112 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES, 



Cope in 1870 (Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1870, 119). Specimens 

 from Newport are in the U. S. National Museum (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1880, 89). An adult specimen taken in Narragansett Bay at 

 Newport by Mr. J. M. K. Southwick in 1899. Young specimens taken 

 August 23 and October 9, 1905. 



In 1906 a remarkably large number of these fishes were present in Rhode 

 Island waters, from the first of August until the last of September. In 

 this season also, adults were numerous; the traps in West Passage were 

 found at nearly every haul to contain from one to a half-dozen of these 

 fishes. On August 8, 1906, a specimen was taken in Hazard's Quarry 

 trap, and on September 17, 1905, two small specimens were taken at 

 Wild Goose trap, where large size specimens were common for a month 

 preceding. 



Reproduction: A male specimen taken in West Passage trap, Narra- 

 gansett Bay, September 11, 1906, gave milt on gentle pressui'e. 



Size: Maximum, one foot. 



104. Selene vomer (Linnseus). Lookdown; Dollar-fish. 



Geog. Dist.: Tropical seas, northward to Maine. Reported in Maine 

 from Casco Bay, in Massachusetts from Dorchester, Woods Hole, Nan- 

 tucket, and New Bedford, and in Connecticut from Stratford and Long 

 Island Sound, middle ground (Kendall, 1908). Occasionally on Long 

 Island shore (Bean, 1903). 



Season in R. I.: Rare. Specimens sometimes taken in late summer and 

 early fall. Specimen taken October 5, 1906, at Second Beach, Newport. 



Food: Small Crustacea, shrimp, gasteropods, lamellibranchs. 



Size: Specimens on northern shores are usually from three to five inches 

 long. Adults reach a weight of two pounds. 



105. Trachinotus faleatus (Linnaeus). Round Pornpano. 



Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Brazil. Taken at Woods Hole (Baird, 1873, 

 Smith, 1898) and at Nantucket (Sharpe and Fowler, 1904). Common 

 about Cape Cod in summer, but no adults are seen. Common on Long 

 Island shore (Bean, 1903). 



Season in R. I.: Reported in Narragansett Bay by Rhode Island Fish 

 Commission, 1899. 



Rate of Growth: In northern waters they are never over three inches in 

 length. Young from one-half to one inch long appear at Woods Hole 

 in July; in September, when they disappear, they are two inches long 

 (Smith, 1898). On Long Island shore specimens one inch to one and 



