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was excessively abundant. Fundulus majalis and heteroclitus , Menidia 
notata , Tetrodon turgidus , and Mugil curema were also plentiful. It is 
said that Mugil albula of large size is not taken here. 
The species of Mugil are called 6C mullet v at Somers Point. 
©2. Menidia notata MitcMll. 
Atherinopsis notatus Baird, Ninth Ann. Eep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 338. 
Excessively abundant everywhere, the young schooling at the sur- 
face along shore and out in the bay. Small individuals were found in 
salt ponds, August 13, at Somers Point. 
63. Menidia laciniata Swain. 
Sand bar in Great Egg Harbor Bay, August 23, six specimens, rang- 
ing from 2^ to 3£ inches in length. 
Not previously recorded from the region. 
The species was found again in abundance at Somers Point, August 25. 
At Longport, August 26 and 29, the species was again met, and here 
an individual 4J inches long was taken, the largest one seen. 
64. Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill). 
Gasterosteus quadracus Baird, Ninth Ann. Eep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 328. 
Abundant at Beesley’s Point, August 10 and 11. This species pre- 
fers the vicinity of fresh- water streams, wh^re grass is plentiful. 
65. Fistularia tabaccaria Linnseus. 
Three individuals were seined at Ocean City, August 4, and one at 
Beesley’s Point, August 11. This species can hardly be considered 
rare. It is frequently taken on Long Island and occasionally at Wood’s 
Holl. 
Another example was taken at Ocean City, August 16. 
Six specimens were seined in thoroughfares near Somers Point, Au- 
gust 23, and eight more August 30. 
A single individual was seined in a thoroughfare near Ocean City, 
August 31. 
Three examples were seined at Somers Point, September 5, and two 
at Beesley’S Point, September 9. 
66. Tylosurus marinug (Bl. Schn.). Gar. 
Belone truncata Baird, Ninth Ann. Eep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 346. 
Young examples are common everywhere. A half-grown individual, 
about 18 inches long, was seined, August 10, at Beesley’s Point. 
The species is called u gar ” at Somers Point. 
67. Tylosurus gla&ius Bean. Gar. (PI. II, fig. 15.) 
A young example was seined at Ocean City, August 1. D. I, 21 j A. 
I, 20. Length, 6^ inches. 
A dark cutaneous flap attached along the side of the mandible and 
folded underneath, meeting its fellow of the opposite side and conceal- 
ing a small portion of the lower jaw. Dorsal black, except on the first 
six rays, which are pale ; much elevated at the posterior part, where the 
