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strup, captured at the mouth of Newport Harbor, and ascribed them 

 hkewise to the genus Plagusia. Emery, the ItaUan ichthyologist, 

 has pointed out that these specimens of Steenstrup and Agassiz cer- 

 tainly do not belong to the genus Plagusia, because in the latter the 

 dorsal and postanal fins are continuous with the caudal, and in these 

 specimens they are quite distinct and separate. Without discussing 

 the question at length, or carefully examining the evidence, Emery 

 suggests that the North Atlantic specimens belong to the genus 

 Rhomboidichthus." (Jour. Mar. Biol. Ass. II, 1891-92, 328.) This 

 latter suggestion has a certain degree of probability, since Platophrys 

 ocellatus, although most abundant in the tropics, has been taken as 

 far north as Long Island (by Bean, in 1890). Also Jordan and Ever- 

 mann (1898, p. 2661) examined some small transparent flounders 

 from the Gulf stream which they considered as possibly the young of 

 the P. ocellatus. 



The material used in the preparation of the following list of fishes 

 has been derived from the following sources: 



1. The "List of Fishes in Narragansett Bay," by Dr. H. C. 



Bumpus, referred to above. 



2. Data gradually acquired by the Rhode Island Fish Commission 



in years past. 



3. Data furnished by Mr. E. W. Barnes, of Wickford, R. I., 



Superintendent of the Experiment Station. The data 

 secured by Mr. Barnes refers more particularly to the 

 food fishes. 



4. Statements regarding time of occurrence, abundance, etc., of 



various fishes, made by fishermen and others practically 

 interested. I am under special obligations to the Lewis 

 Brothers, of Wickford, for information of this kind and for 

 other favors, for which I here make acknowledgment. 



5. Collections made at various times in the past, particularly 



by the late Prof. J. W. P. Jenks, and by Mr. J. M. K. South- 

 wick, of Newport, Vice-President of the Commission. 



