FISHES OF THE ALBEMARLE REGION. 
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11. Notemigonus chrysoleucus (Mitcliill). Roach. ( h .) Abundant at this time. Caught in seines 
and pound nets, but of no commercial value. 
12. Clupea mediocris Mitchill. Hickory shad; Jack, (h.) Common. 
13. Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson. Goggle-eye. (b.) Abundant. The fishermen say the goggle- 
eye is the “forerunner of the herring.” 
14. Clupea aestivalis Mitchill. School herring; Blueback; May herring. (6.) Abundant. 
15. Clupea sapidissima Wilson. Shad. ( l> .) Now taken in large numbers in the dutch nets. This 
has long been one of the most important fishing-grounds for shad in the Albemarle region. 
At Skinner Point, near the mouth of Edenton Bay, at the seine fishery of Mr. H. G. Skinner, 
100,000 shad were caught in 1874 in a single seine during a fishing season of 52 days; this 
is the largest catch ever made on the sound in one seine. 
16. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). Bugfish; Fatback. Occurs during dry weather, when there is 
a westward extension of the brackish water. Young fish in schools are also observed at 
such times. 
17. Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sueur), (a, b, c.) Gizzard shad; Nanny shad; Shiner. Common. 
18. Fundulus diaphanus (Le Sueur), (a.) Apparently rare, at least at this season. Only one speci- 
men obtained. This is a female, U inches long; the sides are marked by 12 narrow dark 
cross-bars, and the back has a few dark mottlings ; the scales are all edged with fine dark 
spots. Head, 34; depth, 5; eye, 34 in head, 1 in snout, 1 in interorbital; dorsal, 12; anal, 11, 
the first rays sheathed by the oviduct ; scales, 45-15. 
19. Gambusia patruelis (Baird & Girard), (a, d.) Abundant. Examples from Edenton are 
uniformly pale ; those from a cypress swamp near that place partake of the dark color of 
the water. 
20 Lucius americanus (Gmelin). Pike, (d.) One small example from cypress swamp, the only 
other specimens obtained therein being Gambusia. Length, 3 inches; head, 2f; depth, 54; 
eye, 5J in head, 2 in snout; branchiostegals, 13; dorsal, 13; anal, 11; lateral line, about 105. 
21. Lucius reticulatus (Le Sueur). Pike; Duck-billed pike, (b.) Common. 
22. Anguilla chrysypa (Raiinesque). Eel. ( a,c .) Small examples common. 
23. Tylosurus marinus (Bloch & Schneider). Green gar; Doctor-fish, (b.) Not rare in the sound, 
where it is caught in pound nets. Mr. J. L. Leary, of the U. S. Fish Commission, who for- 
merly fished in this region for a number of years, says the name “doctor-fish” is sometimes 
given to this species by the fishermen of Edenton. 
24. Querimana gyrans Jordan and Gilbert, (a, c.) Apparently more abundant than in the Pasquo- 
tank. The collection contains 140 specimens from Edenton and 39 specimens from Skinner 
Point. The fish seem to go in small compact schools; all the examples from station c were 
taken at one haul of the seine, while 8 or 10 other trials in the same spot yielded none. 
25. Menidia beryllina (Cope), (a, c.) Five specimens from Edenton agree in the main with the usual 
descriptions of this species. The depth is a little less, however, the eye larger, and two of 
the specimens have the dorsal formula vi-i, 10. The principal features are shown in the table : 
N umber. 
Length. 
Head. 
Depth. 
Eye. 
Dorsal. 
Anal. 
Scales. 
1 
Inches. 
If 
6 
VI-1, 10 
1, 17 
42-9 
2 
n 
44 
61 
2i 
V-I, 11 
1,17 
40-8 
3 
ih 
6i 
2 t 
YI-1, 10 
I, 18 
40-8 
4 
if 
4i 
61 
24 
IV-1,10 
1, 17 
40-8 
5 
if 
41 
64 
24 
V-I, 9 
1, 17 
40-8 
The eye is greater than snout and equal to interorbital. Anterior dorsal over vent, and 
nearer snout than base of caudal. The two dorsals are separated by a distance equal to depth 
of body or twice length of eye. Anal base black. Silvery baud narrow, about as wide as 
pupil, on the fourth row of scales in the middle of body, slightly involving the third and fifth 
rows. Back with a narrow stripe of small spots. Lower jaw scarcely projecting. A single 
specimen from Skinner Point is 2£ inches long, and has head 4£, depth 5£, eye 3, dorsal 
iv-i,10, anal i, 18. 
