. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 311 Mr. S. G. Worth reports that a "trout numb" occurred at Beaufort during the last week in November, 1903; on the 27th the weather became cold very suddenly, and on the 28th many gray trout were picked up by numerous fisher- men, the fish floating or on the shores and just able to move their fins. One boat with 2 men secured 900 pounds. Menhaden and small school fishes generally are preyed on by the weak-fisn, which is an extremely voracious species. Crabs, shrimps, annelids, and various other invertebrates ar
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 311 Mr. S. G. Worth reports that a "trout numb" occurred at Beaufort during the last week in November, 1903; on the 27th the weather became cold very suddenly, and on the 28th many gray trout were picked up by numerous fisher- men, the fish floating or on the shores and just able to move their fins. One boat with 2 men secured 900 pounds. Menhaden and small school fishes generally are preyed on by the weak-fisn, which is an extremely voracious species. Crabs, shrimps, annelids, and various other invertebrates are also eaten. The spawning season is in late spring or early summer. The eggs are buoyant, very numerous, and about .036 inch in diameter, and hatch in 2 days in water of 60° F. 270. OYNOSOION NEBULOSUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). "Trout"; "Speckled Trout"; "Sea Trout"; "Salmon Trout"; "Black Trout"; "Salmon"; Spotted Weak-fish; Spotted Squeteague; Southern Squeteague. Otolithua nebuloBus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Histoire Naturelle des Poissona, v, 79, 1830. Cynoscion carolinensis, Yarrow, 1877, 209; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 377; Beaufort. C!/llo«ci(mmacuia(«m,Goode, 1884, 365: North Carolina. Jordan, 1886, 28; Beaufort. Earll, 1887, 486, 493; Beaufort, Morehead, and coast near Wilmington. Jenkins, 1887, 91; Beaufort. Wilson, 1900, 355; Beaufort. CynoBcion nebuLosTis, Jordan & Evermann, 1898,1409, pi. ccxxi, fig. 563. Linton, 1905, 385; Fig. 139. Spotted Squeteague; Southern Squeteague. Cynoscion nebulosus. Diagnosis.—Body elongate, somewhat compressed, depth contained times in length; head large, contained times in length; maxillary extending to posterior border of orbit; snout long, sharp, contained times in head; eye .14 to .16 head; gill-rakers short and thick, longest not longer than pupil, 11 in number, 7 on arm of arch; scales in lateral series 70 to 75, in transv
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