

New York, October 15, 1915. No. 23 



OFM 



Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates 



ICHTHYOLOGICAL NOTES FROM MON- 

 TAUK, LONG ISLAND. 



The following notes were secured during the 

 course of field work undertaken for the Brooklyn 

 Museum in the early part of August, 1915. Some 

 local names are included in quotation marks: 



Sphyrna zygaena (Linn.). A Hammerhead, 

 about five feet in length, was seen several miles off 

 Montauk Point on August 8th. 



Clupea harengus Linn. A specimen about sev- 

 en inches long was picked up in fairly fresh condition 

 on the ocean beach on August 7. The species seems 

 to be unusual in Long Island waters at this season. 



Brevoortia tyr annus (Latrobe). The local Men- 

 haden fishery has practically failed this season. 



Scomber scombrus Linn. "Boston Mackerel." 

 The pound-net fishermen were securing a few of 

 these fish. A number of young mackerel were found 

 in the stomachs of Roseate Terns (Sterna dougalli). 



Xiphias gladius Linn. Single Swordfish were 

 taken by harpoon off Montauk Point on July 10, 14 

 and 15/1915, by William D. Parsons, Jr., of Mon- 

 tauk. 



Caranx crysos (Mitchill). "Jack." A seven- 

 inch specimen was taken in a pound-net on Au- 

 gust 11. 



Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). "Butterfish"; 

 "Shiner." Tins fish was entering the pound-nets in 

 large numbers in early August. 



