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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
A secondary examination showed the Fundulus to have fed on insects only 
and the Pomolobus to contain material greatly resembling mud. 
Cape May , N. J., May 22, 1919. — Of 30 examples (breeding), 24 to 39 cm. 
long, 9 were empty. The remaining 21 were quite full. 
Volumetric 
percentage. 
Shrimps 7 
Schizopodous forms 49 
Unidentified crustaceans 33 
Fish 1 
Unidentified material 10 
The remains of fish consisted simply of a few fragments from the stomach of 
an example 32 cm. long. 
Cape May, N. J., August 8, 1916. — At a depth of from 0 to 5 m., 32 examples, 
2.6 to 7.8 cm. long, were taken in a seine. 
Volumetric 
percentage. 
Shrimps 19.0 
Schizopodous forms 61.0 
Amphipods 5 
Isopods 5 
Unidentified crustaceans 11.0 
Fish 8.0 
The remains of fish are tabulated below with the standard lengths of the 
individuals from which they were taken. In all except the specimen containing 
the 1.6-cm. clupeoid other food was found along with the fish remains. 
Table 5. — Fish remains in stomach contents of squeteague from Cape May, N. J., 1916. 
Standard length of example 
in centimeters. 
Fish remains. 
Description. 
Length 
in centi- 
meters. 
70 
Vertebrae only 
3 3 
Post-larval clupeoid . 
L5 
3 1 
.do 
3.1 
Mangled clupeoid remains 
Cape Charles, Va., September 12, 1916. — -There were taken 45 examples, 4.3 to 
11.5 cm. long. 
Volumetric 
Schizopodous forms. 
Amphipods 
Copepods 
Larval crustaceans. . 
Fish 
91.0 
3.0 
3.5 
.5 
2.0 
The larval crustacean remains consisted of a single crab in the zoea stage. 
The fish present consisted of the mangled remains of what appeared to be a clupeoid, 
taken from a 9.2-cm. individual that had also eaten some schizopods or schizopodous 
larvae. 
