REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 57 



1898: Smith, H. M. Fishes New to the Fauna of Southern New England, 



Recently Collected at Woods Hole; Science, N. S., VIII, 543. 

 1901: Smith, H. M. Additions to the Fish Fauna of Woods Hole in 1900; 



Bull. U. S. Fish Com, XXI, 32. 

 1901: Smith, H. M. Notes on the Subtropical Fishes Observed at Woods Hole 



in 1900; Bull. U. S. Fish Commission, XXI, 32. 

 1898: Smith, H. M., and Bean, T. H. List of the Fishes Known to Inhabit 



the Waters of the District of Columbia and Vicinity; Bull. U. S. Fish 



Commission, XXVIII, 179. 

 1896: Smith, H. M., and Kendall, W. C. Extension of the recorded Range of 



Certain Fishes of the United States Coast; Report, U. S. Fish Comm. 



XXII, 169. 

 1839: Stoker, D. H. Reports on the Ichthyology and the Herpetology of 



Massachusetts. 

 1904: Thompson, J. S. Periodic Growth of Scales in Gadidsfe as an Index of 



Age; Jour. M. B. L. Ass., Plymouth, VII, 1904-1906, 1. 

 1842: Thompson, Zadock. Fishes of Vermont; Included m the "History of 



Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical." 

 1906: Tracy, H. C. The Fishes of the Mackerel Family; Report, Rhode Island 



Fish Commission, Vol. 37, 33. 

 1906: Tracy, H. C. Rare Fishes taken in Rhode Island in 1906; Report, Rhode 



Island Fish Commission, Vol. 37, 65. 

 1907: Tracy, H. C. The Flat Fishes of Rhode Island; Report, Rhode Island 



Fish Commission, Vol. 38, 47. 

 1876; Uhler, P. R., and Lugger, O. List of the Fishes of Maryland; Report, 



Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland, 1876, 67; 1877, 57. 

 1871 : Verrill, A. E. On the Food and Habits of Some of our Marine Fishes; 



Amer. Nat. V, 397. 

 1902: Ziegler, H. E. Lehrbuch der Vergl. Entwickelungsgeschichte der 



niederen Wirbeltiere. 



In the following list there are arranged in systematic order, by 

 families, all species of fishes known to have been found in the waters 

 of Rhode Island. In nomenclature and sequence of species, "The 

 Fishes of North America," Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 47, 1896, by 

 Jordan and Evermann, has been followed except in a veiy few cases 

 where good authority seems to justify a change. The fishes enum- 

 erated belong to 199 species, 160 genera and 87 families. Of these 

 species about 30 are important food fishes, and about 75 may be 



