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more or less transparent whitish. Length 2^ inches. Sea Isle 

 City. July 30th, 1907. W. J. Fox. 



One was found at Ocean City on October 13th, 1907, by Mr. 

 David McCadden. 



Family BATRACHOIDID^. 



Opsanus tau (Linnaeus). 



Oyster Fish. 



Mr. W. J. Fox and myself saw a small example in Ludlam's 

 Bay, at Sea Isle City, on July 19th, 1906. It occurs in Dela- 

 ware Bay from Cape May Point at Green Creek, on the oyster 

 and clam beds, and is common in the shallows about such places. 

 One found at Green Creek on June 23d, 1907. 



Family GADID-3E. 



Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). 



Tom Cod. 



About Cape May it is taken off-shore, and in the sounds along 

 the ocean, in the fall. 



Gadus callarias Linnseus. 



Cod. ■ 



About Cape May they are abundant off-shore. They appear 

 late in October and leave in March. Occasionally a few are 

 taken in the deep water in April and May. 



Phycis regius (Walbaum). 



White Spotted Hake. 



Color of young when fresh grayish-olive above and on upper 

 sides, each scale with a blotch of very slightly darker tint than 

 ground-color. Head about like back. A grayish-brown obso- 



