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lete streak down posteriorly from lower margin of eye toAvards 

 lower base of pectoral. Another slightly more distinct from 

 lower margin of eye down towards base of ventral. Back of 

 eye on each side of head 4 blackish spots, uppermost level with 

 upper margin of eye, next level with upper margin of pupil, 

 and others in dark streaks. Still further back, on opercle, are 

 2 others, one above other. Along lateral line, which is deep 

 brownish, a series of about 16 round white spots, distinct, and 

 largest after pectoral fin. Under surface of head, maxillary, and 

 lo-wer third of trunk, white. Lips and mandible with gray- 

 brown specks or dustings. Dorsals and anal translucent brown- 

 ish-gray basally, and becoming blackish marginally, this very 

 distinct on spinous dorsal as its median portion is more whitish. 

 Caudal dusky-gray. Pectoral pale or whitish, specked or shaded 

 with brownish-gray above. Ventral white. Iris silvery-white, 

 slightly grayish above, and pupil slaty. Length 53^ inches. 

 Taken at Sea Isle City on July 25th, 1907. W. J. Fox, 



Family MERLUCCIIDiE. 

 Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill). 



Frost Fish. Whiting. 



About Cape May the whiting is taken in winter while cod- 

 fishing. It has been found at the northeast end of Five Fathom 

 Bank and northeast on McCrie's Shoal. During the past No- 

 vember and December frequently about Cape May. Mr. James 

 Boyce secured a large example at Asbury Park on December 22, 

 1907, now in my possession. They are called frost fish at that 

 locality, as they are found washed ashore in numbers at times 

 during the night. When seen lying on the beach their silvery 

 color enables one tO' locate them at such times, especially as they 

 flap about in the retreating undertow. 



