COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



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The following specimens were added in 1911 to the magnificent 

 collection of Commissioner D. B. Fearing: 



Horse mackerel or tunny (Thunnus thynnus), caught near Block Island. 



Flying gurnard (Cephalacanthus volitans), caught near Wickford. 



Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus). 



Wo If -fish (Anarhichas lupus). 



Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus) , caught off Warwick, R. I., 



weight, 15J4 pounds. 

 A lobster naturally colored red. 

 A lobster naturally colored yellow. 



Note. — This collection, which is elegantly mounted and adorns 

 the walls of his famous library of books and manuscripts on sub- 

 jects relating to fishing, is unique in the fact that an attempt has 

 been made to get large specimens of the small fish and small specimens 

 of the large fish. The species represented were all caught in Rhode 

 Island waters. The list complete to January 1, 1912, is as follows: 



*An alphabetical list of the mounted specimens of fish caught in 

 Rhode Island waters, now in the library of Hon. D. B. Fearing, A. M. 



Alewife, 



Amber Jack, 



Angler Fish, 



Black Bass, 



Bluefish, 



Butterfish, 



Catfish, 



Chicken Halibut, 



Chogset (2 lb. 6 oz.), 



Chub Mackerel, 



Cod, 



Conger Eel, 



Crab Eater, 



Dogfish, 



Eel, 



Flounder, 



Flying Gurnard, 



Haddock, 



Hake, 



Hard tail, 



Herring, 



Kingfish (Menticirrus), 



Ling, 



Lobster (natural red), 



Lobster (natural yellow) 



Mackerel, 



Menhaden, 



Ocean Bonito, 



Orange Filefish, 



Pipe-fish, 



Pollock, 



Rabbit Fish, 



Remora, 



Sail -fish (8 ft,), 



Salmon, 



Scabbard-fish, 



Sculpin, 



Scup (6 lbs), 



Sea Bass, 



Sea Robin, 



Shad, 



Sheepshead, 



Smelt, 



Skate, 



Spanish-mackerel, 



Spot, 



Spotted Cero, 



Striped Bass, 



Sturgeon, 



Swordfish, 



Tarpon, 



Tautog, 



Tilefish, 



Tomcod, 



Trigger-fish, 



Trout (female), 



Trout (male), 



Tunny, 



Toadfish, 



Violet Ray, 



Weakfish, 



White Perch, 



Window-pane Flounder, 



Winter Flounder, 



Wolf-fish, 



Yellow Perch. 



*Any person who may catch, in Rhode Island waters, any species of fish not included in this- 

 list is respectfully requested to notify Hon. D. B. Fearing, A. M., Newport, R. I. 



