REPORT OP THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1901 f!19 



Menidia beryllina (Cope) 

 Fresh-water Silver side 

 Howell's point July 13 — 1 specimen 

 (juv.) Swan river Aug. 8 — 1 specimen 

 Whale House Hole Aug. 9 — 2 specimens 



The smallest fresh-water silverside observed measured 1 inch. 

 This was obtained at Swan river, Aug. 8. 



Menidia notata (Mitchill) 

 Silverside; Friar; Whitebait ' ' 



Howell's point July 13 — 5 specimens 



Clam Pond cove July 24 — 1 specimen 



Blue Point July 27 — 2 specimens 



Blue Point July 27—5 specimens 

 i Swan river Aug. 8 — 1 specimen 



Whale House Hole Aug. 9—2 specimens 



Whale House Hole Aug. 9 — 4 specimens ^ 



Clam Pond cove Aug. 16 — 6 specimens 



Fire Island inlet, creek Aug. 15 — 29 specimens 



Fire Island inlet, creek Aug. 15 — 1 specimen \ 



Cherry grove Aug. 17 — 2 specimens \ 



West Hampton Aug. 21 — 5 specimens 



Quantic bay Aug. 21 — 1 specimen 



Smith's point Aug. 23 — 1 specimen 



Clam Pond cove Aug. 27 — 2 specimens 



Blue Point Aug. 29 — 2 specimens 



The smallest individual of the common silverside obtained dur- 

 ing the period of investigation was 1 inch long. This was among 

 the specimens collected at Howell's point July 13. The largest 

 one at that locality measured 5 inches. In Swan river Aug. 8, 

 an example 1-| inches long was secured; and in Clam Pond cove 

 Aug. 16 the sizes varied from 1-J to 5 inches. 



An individual obtained in Quantic bay Aug. 21 is 5J inches 

 long; the largest specimen secured was from Whale House Hole, 

 Aug. 9: it measured 5f inches. 



