DECEMBER 15, 1899.1 
heretofore observed. On July 18th, 1899, a 
fine example 4} feet long and weighing 60 
pounds was caught in the Fish Commission 
trap in Buzzard Bay, and retained alive 
until August 31st. 
Tetragonurus cuviert Risso. SQUARE TAIL ; 
SEA-RAVEN. This very rare species, de- 
scribed from Nice in 1810, was until 1890 
known only from the coast of southern 
France and the Madeira Islands. The 
original describer considered it a deep- 
water form that approached the coasts only 
for spawning purposes. On November 10th, 
1890, the species was added to the western 
Atlantic fauna by the capture of a specimen 
at Woods Hole. The taking of another 
specimen at the same place, on August Ist, 
1899, now recorded for the first time, is 
most interesting and unexpected ; the fish, 
about 14 inches, was found under a mass of 
floating rock-weed in Vineyard Sound. 
Epinephelus niveatus (Cuvier & Valencien- 
nes). Snowy Grouper. Straggling speci- 
mens of this tropical species have occasion- 
ally been taken in Rhode Island and 
Massachusetts waters, the first Woods Hole 
examples being obtained in 1895. In 
Katama Bay, the fish was common from the 
latter part of August to the first part of 
October, 1899, and was observed on every 
day the bay was visited; upwards of 75 
were secured during the season. 
Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill). Bre-nyn. 
A rare straggler from the West: Indies ; de- 
seribed by Dr. Gill from Narragansett Bay ; 
recorded from Woods Holeand several other 
points on Massachusetts coast. In summer 
and fall of 1899, the fish was common in 
Katama Bay, almost every seine-haul yield- 
ing specimens ; over 100 were taken before 
the advent of cold weather. 
LIutianus analis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Mourton-riso. Normal range from Florida 
to Brazil; north of Florida known only 
from Woods Hole, in 1876 (7 specimens) 
and 1897 (2 specimens). In Katana Bay 
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during September, 1899, the fish was found 
on six different days, and upwards of 20 
small specimens were taken. 
Chetodon ocellatus Bloch. Burrerrriy- 
risH. A few specimens of this tropical 
species have been obtained at Woods Hole 
nearly every year in October and November, 
5 being the largest number in one season. 
In 1899, the fish was positively common at 
times, and more were collected in Katama 
Bay than have probably ever been observed 
in any other locality. Throughout Septem- 
ber and until the third week in October, the 
gaudy little fish were constantly found in 
the shore waters ; 80 were obtained on Sep- 
tember 1st, and 50 more on each of three 
other days, the aggregate number observed 
during a period of seven weeks being over 
400. Some of these were so small as to sug- 
gest that they must have hatched after 
reaching Massachusetts waters. 
Chetodon bricei Smith. BurrrerFiy-FisH. 
Prior to 1899, only 6 specimens of this 
species, all taken at Woods Hole in 1897, 
were known. In September, 1899, at 
Katama Bay, it was found on seven differ- 
ent days, in company with Chetodon ocellatus, 
and over 40 specimens were obtained. Dur- 
ing the recent Porto Rican expedition of the 
Fish Commission, a specimen was secured 
at Fajardo. 
Alutera monoceros (Osbeck). Finn-risn. 
The detection of this very interesting Hast 
Indian species on our coast at Woods Hole 
in August, 1898, was referred to in ScrENCcE 
for October 21st, 1898, andis the subject of 
a recently issued paper by the writer. * 
While possibly this is the species recorded 
from Cuba by Parra in 1787 and by Poey in 
1863, the evidence is far from conclusive. 
The seining of a second specimen, 84 inches 
long, at Menemsha Bight, on August Ist, 
1899, is now recorded. 
* Notice of a file-fish new to the fauna of the United 
States. Bulletin United States Fish Commission 
1898. Pp. 6 and colored plate. of 
