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shrimps. In pursuing small fish they often leap a 

 foot or two from the water. They are not very shy 

 or very active; when one is hooked or speared the 

 others crowd around as if in curiosity. 



The male makes a very peculiar noise, "gu-gu," 

 when caught. The female is larger than the male 

 and deeper in the body. The air-bladder is very large 

 and thick, spread in the greater part of the abdomen. 

 The bladder in the male is thin, like paper. 



In the spring the young of three inches swim 

 close to the shore ; by the rings on the scales we esti- 

 mate these to be a year old; those of three feet in 

 length as four years old, those of to 6V2 feet, 8 or 9 

 years old, this being the maximum size. The males 

 seem to breed at the age of four years; the females 

 develop more slowly. 



Along with the Totuava occurs a related species, 

 Cynoscion reticulatus (Gunther). It is much small- 

 er, less than three feet in length. Its colors are more 

 lustrous, very beautiful green, blue and purple above 

 and below posteriorly light yellow. 



The eggs are larger than in the Totuava and 

 the spawning season comes earlier. [This species, 

 (unlike the Totuava) extends southward to Panama, 

 and with other related forms, it is known as Corvina.~\ 



Eiichieo Nakashima, 



Ki ngsb urg, Calif. 



EVIDENCE OF THE PRESENCE OF CAR- 

 CHARODON ON THE NEW JER- 

 SEY COAST DURING THE 

 PAST SUMMER 



As there exists some doubt whether the Great 

 White Shark, Car char odon car char las, was among 

 the species present on the coast in this vicinity during 

 the recent shark scare, the following evidence seems 

 worth noting. 



In a Broadway window there were recently on 

 view two teeth of a freshly caught shark, indubitably 



