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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Centropristis 
  striatus 
  (Linnaeus). 
  BlacJc 
  Sea-hass; 
  Blaclcfish. 
  

   The 
  assigued 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  Cape 
  Ann, 
  Massachusetts, 
  

   to 
  northern 
  Florida.* 
  The 
  range 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  western 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine. 
  On 
  July 
  7, 
  189G, 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   in 
  a 
  trap 
  at 
  Wood 
  Island, 
  Casco 
  Bay, 
  Maine, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Pye, 
  the 
  

   owner 
  of 
  the 
  trap, 
  reports 
  that 
  he 
  catches 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  sea 
  bass 
  each 
  

   year. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  ranges 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Key 
  West. 
  

   A 
  fish 
  locally 
  known 
  about 
  that 
  place 
  as 
  "tallywag" 
  or 
  "tallowag'Mias 
  

   been 
  identified 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Jordan 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  persons 
  as 
  a 
  sea 
  bassj 
  

   it 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  rare. 
  

  

  Seriola 
  dumerili 
  (Eisso). 
  Amher-fisli; 
  Amher-jack. 
  

  

  The 
  range 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean 
  is 
  given* 
  as 
  

   West 
  Indies 
  north 
  to 
  Key 
  West 
  and 
  Pensacola. 
  The 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   collection 
  contains 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  Seriola 
  from 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  Mass., 
  

   which 
  Professor 
  Evermann 
  concurs 
  with 
  us 
  in 
  identifying 
  as 
  dumerili. 
  

  

  The 
  larger 
  example, 
  13 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  collected 
  August 
  15, 
  1892. 
  

   It 
  presents 
  the 
  following 
  features, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  serve 
  to 
  distinguish 
  

   this 
  species 
  from 
  8. 
  lalandi, 
  the 
  fish 
  it 
  most 
  closely 
  resembles: 
  Depth 
  

   3, 
  head 
  3i, 
  eye 
  If. 
  D. 
  vii-i, 
  32 
  j 
  A. 
  ii-i, 
  19. 
  Head 
  longer 
  than 
  deep, 
  

   the 
  profile 
  not 
  steep. 
  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  not 
  falcate. 
  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  

   body 
  faint 
  dusky 
  above, 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  below, 
  fins 
  all 
  plain. 
  

  

  The 
  smaller 
  specimen, 
  7f 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  taken 
  September 
  12, 
  1892. 
  

   Depth 
  3^, 
  head 
  3^, 
  eye 
  5 
  J. 
  D. 
  vii-i, 
  32; 
  A. 
  ii-i, 
  19. 
  Color 
  in 
  spirits: 
  

   dark 
  on 
  back, 
  pale 
  below; 
  G 
  broad 
  black 
  vertical 
  bands 
  across 
  body, 
  

   the 
  first 
  behind 
  gill 
  opening, 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  caudal 
  peduncle; 
  a 
  broad 
  dark 
  

   band 
  from 
  front 
  of 
  eye 
  to 
  dorsal; 
  a 
  dark 
  area 
  on 
  margin 
  of 
  preopercle; 
  

   spinous 
  dorsal 
  black 
  ; 
  portion 
  of 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  above 
  second 
  pale 
  inter- 
  

   space 
  and 
  third 
  dark 
  crossband 
  black 
  with 
  pale-tipped 
  rays 
  ; 
  other 
  part 
  

   of 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  pale, 
  with 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  vertical 
  body 
  bands 
  

   continued 
  on 
  them; 
  pectorals 
  pale; 
  ventrals 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  raj^s; 
  

   caudal 
  dusky 
  yellowish 
  at 
  base, 
  grading 
  into 
  black 
  on 
  lobes, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   with 
  pale 
  tips. 
  

  

  Bothus 
  niaciilatus 
  (Mitchill). 
  Window-pane; 
  Sand 
  Flounder. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  a 
  weir 
  at 
  Preeport, 
  Me., 
  Casco 
  

   Bay, 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1891. 
  It 
  Avas 
  seen 
  and 
  identified 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   writers, 
  but 
  was 
  not 
  preserved. 
  In 
  July, 
  1890, 
  a 
  dozen 
  or 
  more 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  traps 
  at 
  Wood 
  Island, 
  Casco 
  Bay. 
  The 
  fish 
  is 
  

   known 
  as 
  -'plaice-' 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity. 
  The 
  range 
  usually 
  ascribed 
  to 
  it 
  

   is 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  to 
  South 
  

   Carolina. 
  t 
  It 
  appears, 
  however, 
  that 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1873 
  specimens 
  now 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Mnseum 
  Avere 
  collected 
  in 
  Casco 
  Bay 
  (IT. 
  S. 
  IsT. 
  M. 
  No. 
  

  

  *A 
  Check-list 
  of 
  tho 
  Fishes 
  ofNorth 
  and 
  Middle 
  America, 
  by 
  Jordan& 
  Evermann. 
  

   Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Coiiiniissioii, 
  1895. 
  

  

  t 
  See 
  a 
  Ktsview 
  of 
  the. 
  Flounders 
  and 
  Soles 
  (PleuronectidiXi) 
  of 
  America 
  aud 
  Europe. 
  

   By 
  David 
  S. 
  Jordan 
  and 
  David 
  K. 
  (Joss. 
  Rept. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Com. 
  1886, 
  pp. 
  225-342. 
  

  

  