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exception of the Siphostoma have recently been iden- 

 tified at the American Museum of Natural History. 

 Some of the species mentioned are common, but the 

 dates of occurrence given are of interest. 



Round Herring Etrumeus sadina. Of less reg- 

 ular occurrence than Clupea harengus, although more 

 or less common every summer, May to October. It 

 was unusually abundant in 1915, as many as ten bar- 

 rels being taken in one lift of fishing pounds during 

 June, July, August and September. It is called 

 spearing and sardine, and not differentiated by some 

 fishermen from the common herring. 



Common Anchovy. Stolephorus mitchilli. A 

 specimen 3 in. total length. Sound. Nov. 4, 1915. 



Pipefish, Siphostoma fuscum. Two taken in 

 Long Island Sound, March 1, 1916. 



Northern Barracuda, Sphyraena borealis. A 

 specimen 10 in. total length was taken in the Sound, 

 November 6, 1915. 



Scad. Decapterus punctatus. A specimen 5% 

 in. total length. Sound. October 28. 



Goggle-eyed Scad. Trachurops crumenoph- 

 thalmus. A specimen 5% in. total length. Sound. 

 October 18, 1915. 



Big-eye. Pricanthus arenatus. Two specimens 

 3V4 and 4 "in. total length. Sound. October 10 and 

 21, 1914. A few (all about this size) are taken ev- 

 ery fall, September to November. The two speci- 

 mens referred to have well developed preopercular 

 spines. 



Filefish. Monacanthus hispidus. A specimen 

 3V2 in. total length. Sound. November 8, 1915. 



Mitchill's Sculpin. My otocephalus mitchilli. A 

 specimen 4M> in. total length. Bay. April 14, 1916. 



Lump fish. Cyclopterus lumpus. A specimen 

 two inches total length. Sound. October 25, 1914. 

 We get a few of this species, usually about 3 in. long, 

 every season, although it is never common. 



