82 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



ENGRAULIDID^. The Anchovies. 



45. Stolephorus brownii (Gmelin). Striped Anchovy; Anchovy. 

 Geog. Dist.: Cajje Cod to Brazil. Abundant southward. 



At Woods Hole : " Much the most numerous species of Anchovy " (Smith, 

 1898); from August to late in the fall, also reported there by Baird, 

 1873 (?), and Bean, 1880; not otherwise recorded from New England. 

 Sometimes very abundant at Long Island (Bean, 1903). 



Season in R. I. : Specimen 1^ inches long, dredged by the " Fish Hmvk " in 

 Narragansett Bay, November, 1898. This species is undoubtedly rare 

 in Narragansett Bay, but its abundance at Woods Hole would lead us 

 to believe it to be common in outside waters. 



Reproduction: Young taken September first on Long Island (Bean). 



Food: Annelids, copepods, sometimes univalve molluscs, foramenifera'. 



Size: Four to six inches. 



46. Stolephorous niitchilli (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Anchovy. 



Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Texas. Reported from Casco Bay, Maine 

 (Kendall, 1908), and from Massachusetts, at Provincetown (Storer, 

 1859), and Woods Hole (Smith, 1898). Abundant at Long Island 

 (Bean, 1903). 



Season in R. I.: Abundant from May to October. Forms an important 

 part of the so-called "white bait." 



Reproduction: Eggs and larvse are very abundant in the tow in Narra- 

 gansett Bay from about July 10th to August 15th. Egfes are pelagic, 

 small (about .7 or .8 mm. in diameter), and have segmented yolk like 

 almost all other Clupeoid fishes. Spawning probably takes place in 

 the open waters of Narragansett Bay. Larvse about 2.8 mm. long when 

 hatched. 



Habitat: Sandy shores, entering rivers. 



Food: Miscroscopic Crustacea and marine larvte; small shrimp amphipods. 



Size: Adults are about two and a-half inches. Following are the lengths 

 of anchovies taken in rearing cars of lobster plant at Wickford in 1908: 

 July 22, specimens 4.7 mm., 4.5 mm.; July 25, specimens 17 to 18 mm., 

 none larger; July 31, many specimens 24 mm.; August 1, 5.2 mm.; 

 August 3, 4.8 mm., 5.3 mm., 6.6 mm., 7.8 mm., 9.7 mm.; August 3, 

 several specimens 23 mm. to 25 mm.; August 4, very many 

 specimens 8 to 26 mm.; August 4, many specimens 14 to 20 mm. 

 2,000 specimens (measuring 15 to 20 mm.) on August 8 came 

 into rearing car during the night through one-half inch mesh screen 

 put in August 7; October 6, sample si)ecimens in cars measuretl 29, 



