FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES. i6i 



lucent brownish, anal and ventral much paler. Length about i ^ 

 inches. The above example, together with many others, was 

 taken in Teal's Branch of Pond Creek, in Cape May county. The 

 water is perfectly fresh, with a gentle current, and flows through 

 woodland, where the fish were obtained, though below is a long 

 stretch of wide marsh. It was, however, clear, and not darkly 

 stained, thoug-h the stream was quite choked up with thick aquatic 

 vegetation in and among which the fish seemed to' lurk. Though 

 rather hardy they soon die in alcohol. The males seemed to be 

 equally abundant with the females. They were all numerous 

 enough at this locality to be called abundant. A number of ex- 

 amples attain a larger size than any of the average size, and these 

 were always found to> be females. Associated with them were 

 BuponwHs gibbosus, all small and bluish in color. They were 

 also abundant in still water in New England Creek, a tributary 

 of Delaware Bay in Cape May county at Higbee's Beach, on Oc- 

 tober 6th, 1907. They were found with hosts of Palccmonetes 

 vulgaris. They frequently swam along the bottom, preferring 

 clear running water, or that which has a gentle current. They 

 were not found with Cyprinodon, though usually with Lucania. 

 Most large examples have brassy and coppery shades on abdomen 

 laterally. 



Mr. H. Walker Hand and myself again visited Teal's Branch 

 of Pond Creek, where this species was first discovered, and then 

 further down stream, on October 15th. We found the fish very 

 abundant throughout our exploration. Numbers were taken in 

 woodland, where covered with almost impenetrable thickets. In 

 the open courses of the creeks, especially about the shallows, 

 among the aquatic vegetation these little fish lurk in schools of 

 countless individuals. They are fond of swimming near the sur- 

 face, and when disturbed swimi about in procession through the 

 little channels and thoroughfares in the vegetation, though a 

 whole school may easily be captured in a dip-net. We secured 

 about i,ooO', of which only 60% reached Philadelphia alive, 

 though the water was changed shortly after their capture, again 

 at night, and finally the following morning, when they were liber- 

 ated in large tanks well balanced, etc. They fed well in captivity 



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