediocris (Mitchill). 
Herring. 
Color when fresh, bluish-slaty on back, scales themselves with 
slight olivaceous tint. On back along each row of scales longi- 
tudinally a brownish streak, lowest of which is not much below 
level with eye. A dusky blotch at shoulder, indistinctly defined, 
