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Habitat: Tropical waters; ascends streams in pursuit of small fry. 



Reproduction: Does not breed north of Cuba. 



Food: Schools of small fry. 



Size: Six feet; weighs sometimes 150 pounds. 



33. Elops saurus (Linnaeus). Ten-pounder; Big-eyed Herring. (Plate II.) 

 Geog. Dist. : Tropical seas to Carolina, straying north to Cape Cod. 

 Season in R. I.: So rare that it is not usually recognized by fishermen. 



Specimen 14 inches long, taken in trap at Dutch Island Harbor, Narragan- 



sett Bay, October 29, 1905. 

 Habitat: Open seas. 

 Food: Shrimp. 

 Size: Three feet. 



ALBULID^. The Lady-Fishes. 



34. Albula VUlpes (Linnaeus). Lady-fish. 



Geog. Dist.: Tropical seas on sandy coasts, north to Woods Hole. ' 



Specimens are reported by fishermen. A specimen from Newport is in the 

 U. S. National Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 107.) 



CLUPEID^. The Herrings.* 



35. Etrumeus sadina (Mitchill). Round Herring. 



Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Gulf of Mexico, on sandy shores; not rare south- 

 ward. 



Specimen in U. S. National Museum taken at Newport by Mr. Samuel 

 Powell. (Bull, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 59.) 



36. Clupea harengUS (Linnaeus) . Sea Herring; Herring; Blue Back. (PlateVII.) 

 Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic ocean, Europe and America. South to Cape 



Hatteras, but not abundant south of Cape Cod. 

 Season in R. I. : Winter herring arrive in October or November and remain 



until very cold weather. The spring run arrives in May, and the fishes of 



that run are larger and more numerous. Young specimens, 2 inches long, 



taken June 6, 1893. (Prof. Jenks.) 

 Habitat: Surface of open water. 



* Plates illustrating the common species of this family will be found at the end of the arti- 

 cle on ' 'The Common Fishes of the Herring Family." Page 102. 



