REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 67 



6. Vomer setipennis. Pug-nosed Shiner ; Dollar Fish. 



A remarkably large number of these fishes were present in Rhode 

 Island waters last season. Young specimens are not uncommon 

 most years, though adults are usually very rare. During the last 

 season, however, adults were rather numerous ; from the first of 

 August until the last of September, traps in the West Passage were 

 found at nearly every haul to contain from one to a half dozen or 

 more of these fishes. A male specimen taken on September 11 gave 

 milt on gentle pressure. For a picture of this remarkable fish see 

 the report of last year (1906), Plate III. 



7. Selene vomer. Lookdown; Moonfish. 



A specimen of this singularly-shaped fish, taken October 5, 1906, 

 at Second Beach, Newport, was presented to the Commission by 

 Mr. W. T. Luth. This species is rare, and only a few specimens 

 have been previously recorded from Rhode Island, They are 

 usually captured in late summer and early autumn. 



8. Lobotes surinamensis. Triple-tail. 



Only one specimen of this fish came to our notice last year. This 

 was taken by Mr. Isaac Lake, of Wickford, in his trap near Sanger 

 Point. This was a medium-sized specimen for these waters, being 

 about 18 inches long. This species, although rare, is a food fish of 

 excellent quality. For a picture of this fish see last year's report, 

 Plate IV. 



9. Ballstes carolinensis. Trigger Fish. 



A large specimen, 17 inches long, presented by Mr. Southwick, was 

 secured off Newport about the first of July. Four specimens of 

 Trigger Fish from Rhode Island waters have come to our notice in 

 the past two years ; these were all identified by us as B. carolinensis. 

 B. vetula, the nearly related species, is apparently much more rare 

 or of irregular occurrence. See Plate V. of last years' report. 



