136 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Anglers for weakfish frequently catch the toadfish instead, much to 
their disgust. No very young examples have been seen. The species 
is usually called “ oyster-fish ” at Somers Point. 
16. Astroscopus anoplus Cuv. and Val. (PI. I, figs. 1 and 2.) 
A single young individual, 1 inch long, was seined at Ocean City, 
August 1. The species has not previously been recorded from this 
bay. 
Another example, 2^ inches long, was caught atLongport, August 26, 
not far from the inlet. The colors of the specimen, August 28, are as 
follows: Top of head, cheeks, sides, and a narrow strip along dorsal 
bases, plum color ; back, olive ; lower part of head, belly, ventrais, anal, 
and soft dorsal, whitish ; caudal, pale, with a faint yellow blotch at base 
and a dusky streak on middle portion $ spinous dorsal, black ; chin with 
a yellow y-shaped marking, the stem of they bounded on each side by 
a wing-shaped blotch of purple, which has a dark inner edge 5 pectoral ? 
plum color, its lower margin whitish. D. IY, 14 5 A. 13. A prominent 
anal papilla. A low fold of skin extends from the ventrais along the 
median line of the belly to the anal papilla. Two slight furrows be- 
tween the eyes, with two rows of papillte along their inner margins. 
Behind these furrows are naked spaces, little developed, but quite dis- 
tinct. Nostrils surrounded by a row of papillae. 
17. Gobiosoma bosci (Lac6pede). 
Gobius alepidotus Baird, Ninth Ann. Eep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 339. 
Three individuals were taken in the seine at Somers Point (Lousy 
Harbor), August 13. This species was found by Professor Baird rarely 
at Beesley’s Point in 1854. It is common in Great South Bay, Long 
Island, and in Buzzard’s Bay. 
Two examples were seined in a thoroughfare near Somers Point, 
August 30. 
Several specimens were seined, September 16, in ditches at Robin- 
son’s Landing, Ocean City, in company with Fundulus , Cyprinodon , Lu- 
cania , Menidia , Mugil , Bairdiella , Anguilla , and hosts of shrimp. 
18 Frionotus strigatus Mitchill. Flying-fish. 
Young specimens were seined at Beesley’s Point, August 10. A sin- 
gle adult was given to me, August 13, by Capt. Frank Steelman. This 
was caught on a hook in the bay. 
Young examples were taken again at Beesley’s Point, September 9. 
19. Prionotus palmipes Storer. Flying-fish. 
Prionotus pilatus Baird, Ninth Ann. Eep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 327. 
Common everywhere. This species is readily distinguished from the 
striped sea robin by its black branchiostegal patch and the absence of 
lateral stripes. 
The species is known at Somers Point as the “flying-fish.” 
20. Ceplialacanthus volitans (Linnaeus). 
A. single example, 2J inches long, was seined at Ocean City, August 1. 
