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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
127. Centropristes striatus (LiunEeus). “ Sea Bass'’; “ Black Bass.” (* I $) 
Very common. Arrives in May, and departs from the inshore waters about October 1, being most 
abundant July to September. Spawns in June. Young are first seen about August 1. Maximum 
weight 6 pounds. A very important and excellent food-fish, taken iu large numbers on lines for 
market and sport. 
LOBOTIDJE. The Triple-Tails. 
128. Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch). Flasher; Triple-tail. (* t) 
Very rare. Given by Professor Baird in his 1871 list. Since then the fish has been met with on 
only a few occasions. Specimens now preserved in Washington were taken in August, 1873, and 
December, 1875. On September 20, 1886, a specimen 2 feet long was taken in a trap at Menemsha, and 
in August, 1890, another thus caught was sent to Washington. 
PRIACANTHIDiE. Catalufas. 
129. Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Catalnfa; Short Big-eye. (* t) • 
Rare. First taken in 1876, when 7 specimens were obtained iu September and October, after 
which time for several years 3 or 4 were caught annually. The last specimen, 3f inches long, was 
taken October 2, 1888, in a seine at Quisset Harbor. 
130. Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill). Big-eye. (* t) 
Rare. The local collection contains 2 specimens, 1£ inches long, taken November 28, 1885. 
Examples in the National Museum were obtained September 29, 1875, and September 26, 1877. There 
have been several other known occurrences of the fish in this section ; it is also recorded from Marble- 
head, Mass., by Storer (Fishes of Massachusetts, 1867). On November 1, 1890, a specimen was taken 
in the Acushnet River at New Bedford. The type of the species was from Narragansett Bay, R. I. 
LUTIANIDAE3. The Snappers. 
This family of tropical and subtropical fishes is represented in the Woods Hole collection by an 
unexpectedly large number of species, some of which were taken for the first time in the fall of 1897. 
Several large snappers have been taken in traps from time to time, but they can not be identified witli 
certainty, as they were not preserved. On September 28, 1894, a snapper weighing 25 pounds, similar 
in general appearance to the gray snapper ( Neomcenis griseus), was taken in a trap in Buzzards Bay. It 
was seen by a number of persons from the Fish Commission station. In 1896 a fish of the same species 
was caught at Newport. 
131. Neomasnis griseus (Linnaeus). Gray Snapper; Mangrove Snapper. (§) 
Two obtained in the fall of 1897, one 2\ inches long in Eel Pond, September 21, and one 2 inches 
long in Great Harbor, September 26. Not previously detected and apparently only a waif. 
132. Neomaenis jocu (Bloch & Schneider). Dog Snapper. (§) 
Apparently only a straggler. One specimen, 2^ inches long, taken in Eel Pond September 21, 1897. 
133. Neomaenis apodus (Walbaum). Schoolmaster. (§) 
A rare straggler. The collection contains one specimen, 5| inches long, taken at Woods Hole 
September 20, 1888. 
134. Neomaenis aya (Bloch). Bed Snapper, (t) 
A very rare straggler, taken on only one occasion. On October 10, 1890, a specimen weighing 
84 pounds was caught in a trap at Menemsha; this is preserved in the collection at Woods Hole. 
135. Neomaenis analis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Mutton-fish. (* t) 
In 1897 two specimens were taken; one 1£ inches long in Quisset Harbor, August 14, and one 2£ 
inches long in the same locality September 4. Seven specimens of similar size in the National 
Museum were taken at Woods Hole in 1876. 
SPARIDA1, The Porgies. 
136. Stenotomus chrysops I'Linmeus). “Soup”; Porgy; Scuppaug. (* t §) 
Very common. Appears about May 1 and leaves about October 15 or 20, being most abundant in 
June and July. Spawning occurs during first part of June, and young £ inch to f inch long are 
observed by the middle of July. The largest taken weigh about 3 pounds. 
