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seines and pounds on the south side. The flounders of from 2 

 to 3 pounds in weight had no mature reproductive organs. 

 Flounders browse on the bottom and their stomachs are filled 

 with such crustaceans as Gammarus and Talorchestia. It takes 

 several seasons for the flounder to come to maturity. Early in 

 June, of 18 flounders taken there were two sizes, half measured 

 4 centimeters in length and the other half 12 centimeters. Those 

 measuring 12 centimeters were probably over a year old while 

 the others were probably of this year's growth. 



8 Fundulus heteroclitus Linn. KiUifish or 

 9 Fundulus majalis Wal. MummicJiogs 

 These were found along with 



10 Menidia notata Mit. 



Shiners 



Found at the head of inlets and harbors. They spawn about 

 the first of June on the south shore and about the last of June 

 on the north. Both shiners and killifish are very abundant and 

 form the principal food of eels and young bluefish that follow 

 their movements along the shores. Fundulus and Menidia feed 

 on small crustaceans and in turn feed the snappers. The small- 

 est Fundulus taken were about 1 centimeter in length and fre- 

 quented the shallows near the shores and at the head of inlets 

 and the harbors. They may attain a length of 6 inches. 



11 Roccus lineatus Bloch 

 Striped hass 

 Young specimens weighing 2 to 3 pounds are caught by troll- 

 ing at high tide in the Gut at Cold Spring Harbor. They are 

 caught off the south shore by seining in the surf. About June 

 10 one party had taken 32 large ones whose reproductive organs 

 were quite mature. In a female of 15 pounds weight the ovary 

 weighed 15 ounces. The young of this species were not taken 

 nor were the adults seen up the inlets. 



