BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STA.TES FISH COMMISSION. 
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THE FISHES. 
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas). 
Statious 5064, 5066, 5068, 5111 ; 16J to U4 fathoms. 
Carcliarhinus terrae-novae (Richardson). 
Several places on the fishing grounds, surface. 
Reniceps tiburo Gill. 
Charlotte Harbor. 
Synodus fcetens (Linn6). 
Station 5117, 59 fathoms, one young specimen. 
Ophichthys punctifer (Kaup) (?). 
Station 5095, 20^ fathoms; the specimen could not be identified with certainty on 
account of its small size. 
Letbarchus velifer Goode and Bean. 
Station 5115, 27J fathoms. The single specimen obtained is small. 
Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, sp. nov. (see p. 310). 
Station 5080, 25 fathoms. 
Tylosurus marinus (Bl. Schn.). 
Lacosta Island, Charlotte Harbor; Gadsden’s Point, Tampa Bay. 
Hemirhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzaui). 
Gadsden’s Point, Tampa Bay. 
Albxxla vulpes Linnd. 
Garden Key, Tortuga s. 
Bxocoetus noveboracensis Mitcliill (?). 
At many places on the fishing grounds, at the surface. 
Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay. 
Station 5106, 36 fathoms. 
Mugil curema C. & V. 
Gadsden’s Point, Tampa Bay. 
Sphyreena picuda Bl. Schn. 
Garden Key, Tortugas. 
Scomberomorus regalis (Bloch). 
Near Egmont Key. 
Aus:is thazard Lac. 
Several places on the red-snapper grounds. 
Nomeus gronovii Gmelin. 
Taken from under Physalia on several occasiois. 
Stromateus paru Linnd. 
Surface ; swimming freely and from under Physalia, 
Epinephelus morio C. & V. 
Bed Grouper. Taken on the offshore fishing grounds in depths of 15 to 37 fath- 
oms, but only once in a greater depth than 26 fathoms. The weight of the specimens 
obtained ranged from 5 to 31 pounds each. 
Epinephelus nigritus (Holbrook). 
Black Grouper. Taken on the offshore flshiug grounds in depths of 19| to 48 
fathoms ; nineteen specimens were from between 19^ and 25 fathoms, and six from 
between 38 and 48 fathoms. They ranged in weight from 10 to 23 pounds each. 
