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A large individual, 8 inches long, was given to me by Mr. Charles 
Clements, August 29; it was caught on a hook in the bay. The species 
is known as the the “ Cucumber-fish” at Somers Point.. 
2. Chilomycterus fuliginosus (De Kay). 
Dioclon fuliginosus Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 351. 
Professor Baird records the capture of a few specimens in Great Egg 
Harbor River by means of a seine. 
We searched diligently in the same locality, but failed to find the 
species. 
I have not been able to discover the Beesley ? s Point examples in the 
National Museum. 
3. Tetrodon turgidus (Mitchill). Toadfish. 
. Tetraodon turgidus Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855,352. 
The young are abundant everywhere about the shores of the bay. 
Numerous specimens were taken in the seine at Ocean City August 1, 
and at Beesley’s Point August 10 and 11. Adult examples were several 
times caught on hooks baited for larger species. Two large specimens 
were seined in the grass at Beesley’s Point August 10. 
This species, called u toadfish ” at Somers Point, has the same habit 
as Lagocephalus Icevigatus of inflating itself by means of air or water at 
will. By some persons it is considered excellent for eating. 
4. Lagocephalus Icevigatus (Linn.). 
An individual 4§ inches long was seined by Andrew Jeffries at Som- 
ers Point, August 27. 
Two examples, one of which is 6 inches long, were seined in a thorough- 
fare near Somers Point, August 30. 
A specimen 7 inches long was caught on a hook by Rees Boise, Sep- 
tember 2. 
An individual 6 inches long was caught on a hook September 4. 
Two were seined at Beesley’s Point, September 9; these are 6.3 and 
7 inches long. 
Four more were caught at the same place, September 10; these vary 
in length from 6 to 6J inches. 
One was hooked by Silas Boise, September 16, and another was caught 
in the same way on the 18th from one of the wharves. 
This fish inflates its abdomen by pumping in air or water at will. It 
is unknown to the fishermen. 
5. Monacanthus hispidus Linnseus. 
Two individuals were caught in the seine at Ocean City, August 1. 
The larger is 3J inches and the smaller If inches long. I). I, 33 ; A. 
33. 
Two examples were caught in a thoroughfare near Somers Point, Au- 
gust 30. 
Another one was seined at Beesley’s Point, August 23. This one has 
several parasites attached to the fins. 
