1198 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES [44] 



Whiting. — Menticirrus albumus (Linn.) Gill. 



Ovaries. (Specimen taken from a fish 12 inches long.) Charles- 

 ton, S. 0., May 20, 1880. 25,420. B. Edward Earll. This 

 species spawns in the bays and along the outer - shore be- 

 tween Cape Hatteras and Florida. The height of the spawning 

 season at Charleston, S. C, occurs in April and May. 



Squirrel-fish. — Diplectrum fasciculare (C. & V.). 



Ovaries. Charleston, S. C, April 2, 1880. 25,426. E. Edward 

 Earll. This species spawns on the coral banks off the South 

 Carolina coast in May. Not found elsewhere in our waters in 

 any considerable numbers. 



"Bastard snapper." — Spams pagrus L. 



Ovaries. (Specimen taken from an immature female weighing 3J 

 pounds and measuring 18 inches to end of tail.) Charleston, 

 S. C, April 2, 1880. 25,427. E. Edward Earll. Spawning 

 grounds for this species occur off the Carolina coast, this being 

 the only locality within our borders where the bastard snapper 

 is taken. The season for spawning lasts from April to June. 

 The eggs when impregnated are about one twenty-fourth of an 

 inch in diameter. 



Silvery hair-tail. — TricMurus Upturns Linn. 



Ovary. Charleston, S. C, April 2, 1880. 25,428. E. Edward 

 Earll. This species spawns off the Carolinas in April and 

 May. Eipe females are frequently seen at Charleston, S. C, 

 during the month of April. 



Black-tailed porg-y. — Biplodus holLroolcii (Bean). 



Ovaries. (Specimen from a fish weighing three-fourths of a pound.) 

 Charleston, S. C, March 29, 1880. 25,522. This species spawns 

 in April on the coral-banks off the Carolina and Georgia coasts, 

 where it is more abundant than in any other locality. 



Eel-pout. — Zoarces anguillaris (Peck) Storer. 



Ovaries. Gloucester, Mass., August 1, 1878. IT. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. This species spawns off the New England coast in Au- 

 gust and September. 



Hake, — Phycis chuss (Walb.) Gill. 



Ovaries. (Specimen from a fish 17 inches long.) Newport, E. I. r 

 September, 1880. U. S. Fish Commission, This species spawns 

 off the coast of Maine and Massachusetts in September and 

 October. 



