FISHES COLLECTED AT SEA ISLE CITY, NEW JERSEY. 361 
30. Decapterus punctatus (Agassiz). Scad; Bound Bolin. 
Several young specimens were taken at Avalon August 7 and 8, during a bluefish 
foray upon the coast. 
31. Caranx chrysos (Mitchill). 
Two specimens, about 8 inches long, were taken in pound net early in August. 
32. Caranx hippos (Linnaeus). 
Young specimens exceedingly abundant in the bay and along the beach during 
the latter part of July and throughout August. None over 4 or 5 inches long. 
33. Vomer setipinnis (Mitchill). Moonfish. 
Several specimens, 3 inches long, taken in pound net about August 26, with the 
succeeding species. 
34. Selene vomer (Linnaeus). Dollar-fish. 
A specimen 2£ inches long was taken in pound net July 20. Another was seined 
in the surf July 29. During August the young became very abundant in the bay and 
entered the pound net in schools. They are quite voracious and when kept in con- 
finement gradually relieve one another of filamentous rays and caudal fins. No adults 
were taken. 
35. Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus). Pompano. 
A specimen about three-fourths of an inch long was taken during the first week 
in July. Several others were afterwards caught, and several small bunches of 10 or 
12 each were seen about the wharf in the bay during August. None of these was over 
an inch long. Like the following species, they swim at or near the surface. 
36. Seriola zonata (Mitchill). Pilot-fish. 
During the first week in July a specimen 5 inches long was taken in the pound 
net. They are common about the piling of bridges across the inlets. They commonly 
swim with the dorsal fin just breaking the surface of the water. 
37. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus). Bluefish. 
A young bluefish was taken in the pound net during the last week in July and 
the first school was reported at about the same time. August 4 a school came close 
inshore in pursuit of butter-fish and other species which were frequently stranded in 
numbers in endeavoring to escape their voracious pursuers. Henceforward the 
species was common and many were taken by fishing parties. During August great 
numbers of young, from 4 to 8 inches long, appeared in the bay. 
38. Stromateus triacanthus Peck. Butter-hsli. 
First appeared August 4, when numbers were found on the beach and captured 
by bathers in the surf. A few days later they became abundant in the bay, being 
driven there by the bluefish. They continued to be caught throughout the month. 
39. Roccus lineatus (Bloch). Striped Bass; “Bock.” 
A small specimen taken in pound during the first week in July. Two fine speci- 
mens were caught in the surf at Avalon by Charles Sutton August 9. Others were 
reported caught on lines at Townsend Inlet during August. 
40. Centropristis striatus (Linnaeus). Sea Bass; Black Bass. 
Great numbers of this species, from 1 to 2\ inches long, were caught in the 
Zostera (“eel grass”) of Ludlarn Bay August 20. We dredged specimens of the same 
size in 3 fathoms, shelly and muddy bottom, in Great Channel and Townsend Inlet. 
Specimens about 6 inches long are taken on hand lines and frequently enter the 
pound net. Larger ones, up to 3 pounds in weight, are very abundant on Five Fathom 
