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menhaden, and goby (Gobiosoma bosci). This in another illustra- 

 tion of the scarcity of the migratory fish, as the mouth of Swan 

 river is a famous place for seining southern forms. 



The 30 fathom seine was used near Fire Island inlet Aug. 15, 

 and in two hauls it captured only the following species: striped 

 mullet, silver mullet, sea robin, silversides, toadfish, tautog, 

 young bergall, common killy, bass killy, silver gar, young short 

 pompano, flatfish, windowpane, swellfish, pipefish, anchovy, men- 

 haden, and young greenbacks (Pomolobus pseudoharengus). 



Aug. 16, a 90 fathom gill net, set near Meadow Point at night 

 and watched till 2 o'clock the next morning took only about 

 250 menhaden, 11 bluefish, and seven weakfish. The water was 

 full of jellyfish, which were fortunately not phosphorescent. 

 Crabs were very abundant and proved very destructive to net- 

 ting. 



Mustelus canis (Mitchill) 

 Dog shark; smooth dogfish 



Watts' pound, Clam Pond cove July 31 



Watts' pound, Clam Pond cove July 31 



(head) Watts' pound, Clam Pond cove July 31 



Watts' pound, Clam Pond cove July 31 



Alopias vulpes (Gmelin) 



Thresher shark; Swmgle-tail shark 



(jaws) Ocean beach, Water island May, 1899. H. E. Swezey 



Aug. 13, near Cherry grove, the tail of a thresher shark was 



seen; but no specimen of this species was taken in the bay 



during the summer. 



Carcharias littoralis (Mitchill) 

 Sand shark 

 (jaws) Clam Pond cove July 18 

 Clam Pond cove Julv 23 

 (head) Clam Pond cove July 23 



The first sand shark secured was taken in a gill net in Clam 

 Pond cove July 18. The species, which is known to fishermen 



