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Family SERRANID^E. 



Roccus lineatus (Bioch). 

 Bock. 



Eeported frequently taken in Eaccoon Creek, at Bridgeport, Glou- 

 cester county. 



Eeported to be taken rarely at Townsend's Inlet. 



Young very abundant in most all localities seined at Newbold's 

 Island, Burlington county, August 13th, 1908. All were small, and 

 none over about three inches in length. The dark lateral stripes above 

 the lateral line were very inconspicuous, and the dark vertical bands 

 on the back were also somewhat obscure in the living fish. Usually 

 all were rather dull olive above and whitish below. 



Mr. J. B. Vanderveer says the rock spawns along a hard, sandy 

 shore where the water is clear and surging, so that the eggs may be 

 disturbed and lashed about in the sands. The young are very abun- 

 dant in the late summer about Trenton in the Delaware. 



Dr. E. J. Phillips says they are taken at Corson's Inlet up to forty- 

 nine pounds. Examples, twenty-one, seventeen and twelve pounds were 

 taken this year. Other years' examples, twenty and twenty-three 

 pounds in weight were taken. 



Young common about Burlington Island. 



Morone americana (Mitchill). 

 White Perch. Perch. 



Eeported frequent in Eaccoon Creek, at Bridgeport, Gloucester 

 county. 



About a hundred taken in an eel seine in Ludlam's Thoroughfare, 

 Sea Isle City, during the middle of August, 1908. 



Several young were taken in the Delaware Eiver at Newbold's 

 Island, Burlington county, on August 13th, 1908. The largest was 

 several inches long. Color silvery as usual, and scarcely variegated. 



Mr. Vanderveer says the white perch is not known to spawn about 

 Trenton. They appear scattered, and then appear to locate in certain 

 territories, seemingly to protect themselves, the large ones leading the 



