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140 BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The young were abundant again atLongport, August 26, in the surf. 1 
Several young, the largest 2J inches long, were seined at Beesley’s ! 
Point, September 9. 
An individual, 1J inches long, taken at Beesley’s Point, September 2, 
was mainly silvery when seined, but on being placed in a small aqua- 
rium almost instantly became dark brown, the dorsal and anal nearly 
black. On the ventrals, the anal spines, and the anterior tip of the 
anal fin, the usual vermilion, shading into orange. 
34. Trachynotus carolinus (Linn.). 
Lichia Carolina Baird, Ninth Ann. Eep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 335. 
An example, 4J inches long, was seined in the surf at Longport, Au- 
gust 26, the only specimen seen up to that date. 
Another individual, 5J inches in length, was seined at the same place, 
September 8. 
35. Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). 
Peprilus triacanthus Baird, Rep. Fish. N. J., 1855, 24; Ninth Ann. Rep. 
Smith. Inst., 1855, 338. 
Professor Baird secured several specimens which were caught in a 
net at Corson’s Inlet, and saw small schools swimming close to the steep 
banks. Although the species is known to the fishermen, and is said to 
be present in summer, we did not see a single individual. 
Two examples were seined by Capt. Thomas Steelman, however, after 
my departure from Somers Point; these are from 6 to 8J inches long. 
36. Cynoscion regale (Bl. Schn.) Weakfish. (PI. II, fig. 6.) 
Otolithus regalis Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 329. 
The young are abundant everywhere. The smallest example seined 
is 1£ inches long. Weakfish weighing 2 or 3 pounds are not often 
taken in the bay at this time ; the average of the numerous individuals 
hooked is below 1 pound. Large fish are caught in April and May, 
but they are said to leave before the spawning season arrives. August 
15, the catch of weakfish is very large, some boats taking 150 on a 
tide. 
At this date, September 9, and for some days before, we have seen 
very few young weakfish. A single one, 4 inches long, was seined at 
Beesley’s Point. The catch of weakfish in the bay has fallen off to 
nearly nothing. Two young, 3 inches long, were caught in a thorough- 
fare near the draw-bridge, September 10. 
When the fishing ended in the bay it begun outside in the adjacent 
ocean. On the 19th of September one boat took ioi, but all of them 
were small, the average weight being about one-third of a pound. On 
the same date a single example of C. maculatus was caught in the bay, 
at Jimmy’s Island. 
On September 20 the yield from three boats was 29, 103, and 150 
weakfish. On the 21st a single boat containing two men brought in 
200 fish, many of which were large. 
