ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



817 



RED-MOUTHED GRUNT: TOM TATE. 



curs in both Atlantic and Pacific waters. These 

 three are the giants among the sea basses and 

 are among the largest bony fishes known, 

 reaching a weight of five hundred to six hun- 

 dred pounds. Two specimens of the Spotted 

 Jewfish are now among the Aquarium exhibits. 

 This species is able to execute some of the color 

 changes characteristic of the group but not in 

 such a striking manner as the Nassau Grouper 

 and Red Grouper. 



The fishes belonging in the family Carang- 

 idea, including the Pompanos, Leather Jacks, 

 Amberfishes, Cavallas, Runners and Moonfishes, 

 are characteristically denizens of the open seas, 

 and nearly all have a wide distribution in trop- 

 ical and sub-tropical waters, some of them rang- 

 ing in summer into the temperate seas. Since 

 they are active, strong swimmers they are usual- 

 ly not well adapted to a life of confinement in 

 the Aquarium. A number of species have, how- 

 ever, been kept with a meas- 

 ure of success. Among these 

 we are able at present to ex- 

 hibit two species of Run- 

 ners, the Common Jack 

 (Caranx hippos) of both 

 Atlantic and Pacific oceans 

 and the Horse-eye Jack 

 (Caranx latus) of the trop- 

 ical waters of the Atlantic. 

 The latter has not previous- 

 ly been seen in our collec- 

 t i o n s , but two specimens 

 were recently brought from 

 Key West. They are re- 

 markably trim looking fishes, 

 showing in every line of the 

 body their adaptation to life 

 at the surface of the high seas 



A Turbot or ocean Trig- 

 ger fish, new to our collec- 

 tions, was also brought in 

 with the Key West fishes. 

 The genus is Canthidermis, 

 but the characters on which 

 the identification of the spe- 

 c i e s rests are not evident 

 without handling the speci- 

 men, so it has not been posi- 

 tively determined. 



Other interesting fishes 



brought from Key West and 



which have previously been 



received also from Bermuda 



are the Jolt-head P o r g y 



(Calamus bajonado), Grass 



Porgy (Calamus arctifrons), 



Common Grunt (Haemulon 



plumieri), Tom Tate or Red-mouthed Grunt 



(Bathystoma rimator), Spanish Hogfish (Harpe 



rufa) and Butterfly fish (Chaetodon ocellatus). 



R. C. OsBURN. 



NOTES ON FUR SEAL IN CAPTIVITY. 



The second and last of the pair of fur seal 

 pups received on November 23, 1910, as the gift 

 of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, died 

 on August 6, 1911. It will be recalled that the 

 male pup died of acute nephritis in January. 

 After his death the little female occupied one 

 of the large floor pools at the Aquarium by her- 

 self. She was extremely active and swam near- 

 ly all of the time, day and night, to the wonder 

 and delight of the visitors. 



Although she took but little food for several 

 days before death and was evidently in distress, 



JOLT-HEAD PORGY. 



