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(1970) also suggested that spawning in Mississippi waters occurred dur- 

 ing the same period. Although adults seem to prefer fresh or estuarine 

 environments, juveniles and larvae apparently spend some time in 

 marine waters (Bbhlke and Chaplin 1968; Gilbert and Kelso 1971; Hast- 

 ings and Bortone 1976). Further sampling may reveal that O. b. lineatus 

 is more common in North Carolina and that a breeding population 

 exists. 



Syngnathus elucens Poey. One shortfin pipefish was collected on 1 

 October 1968 at 34°53'N, 75°29'W (115 mm; UNC 9926). This repre- 

 sents a considerable range extension from the previously recorded distri- 

 bution of Bermuda, the Bahamas, southern Florida, the northeastern 

 Gulf of Mexico, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles to Surinam 

 (Herald 1942; Bbhlke and Chaplin 1968; Dawson 1972). 



Serranidae 



Hemanthias leptus (Ginsburg). One specimen of the longtail bass 

 was collected by hook and line in 168 m off Murrells Inlet, South Caro- 

 lina, on 20 August 1979 (456 mm; UF 27790). This species was pre- 

 viously known only from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Hoese and 

 Moore 1977), hence our record represents a significant range extension. 

 This specimen also greatly exceeds the previously reported maximum 

 size of 310 mm (Briggs et al. 1964). Although the specimen was poorly 

 preserved, it did retain a yellowish lateral bar from the eye to the poster- 

 ior margin of the opercle. The caudal fin was bright yellow, the soft anal 

 and dorsal pale yellow, and the other fins nearly clear. The body was 

 generally silver with a pale golden color dorsally. These colors, espe- 

 cially the yellow bar across the opercle, are similar to those of H. viva- 

 nus (Walls 1975; Hoese and Moore 1977). Meristics agreed well with 

 those of Ginsburg (1952, 1954), except that lateral line scales were 73 

 (left) and 59 (right), and Ginsburg gave a range of 78 to 86. Discrep- 

 ancies may be due to the poor condition of our specimen. 



Haemulidae 



Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch). The black margate is known 

 from the Bahamas, southern Florida, throughout the Caribbean and 

 Gulf of Mexico to Brazil (Hoese and Moore 1977). Collections from the 

 Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina area were noted by Anderson et al. 

 (1979). A single specimen of this reef species was collected on the BSEP 

 traveling screens on 27 December 1979 (86 mm; UF 30597). 



Microdesmidae 



Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth). Pink wormfish reportedly 

 occur in shallow water from Charleston, South Carolina (Hammond 



