﻿EXTENSION 
  OF 
  THE 
  RECORDED 
  RANGE 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  FISHES. 
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  now 
  extended 
  northward 
  to 
  Delaware 
  Bay. 
  In 
  May, 
  1895, 
  a 
  ininiber 
  of 
  

   specimeus 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  Cape 
  Heulopeii, 
  Delaware, 
  wliicli 
  arc 
  now 
  in 
  

   the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  collection. 
  

  

  Bpinephelus 
  niveatus 
  (Ciivier 
  & 
  Valenciennes). 
  Snoioif 
  Grouper. 
  

  

  Three 
  small 
  groupers 
  collected 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  1895, 
  by 
  ]\rr. 
  

   V. 
  N. 
  Edwards, 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  are 
  identilied 
  as 
  

   Upinejjhelus 
  iiireatus. 
  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  writes 
  that 
  dnring 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  

   1895 
  he 
  saw 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  other 
  specimens 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  lobster 
  

   pots 
  at 
  Cuttyhunk, 
  Menemsha, 
  and 
  Edgartown. 
  In 
  his 
  long-continued 
  

   observations 
  in 
  the 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  region 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  

   l^revious 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  sj)ecies 
  in 
  that 
  vicinitj". 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  specimens, 
  2^ 
  and 
  1| 
  inches 
  long, 
  respectively, 
  

   taken 
  September 
  23, 
  1895, 
  are 
  now 
  before 
  us. 
  The 
  larger 
  example 
  pre- 
  

   sents 
  the 
  following 
  colors 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  IJody 
  and 
  head, 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  

   body 
  with 
  4 
  longitudinal 
  rows 
  of 
  small 
  pale 
  blue 
  spots 
  (smaller 
  than 
  

   pupil), 
  one 
  row 
  along 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  one 
  along 
  lateral 
  line, 
  and 
  two 
  

   below 
  line; 
  caudal 
  and 
  pectorals 
  white, 
  anal 
  and 
  dorsal 
  dark, 
  ventrals 
  

   black. 
  Tiie 
  body 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  lish 
  is 
  very 
  dark 
  brown, 
  almost 
  

   black; 
  the 
  pale 
  spots 
  are 
  scarcely 
  distinguishable; 
  the 
  anal, 
  ventral, 
  

   and 
  dorsal 
  fins 
  are 
  jet 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  

   dorsal, 
  which 
  is 
  white; 
  caudal 
  and 
  i^ectoral 
  tins 
  white. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  contributes 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  life 
  colors 
  of 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  collected 
  or 
  observed 
  by 
  him; 
  the 
  body 
  spots, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  

   Edwards 
  states 
  are 
  lemon 
  yellow, 
  have 
  heretofore* 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  

   light 
  blue 
  or 
  bluish 
  white 
  in 
  color, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  alcoholic 
  speci- 
  

   mens: 
  Body, 
  chocolate 
  brown; 
  pectoral 
  and 
  caudal 
  tins, 
  lemon 
  yellow; 
  

   a 
  large 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  caudal 
  peduncle; 
  spots 
  on 
  body, 
  lemon 
  yellow; 
  

   on 
  some 
  specimens 
  there 
  were 
  10 
  to 
  18 
  spots, 
  on 
  others 
  ."»5 
  to 
  40; 
  in 
  

   some 
  examples 
  there 
  were 
  twice 
  as 
  many 
  spots 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   as 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  tropical 
  species. 
  Its 
  normal 
  range 
  is 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  to 
  

   Brazil. 
  On 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  occasions, 
  however, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   Rhode 
  Island 
  waters. 
  In 
  1861, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Hyporihodusflavicauda, 
  

   Dr. 
  Gill 
  described! 
  a 
  young 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  taken 
  at 
  Xewport, 
  

   II. 
  I. 
  In 
  1879 
  Drs. 
  Goode 
  and 
  Bean 
  recorded 
  J 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  another 
  

   specimen 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  in 
  1877. 
  

  

  Three 
  additional 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  Bhode 
  Island 
  are 
  in 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  ^Museum; 
  one 
  (No. 
  .■)2;>20), 
  21 
  indies 
  long, 
  is 
  

   from 
  Tiverton, 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  (Xo. 
  39161), 
  3 
  and 
  3| 
  inclies 
  long, 
  Avere 
  

   taken 
  at 
  Point 
  Juditii. 
  

  

  * 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  Fishes 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  l)y 
  Jordan 
  ct 
  (rilbert. 
  — 
  Catalofjno 
  of 
  tbo 
  

   Perciforni 
  Pushes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  bv 
  G. 
  A. 
  Bouleuger. 
  

   t 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila. 
  1861. 
  p. 
  i)8. 
  

   t 
  Amer, 
  Jour. 
  Sci. 
  and 
  Arts, 
  xvii, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  45. 
  

  

  