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tember, 1860. (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1870, 120.) Specimen 

 27 mm. long taken at Lily Pond Beach, Newport, August 25, 1902. 

 Reproduction: Two specimens 1^ inches long taken at Woods Hole, 

 November 28, 1885. 



LUTIANID.^. The Snappers. 



138. Neomaenis griseus (Linnseus). Gray Snapper; Mangrove Snapper. . 



Geog. Dist.: West Indies, ranging from New Jersey to Brazil, straying 



northward to Woods Hole. 

 Season in R. I.: A snapper was taken in 1896 at Newport which was 



probably this species. Two young, 2 and 2+ inches, were taken in 



September, 1897 (Smith). 

 Size: Eleven inches. 



139. Neomeanis blackfordi (Goode and Bean). Red Snapper. 



Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to the Carribean Sea. Recorded from Vineyard 

 Sound, Menemsha and Woods Hole. (Smith, 1898). Recorded once 

 from Long Island (Bean, 1901). 



Season in R. I.: Specimen taken near Block Island (Bean, 1901). 



Rate of Growth: Adult reaches a length of 30 inches. Nine specimens, 

 the largest two inches long, taken at Woods Hole in September and 

 October, 1900 (Smith, 1900). Specimen 4^ inches long taken at 

 Great South Bay, Long Island, October 26, 1887 (Bean, 1901). 



SPARID^. The Porgies. 

 130. Stenotomus chrysops (Linnseus). Scup; Porgy Scuppaug. 



"Geog. Dist.: Most abundant on south coast of New England. Ranges 

 from Eastport, Maine, to South Carolina. 



Migrations: They strike directly on the southern New England coast 

 from their winter habitat in warmer water; they begin to leave about 

 the middle of October. Cod have been taken on Nantucket shoals, 

 late in November, filled with small scup. 



Season in R. I.: The first stragglers appear about the last of April; 

 the first lafge run comes early in May, and consists chiefly of large 

 breeding fish. A second or summer run comes after the breeders and 

 is composed of small fishes without spawn. When entering our waters 

 the scup are said to come in from the west and south. They are very 

 abundant in May and June; stragglers remain all summer; they 



