118 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



at the surface near the lobster plant of the Wickford Experiment 

 Station. 

 In the West Passage traps on October 2, 1905, half a barrel of specimens 

 three or four inches long were taken, and two barrels were taken at 

 Sand Blow trap on October 9, 1905. The maximum size is about 10 

 inches. 



CENTRARCHID^. The Sunflshes. 



112. Ainbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Rock Bass. 



Geog. Dist.: Vermont to Great Lake region and Manitoba, south to 

 Louisiana, very abundant west of the Alleghanies. Found in many 

 , lakes and rivers in New York. Its geographical distribution has been 

 much extended by artificial introduction. 



Season in R. I.: Taken at Newport (Mr. Southwick). This species is 

 recorded from Vermont (Kendall, 1908), but not otherwise reported 

 from New England. Probably the species has been artificially intro- 

 duced into certain ponds and reservoirs near Newport. 



Reproduction: Spawns in May and June on gravelly shoals. (Brice, 

 Report, U. S. Fish Com., XXIII, 1897, 159.) 



Food: Small fishes, worms, Crustacea, insect larva?. 



Size: Twelve inches. 



113. Lepomis auritus (Linnseus). Long-eared Sunfish. 



Geog. Dist. : Maine to Louisiana, east of the Alleghanies. Recorded from 



ponds and streams throughout New England (Kendall, 1908). 

 Habitat: Abundant in all fresh-water streams. 



Season in R. I.: Reported from Rhode Island (R. I. Fish Com., 1899). 

 Reproduciion: Spawns in early summer. 



Food: Worms, insect larvse, crustaceans, molluscs, and small fish. 

 Size: Eight inches. 



114. EupomotiS gibbosus (Linnaeus). Sunfish; Pumpkin Seed; Kiver. 



Geog. Dist.: Great Lakes region to Maine, and southward east of the 

 Alleghanies to Florida. Occurs only in the northern part of the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley. Common everywhere in New England. 



Habitat: Clear brooks and ponds. 



Season in R. I.: Reported by R. I. Fish Com., 1899. Recorded from 

 Mashapaug, Benedict, and Fenner's ponds (Pope coll., 1894-96), also 

 from Old Reservoir, in North Providence; Larkin's Dyer's Benedict, 



