SCIiENIDiE OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES COAST. 
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Southport, N. C., December 10, 1919. — Of five examples, 12 to 21 cm. long, 
four were empty. The fifth contained shrimps. 
Cape Lookout Bight, N. C., December 13, 1919. — Of two examples, 13 and 14 
cm. long, one was empty, and the other, the larger, contained schizopodous 
crustaceans. 
Winyah Bay, S. C., July 10, 1915. — Of 34 examples, 2.8 to 6.2 cm. long, five 
were empty. Most of the remaining 29 had fed well, and in some cases a great 
distention of the abdomen was apparent. 
Volumetric 
percentage. 
Schizopodous forms 83 
Isopods 6 
Copepods 2 
Fish 9 
The remains of fish in all cases were beyond identification, as only bits of bone 
and pieces of flesh remained. No examples smaller than 4.4 cm. in standard 
length were found to have ingested any fish. All had fed on schizopods or 
schizopodous larvae, but none longer than 3.6 cm. had taken copepods. 
Fernandina, Fla., March, 1920. — Of 105 examples, 5 to 17 cm. long, taken in 
a shrimp trawl, 74 were empty. Of the remaining 31 only 3 contained more than 
a mere trace of. food. 
Volumetric 
percentage. 
Shrimp 46 
Schizopodous forms 18 
Fish 18 
D6bris 18 
There was no especial correlation between size of fish and food taken, although 
apparently two year classes were present, the division appearing between 10 and 11 
cm. However, no individuals larger than 8 cm. had taken any schizopodous forms. 
The fish remains for most part were simply mangled pieces, although from one 
individual 9 cm. long a fish 1.9 cm. long was taken that was very probably a young 
Micropogon undulatus. A piece of wood was among the debris taken from a 17-cm. 
example. 
Fernandina, Fla., December 6, 1919. — Of 32 examples, 6 to 21 cm. long, taken 
in a shrimp trawl, 16 were empty. The stomach walls were entirely clean, and 
in most cases that organ was shriveled to a very small size. No food was found 
in the intestines of those individuals either, which suggests that they had not 
eaten for some time. The remaining 16 were found to be well filled with food, 
and in some cases the stomach was distended to such an extent that it filled the 
major portion of the visceral cavity. There appeared to be no correlation between 
size of the individuals and condition of digestive tract. 
Volumetric 
percentage. 
Fish 38 
Shrimps 19 
Schizopodous forms 31 
Unidentified crustaceans 12 
