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ous. These specimens are from less than 1 inch to more than 2 inches 
long. 
Young examples were seined at Somers Point, August 13, and abund- 
antly at Ocean City, August 16. The croaking sound made by these 
little fishes is quite noticeable. 
September 5, Mr. W. S. Keates brought in two examples which had 
been caught on a hook with clam bait ; these are 5J inches long, and 
much larger than the average size. Specimens from to 5 inches long 
were caught at Beesley’s Point, August 23 ; in these there is only a trace 
of the black lateral stripe along the median line, and the sides have 
several broad, dark bands. 
September 9 an individual 5J inches long was taken at Beesley’s 
Point. This species is unknown to the fishermen. One angler described 
its croaking as resembling the quacking of a duck. 
46 . Lutjanns griseus (Linn.). 
Lobotes emarginatus Baird, Rep. Fish. N. J., 1855, 18; Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith, 
Inst., 1855, 332. 
| Professor Baird found a few specimens in August among the grass 
along the river. His largest examples were 3 inches long. 
We did not observe the species during our stay. 
47 . Acantharchus pomotis (Baird). 
Centrarchus pomotis Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 325. 
; A single small individual was seined in Gravelly Bun, a tributary of 
[Great Egg Harbor Biver, September 6. Its associates were Apliredo- 
derus sayanus , Melanura pygmoea, Fundulus diaphanus , and young Esox 
reticulatus . 
48 Enneacanthns obe-sus (Girard). 
Pomotis obesus Baird, Rep. Fish. N. J., 1855, 10; Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. 
Inst., 1855, 324. 
Professor Baird obtained this species only in the Cedar Swamp creeks, 
Cape May County and Atlantic County, among the splatter docks or 
in small runs or ditches, 
49 . Mesogonistius chaetodon (Baird). 
Pomotis chcetodom Baird, Rep. Fish. N. J., 1855, 10; Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. 
Inst., 1855, 324. 
j Professor Baird found the banded sunfish “ abundant in the muddy 
water of Ce^ar Swamp Creek, Cape May County.” 
59 '. Centropristis furvus (Walhaum.) Blackfish. (PL III., fig. 12.) 
Centropristes nigricans Baird, Ninth Ann. Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 323. 
Both the young and half-grown fish are excessively abundant through, 
out the bay. Examples scarcely more than 1 inch long are very common. 
Larger individuals are caught in the deep channels than in shoal water. 
An example 1L inches long was the smallest one seen at Beesley 7 s 
Point, September 9. 
