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schools. Once fift3-onc examples, weighing fifty pounds altogether, 

 were taken in one haul. 



Dr. Phillips has found it at Corson's Inlet. 



Frequently found about Burlington Island. 



Centropristes striatus (Linnaeus). 

 Black Sea Bass. 



Dr. E. J. Phillips has caught it at Ocean City, Grassy Sound, Cor- 

 son's Inlet and South Atlantic City. 



Family SPARID^. 



Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus). 

 Porgy. 



Dr. Phillips has taken it at Corson's Inlet and off Five Fathom 

 Bank. 



Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). 

 Sailor's Choice. 



Dr. Phillips reports three taken at Corson's Inlet this year. 



Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). 



Sheepshead. 



Dr. Phillips reports that they are seen, and some caught, every year 

 at Corson's Inlet. They come up to the top of the water on high tides 

 at times to feed on the mussels along the pilings. On such occasions 

 they have been known to be speared. 



