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mocks, at Dias Creek, down to Cape May Point. On the ocean- 

 shore they are fished up to Stone Harbor. It has been taken in 

 Cold Spring Inlet. In a landlocked brackish water pond a number 

 of these fish, together with herring, weak fish and goodies were 

 taken one winter at Cape May Point, according to Mr. H. Walker 

 Hand. The white perch also occurs in all the inland waters. Sev- 

 eral were found on the beach at Green Creek on June 9th, 1907. 



Reported at Barnegat Pier on July 30th, 1907, and later in 

 Great Egg Harbor Bay at Somers Point and Beesley's Point. 

 Said to run up the Tuckahoe, where they have been taken at the 

 bridge. 



Reported from Kinkora Creek, near Kinkora, in Burlington 



county. 



Centropristis striatus (Linnaeiis). 



Sea Bass. 



Taken at Sea Isle City on July 15th, 1907, according to Mr. 

 W. J. Fox, 



About Cape May, j\Ir. H, Walker Hand says they are not so 

 plentiful as the white perch. They reach a weight of 7 pounds 

 and are comparatively short and chunky. They run in all salt- 

 water inlets and channels. In Delaware Bay they occur from 

 Cape May Point to Dias Creek at least, where about 2 or 3 are 

 taken at a time. Recenth'- they have also been reported as far up 

 as Cohansy Creek. They are hard to gill and wary of gill- 

 seines. In the summer of 1906 some adults were taken in the 

 bay with "humps" or conspicuous backs. In late July of 1907, 

 sea bass were taken at Fourteen Foot Bank. Small examples are 

 taken in Great Egg Harbor Bay about Somers Point, Beesley's 

 Point and Ocean City, according to the fishermen. They are said 

 to worry their bait when fishing. 



Family H^MULID^. 



Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linneeus). 



Hog Fish. 



Mr. H. Walker Hand reports one from Cape May, in one of 

 the sounds, late in July of 1907. It was caught on a hook. 

 Known as "hosf fish." 



