62 Steve W. Ross, Garnett W. Link, Jr., Kerry A. MacPherson 

 Congridae 



Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey). The margintail conger is a rarely 

 collected species previously reported from the Bahamas, southeastern 

 coast of Florida near St. Lucie Inlet, Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, and 

 Guiana (Kanazawa 1961; Bohlke and Chaplin 1968; Randall et al. 

 1977). Manooch (1975) reported specimens tentatively identified as P. 

 caudilimbatus from Carolina waters. We add the following records off 

 of North Carolina: 33°07'N, 77°49'W, 58 m, 1 1 November 1978, night 

 trawl over live bottom (404 mm TL; UF 30590); 33° 57'N, 76° 28'W, 61 

 m, 8 December 1978, night hook and line over live bottom (542 mm TL; 

 UF 30591); and « 34°30'N, 75°50'W, » 61 m, February 1979, night 

 hook and line over live bottom (455 mm TL; UF 30592). The above 

 collections were during darkness and near live bottom, suggesting that 

 this species, like other congrids, is nocturnal and may seek shelter in 

 reefs during the day. All of the above specimens exceed the maximum 

 size (356 mm TL) recorded by Bohlke and Chaplin (1968). 



Gadidae 



Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus). The haddock normally 

 occurs in northern waters on both sides of the Atlantic, ranging along 

 North America from Newfoundland to deep waters off Cape Hatteras 

 (Leim and Scott 1966). Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) mentioned that 

 haddock are seldom caught near shore and perhaps never in the littoral 

 zone or brackish waters. On 10 March 1979, two specimens were cap- 

 tured by gill net in the Neuse River, North Carolina, between Adams 

 Creek and South River (=* 35°00'N, 76°38'W, « 3 m). Both were 

 about the same size, but only one was retained (417 mm; UF 27969). 

 Water temperature and salinity recorded in the caputre vicinity on 9 

 March 1979 were 16° C and 4 0/00, respectively. This collection repre- 

 sents the southernmost and one of the most inshore records for haddock. 



Ophididae 



Brotula barbata (Schneider). One bearded brotula was collected 

 from the BSEP traveling screens, Southport, North Carolina (Cape 

 Fear River) on 18 July 1975 (192 mm; UF 30595). The previously 

 recorded range of B. barbata included one record from Bermuda (Beebe 

 and Tee-Van 1933) and other records from the Caribbean (Jamaica and 

 Cuba), Florida, and northern Gulf of Mexico (Hubbs 1944). Our record 

 represents the northernmost extent of this species, which appears to be 

 rare north of the Gulf of Mexico. 



Lepophidium jeannae Fowler. Although L. jeannae was recorded 

 from Raleigh Bay, North Carolina (Silver Bay Station 1268, Bullis and 

 Thompson 1965), Hoese and Moore (1977) reported its northernmost 

 occurrence as Georgia. This species was also listed from the Cape Fear 



