REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. Ill 



101. Caranx crysos (Mitchill). Hardtail; Yellow Crevalle. 



Geog. Dist.: Gloucester to Brazil. Reported from several places on 

 Massachusetts shore (Kendall, 1908). 



Season in R. I.: Not uncommon from August to November. Most of 

 those caught in traps are small, about eight to ten inches long, but one 

 very large specimen, about eighteen inches long, taken in trap near 

 Saunderstown, Narragansett Bay, August 10, 1905. Specimen from 

 Newport in the U. S. National Museum (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 

 90). August 23, 1905, Dutch Island trap — specimen. August 27, 1905, 

 Dutch Island trap, six specimens. August 27, 1905 Hazard's Quarry 

 trap — specimen. September 24, 1906 — West Passage trap, half-dozen 

 small specimens. 



Reproduction: Probably spawns in West Florida in May in the salt-water 

 bayous (Bean, 1903). 



Food: Crustacea. 



Size: Fifteen inches. Young one to two and one-half inches long, taken 

 at Woods Hole in summer (Smith). 



102. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch). Cobbler-fish; Threadfish. 



Geog. Dist. : Tropical America on both coasts, ranging north to Cape Cod. 

 Reported from Woods Hole (Baird, 1873; Bean, 1880; Smith, 1898) 

 and from Connecticut, at Stratford (Linsley, 1844). Occasional on 

 . Long Island shore (Bean, 1903). 



Season in R. I.: Rare. From June to November. The Commission is in 

 possession of a specimen three and one-half inches long from Newport. 

 Specimens from Newport are in the U. S. National Musuem (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 90.) Specimen in trap in West Passage, Sep- 

 tember 15, 1906. 



Size: Three feet. Specimens from three to eight inches long at Woods 

 Hole from June fifteenth to November first (Smith). 



103. Vomer setipinnis (Mitchill). Pug-nosed Shiner; Dollar- fish. 



Geog. Dist.: Tropical America, both coasts. Common south, young 

 occurring north in Gulf Stream, northward to Gloucester. Reported 

 from various places in Massachusetts and in Connecticut from Green- 

 wich (Linsley, 1844). Occasional on Long Island shore (Bean, 1903). 



Season in R. I.: Of various abundance in different years. Adults usually 

 rare. Occasional specimens ■ in August, September, and October. 

 Usually much more frequent than Selene vomer. The first recorded of 

 this species from Rhode Island was a young specimen described by 



