68 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



10. Monacanthus hispidus. File Fish ; Fool Fish. 



A small specimen was taken in a trap off the west shore of Conani- 

 cut Island, September 11. 



11. Lagocephalus laevigatus. Smooth Puffer. Plate X. 



A specimen of this rare fish was sent us by Mr. C. Abbott Davis, 

 of the Museum at Roger Williams Park. He reported that it was 

 taken by Mr. A. A. Wilbur at East Greenwich on August 25, 1906. 

 This specimen was a female 20 inches in length; the ovaries were 

 large and apparently only partially spent. 



Several rare fishes are reported to have been taken by the New- 

 port fishermen, but such specimens were unidentified. On August 

 14, 1906, Mr. Edward Lawton, of Newport, caught a Flying Fish 

 in Mackerel Cove, south of Jamestown. It was said to have been 

 larger and of more brilliant color than any Flying Fish caught in 

 these waters in recent years. From the description given it seemed 

 possible that it may have been Cypsilurus heterurus, though definite 

 identification was impossible. 



