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A second specimen, 6J inches long, was seined in a thoroughfare near 
Ocean City, August 31. 
Another example, 7.7 inches long, was taken at Beesley’s Point, Sep- 
tember 9. 
21. Cottus octodecimspinosus Mitcliill. 
Acanthocotlus virginianus Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 328. 
This species does not come into Great Egg Harbor Bay in summer. 
Professor Baird’s dried specimen was secured by Mr. Ashmead in winter. 
A fine, large example, 12 inches long, was caught at Somers Point in 
November, and presented to the Museum by Mr. W. H. Keates. 
22. Sparisoma sp. 
A small individual of a species of Sparisoma . 2.1 inches long, was 
taken in the seine, September 15, near the mouth of Lousy Harbor, 
Somers Point. 
Colors after immersion in alcohol over night : Body, greenish olive, 
except on abdomen and under surface of head, which are whitish, washed 
with yellow ; dorsal, anal, and pectoral fins, pink, speckled with brown; 
a broad, light-brown stripe on tip of lower jaw ; two similar stripes on 
cheeks, one of which extends from below the eye obliquely downward 
and forward ; caudal with four badly-defined brown cross-bands; a pale 
band along the median line and another on the lateral line. 
Scales, 2J-24-6. 
Teeth anchylosed, but with free conical tips in both jaws. Gill-mem- 
branes attached to the isthmus. 
23. Tautoga onitis (Linnseus). Smooth blackfish. (PI. III., fig. 3.) 
Tautoga americana Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 340. 
Two individuals were taken on hand-line at Somers Point, August 8, 
with fiddler-crab bait. The larger example was about 10 inches long 
and the smaller about 7 inches. 
The young are abundant at Beesley’s Point and at Somers Point. Many 
examples were caught at Beesley’s Point, August 10 and 11, the small- 
est being 1 inch long. Large individuals are taken with hooks in com- 
pany with Centropristis and Archosargus in the vicinity of submerged 
wrecks. 
The species is called u smooth blackfish” at Somers Point. 
24. Ctenolabrus adspersus (Walbaum). Bengal. 
A single example, 4J inches long, was seined at Beesley’s Point, 
August 11, in the grass near the river mouth. The species is called 
“bengal” at Somers Point, probably a corruption of bergall. 
The young were found near the boat-landing at Somers Point, August 
20. An example, If inches long, was seined at Beesley’s Point, August 
23. 
An individual, 3J inches long, was seined in a thoroughfare near 
Somers Point, August 27, in a muddy hole. 
