BIOLOGICAL NOTES. 
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ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA IN 1899. 
The summer aud foil of 1899 yielded an extraordinary number of species new to the Woods Hole 
region, raising the list of known forms to 210. Most of the species were observed only in Katama 
Bay, a small body of shallow water separating the eastern end of Marthas Vineyard from Ghappa- 
quuldick Island. The 16 tishes whose names follow are all southern species, and most of them were 
not previously known north of Florida. (H. M. Smith.) 
Muraena retifera Goode & Bean. Moral/. 
Described from the coast of South Carolina in deep water, and heretofore known only from that 
locality. A specimen taken in a lobster pot near Tuckernuck Island on July 25, 1899, measured 6 feet 
2 inches in length, 18 inches in circumference, and weighed 39 pounds. This huge eel was subsequently 
exhibited in New Bedford as a “sea serpent.” It was identified by Dr. H. C. Bumpus. 
Holocentrus, sp. Squirrel-fish. 
A young squirrel-fish, differing from the common Florida and West Indian species, H. ascensionis, 
and apparently representing one of Poey’s imperfectly described Cuban species, was taken in Katama 
Bay on September 1. There is no other record of the occurrence of a squirrel-fish north of Florida. 
Apogon maculatus (Poey). Eing-of -the- Mullets. 
This species has been recorded from Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil. It is not rare on the 
Snapper Banks off the west Florida coast, and has frequently been found in the stomachs of snappers 
and groupers. There is no record of its occurrence anywhere on our coast north of Key West, although 
a related species, Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus), was once reported from Newport, R. I., by Cope. On 
September 1, 1899, 6 specimens were taken at one seine-haul in Katama Bay, and on September 16 
5 more were caught at one set at the same place. 
Epinephelus morio (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Bed Grouper. 
This well-known Florida and West Indian food-fish is known from Virginia, and was also recorded 
from New York b.y the describers and by De Kay, although no one since the latter’s time has reported 
it so far north, and he himself relied on the testimony of fishermen. The detection of the fish in the 
vicinity of Woods Hole in 1899 is now announced, 5 specimens being taken in Katama Bay on Sep- 
tember 1, and 2 on September 16; these were all young, from 3 to 1 inches in length. 
Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck). Bock Hind. 
Previously known range, Florida Keys to Brazil, Ascension Island, and St. Helena Island. One 
small example was taken by the Fish Commission in Katama Bay ou September 19, 1899. 
Garrupa nigrita (Holbrook). Black Jew-fish. 
A number of small specimens found during September in company with Epinephelus niveatus and 
bearing a remarkable superficial resemblance to that species, are with some hesitation identified as 
the black jew-fish, the young of which is undescribed. The species ranges from South Carolina to 
Brazil. 
Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Miiller & Troschel). Cocky-pilot. 
The hitherto known range of this species, which was described from the Barbadoes in 1848 in 
Schomburgk’s history of that island, was the West Indies to Key West and the west coast of Florida. 
Between August 30 and October 4, 1899, 9 small specimens of uniform size were taken on five 
different days in Katama Bay. 
Teuthis hepatus Linmcus. Surgeon-fish; Tang; Lancet-fish. 
Teuthis cceruleus (Bloch & Schneider). Blue Surgeon; Blue Tang. 
Teuthis bahianus (Castelnau). Barbeiro. 
These three species are recorded from Florida, the West Indies, and Brazil; the first has been 
taken as far north as Charleston, S. C. During August, September, and October, 1899, all of them 
were found in some numbers in Katama Bay, and about 50 were obtained on seven different occasions. 
The last were secured ou October 4, when the three species were represented in one seine-haul. 
About half the specimens are referable to the common species ( T. hepatus). All are small, although 
those last taken exhibit a slight increase in size compared with those caught early m September. 
