THE FISHES OF RHODE ISLAND. 



VI. A DESCRIPTION OF TWO YOUNG SPECIMENS OF SQUE 



TEAGUE (CYNOSCION REGALIS) WITH NOTES ON 



THE RATE OF THEIR GROWTH. 



aVITH TAVO FIGURES.) 



BY HENRY C. TRACY, A. M., 



BROWN UNIVERSITY. 



The identification of the eggs and of the hirval and adolescent 

 stages of any species of fish is a necessary preUminary to the investi- 

 gation of its life history. 'Without the means of determining the 

 species to which eggs and young belong, it is of course impossible to 

 obtain evidence regarding the times and places of spawning, the 

 habits of the young, the conditions which influence their lives, their 

 migrations, etc. Any addition, therefore, to our at present somewhat 

 meager knowledge of the younger stages of the marine fishes is of 

 value. This present paper is intended to present a few notes regard- 

 ing the rate of growth of young squeteague (Cynoscion regalis) and 

 to describe two specimens smaller than any of that species yet 

 described. 



The only systematic attempt that has been made to investigate 

 the life history of the squeteague was that of Eigenmann (1901), 

 which was undertaken at the request of the United States Fish 

 Commission. He was able to ascertain many important facts re- 

 garding the young of this species, though the very earliest stages 

 were not obtained by him. The smallest specimen that he secured 



