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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
ADDITIONS TO THE FISH FAUNA IN 1900. 
By Hugh M. Smith. 
The already surprisingly large fish fauna of the Woods Hole region was 
augmented by four southern species during the fall of 1900. These bring the 
total number of species known from the vicinity to 213. Following are the species 
new to the region: 
Exocoetus rondeletii (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Flying-fish. 
This common species of the West Indies and the Mediterranean has been recorded from United 
States waters only in Florida. A specimen 7.25 inches long was caught in a trap at Menemsha Bight, 
October 13. 
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). Yellow-tail. 
The normal range of this species is southern Florida to South America. It is an abundant food- 
fish at Key West. On October 4, an example 5.5 inches long was seined in Katama Bay. 
Scarus croicensis (Bloch). Parrot-fisli. 
This is a common West Indian species, the northern limit of whose known range heretofore has 
been Key West. Two specimens 3 inches long were taken in Katama Bay, October 20, the water 
temperature being 57° F. 
Sparisoma flavescens (Bloch & Schneider). Mad Parrot-fisli. 
This, the commonest species of the genus, is abundant at Key West and throughout the West 
Indies. It was not known north of Florida until a specimen 6 inches long was found at Woods Hole 
on November 13; it had been benumbed by the cold and was picked up on the shore of Buzzards Bay. 
NOTES ON THE SUBTROPICAL FISHES OBSERVED IN 1900. 
By Hugh M. Smith. 
The season as a whole was unfavorable, and compared with 1899 there was a 
scarcity of tropical species. No gulf weed was seen in any of the inshore waters, and 
there was little wind from the direction of the Gulf Stream. Nevertheless, some rare 
fishes were found, and a number of species which until 1899 had been considered very 
uncommon were taken in abundance. Most of the collecting was done in Katama 
Kay, which the previous season’s experience had shown to be the most favorable 
locality in the vicinity of Woods Hole, and only in this body of water were any of 
the typical southern fishes found. Large blue-fish and flounders were abundant at 
the inlet of the bay through the summer, and may have picked up many of the small 
gaily-colored stragglers from the south. 
Clupanodon pseudohispanicus (Poey). Spanish Sardine. 
There was a sudden fall of temperature on November 16, and a number of these fish, 5 to 6 inches 
long, were picked up on the shore in a benumbed condition; these were the first specimens observed 
in four or five years. 
Holocentrus sp. Squirrel-fish. 
One very small specimen, apparently representing the same species as the one taken in 1899, was 
obtained August 28. 
Epinephelus niveatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Snowy Grouper. 
Thirty-five small specimens were seined in Katama Bay on nine occasions between August 15 and 
October 26. The largest number taken during one day was 12, on September 8. 
Epinephelus morio (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Red Grouper. 
A small specimen, similar in size and appearance to those obtained in the same locality in 1899, 
was taken September 26. 
