REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1901 rl23 



It was not an unusual thing to find large parasites in the gills 

 of the young bluefish. 



Catalogue no. 520 is a bluefish parasite taken at The Cinders, 

 Great South bay, Aug. 30; it looks like the so called "salve 

 bug " (A e g a psora) of the Gloucester fishermen. 



Palinurichthys perciformis (Mitchill) 

 Rudder fish 

 Wreck on Tobey's Flat Aug. 14 — 1 specimen 

 This individual, scarcely half grown, was taken on a hook 

 alongside the wreck at Tobey's Flat. The mouth is very email, 

 and it was at first difficult to find a suitable bait; but after 

 many trials, pieces of living oyster proved effective, and the 

 only individual seen was captured. 



Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus) 

 Sunfish; Pumpkin Seed 

 Quantic bay Aug. 21 — 1 specimen 

 Quantic bay Aug. 21 — 2 specimens 

 Quantic bay Aug. 22 — 2 specimens 



Morone americana (Gmelin) 

 White Perch 



Whale House Hole Aug. 9 — 1 specimen 



Smith's point Aug. 23 — 1 specimen 



Aug. 23, at least 50 specimens of white perch, some weigh- 

 ing as much as 1 pound each, were seined at Smith pond. 

 This species is reputed to be very shy, and fishermen declare 

 that, when their feeding ground is disturbed, they leave sud- 

 denly and go off to a considerable distance. Whether this be 

 true or not, we seldom found the fish except in very small num- 

 bers, and usually only small individuals. 



Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus) 

 Scup; Porgy 

 Watts' pound, Clam Pond cove, July 31 

 Clam Pond cove Aug. 13 — 2 specimens 

 The examples obtained Aug. 13 were caught in a gill net. 



