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Micro pterus salmoides (Lacepede). Abundant 

 in Fort Pond, where it was introduced about 1887. 

 On July 20, 1915, an example having two complete 

 and distinct heads was caught, taken to the Mont auk 

 Inn, and eaten. It was an adult in good condition. 



Morone a m ericana ( Gmelin ) . E xceedingly 

 abundant in Fort Pond, Great Pond, and Reed 

 Pond. These waters are now landlocked, but were 

 stocked about thirty years ago. On August 11 no 

 less than 75 White Perch were caught in Fort Pond 

 by two girls and a boy. This body of water, unlike 

 Great Pond, is quite fresh. The largest of the fish 

 weighed just under a pound. Some of the local sea- 

 farers have a curious notion that these perch have 

 become "transformed" from some distant salt-water 

 species. Unfortunately, those caught are seldom 

 eaten, and we saw one large lot fed to hogs. 



Centropristes striatus (Linn.). Many Sea Bass 

 were being taken on hand-lines off Montauk Point, 

 and we saw hundreds enclosed in pounds in Fort 

 Pond Bay, where they are kept for a better market 

 later in the season. Meanwhile they are fed on 

 chopped squid, fish entrails, etc. This year the spe- 

 cies is affected by an eye disease, which Capt. E. B. 

 Tuthill says he observed also ten or twelve years ago. 

 Some fish, when caught, are seen to have their eyes 

 covered with a whitish film. Subsequently the eye 

 begins to bulge out, and the outer surface to disin- 

 tegrate, hanging in white shreds. At this stage the 

 unfortunate victims are pursued by their fellows, 

 which bite at the protruding eyes, causing death after 

 a number of hours. 



Spheroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider). A 

 specimen 9 x /2 inches in total length was taken on 

 August 11. 



Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum). "Porcu- 

 pine-fish." A specimen was taken in a pound-net at 

 Fort Pond Bay on August 11, but was thrown away 



