REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1898 rl09 



Gobiosoma bosci (JLaeejpede) 



Mud creeper ; oyster fish 



Abundant in brackish and salt water. Specimens were obtained 

 in the following localities : 



Mecox bay, near Water Mill 1 Aug. 



(young) Bluepoint cove, Great South bay 13 Aug. 



Bluepoint cove, Great South bay 18 and 25 Aug. 



Swan river, Patchogue 23 Aug. 



Bellport life saving station ^ 30 Aug. 



Howell's point. Great South bay 31 Aug. 



Great River, Great South bay 21 Sep. 



Opsanus tau {Linnaeus) 



Toadfish 



■ Abundant. Specimens were obtained at the following places : 



Scallop pond, Peconic bay 28 July 



(young) Bluepoint cove. Great South bay 13, 16 and 18 Aug. 



Bluepoint cove. Great South bay 13 Aug. 



Islip, Great South bay (W. F. Clark) 18 Aug. 

 " Howell's point. Great South bay 31 Aug. 



'' l^ichols's point. Great South bay 1 Sep. 



Merluccius bilinearis {MitcMll) 

 Whiting 



Several individuals were received from A. P. Latto of South- 

 ampton, October 28. - 



Microgadus tomcod ( Walhaum) 



Tomcod 



A few young individuals were seined in Peconic bay, near South- 

 ampton, July 29. 



Phycis tenuis (MitchiU) 



Hake 



Two small specimens were seined in Mecox bay, August 2, and a 

 Tery young example was received from A. P. Latto, of Southamp- 

 ton, September 11. This was caught in the Atlantic. 



