REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1898 fOS 



Pimephales notatus {Raf.) 



Fathead minnow 



Obtained in the St Lawrence river, at Cape Vincent ]^. Y., 



August 9, by Livingston Stone and by him presented to the 



museum. 



Abramis crysoleucas {Mitcliill) 



Roach 



Specimens were collected in the St Lawrence river, August 9, at 



Cape Yincent N. Y., by Livingston Stone, and presented to the 



museum. 



Notropis hudsonius {De Witt Clinton) 



Spawn eater 



Livingston Stone collected specimens in the St Lawrence river, at 

 Oape Yincent IT. Y., August 9, and presented them to the museum 



Notropis whippli {Girard) 



Specimens were obtained in the St Lawence river, at Cape Yin- 

 cent [N". Y., August 9, by Livingston Stone for the state museum. 



Notropis atherinoides Baf. 

 Silvery minnow 



Taken in the St Lawrence river, at Cape Yincent N. Y., August 

 9, by Livingston Stone, and presented by him to the state museum. 



Anguilla chrysypa Raf. 



Eel 



Young eels were obtained in Shinnecock bay, July 22 ; in Peconic 

 Bay, July 28 ; and in Swan river at Patchogue L. L, August 24. 

 Larger individuals were takeu in Peconic bay, July 29. A male 

 was seined at the mouth of Duncan's creek. Great South bay, 

 August 29. The male is rarely recorded, and most of the specimens 

 known have been secured in Great South bay. 



Leptocephalus conger {Linnaeus) 



Conger eel 



An individual nearly 3 feet long was captured with a hand line 



by A. P. Latto in the ocean, near Southampton L. I., August 3 



while fishing for sea-bass and scup. Conger eels are occasionally 



