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animals have been found: a few small annelids, a few rotifers, the smaller 

 Crustacea, like Gammarus and young shrimp, Zoea larva, Nauplius larva, 

 copepods. But the great majority of organisms were Glenodinium, 

 Peridinium, Infusoria and unicellular plants like diatoms, algal swarm 

 spores, bacterial masses. (On the Food of the Menhaden, by J. H. Peck, 

 Ph. D., Bull. U. S. Fish Commission, 1893. 113.) 



Size: Schools arriving at New England in midsummer from 2 to 5 inches 

 long are hatched from the spawning of the previous fall and spring. The 

 7 to 10-inch fishes are 2 years old; the 12 to 14-inch size, 3 years old; 

 adults are the large fish 15 to 18 inches. 



ENGRAULIDID^. The Anchovies. 



43. Stolephorus brownii (Gmelin). Striped Anchovy; Anchovy. 



Geog. Dist. : Cape Cod to Brazil. Abundant southward. 



Season in R. I.: Specimen 1^ inch long, dredged by the Fish Hawk in 

 Narragansett Bay, November, 1898. Larger than S. mitchilli, but not so 

 common. 



Food: Annelids, copepods, sometimes univalve molluscs, foramenifera. 



Size: Four to 6 inches. 



44. Stolephorus mitchilli (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Anchovy. 



Geog. Dist. : Cape Cod to Texas. 



Season in R. I.: Common in late summer. Forms an important part of 

 the so-called "white bait." 



Habitat: Sandy shores, entering rivers. 



Size: Two and a half inches. 



SALMONIDiE. The Salmon Family. 



45. Salmo salar (Linnseus). Salmon. 



Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic, ascending rivers between Cape Cod and 

 Hudson Bay. Formerly south to Hudson River. 



Season in R. I.: Small fish, weighing 2 to 3 pounds, have been taken in 

 Sakonnet River in the spring. 



