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65. Hippocampus hudsonius (DeKay) . Sea-horse. 

 Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast, Cape Cod to Charleston, S. C. 



Season in R. I.: Not common. Rarely found floating in gulfweed and 

 rockweed. 



ATHERINID^. The SUversides. 



66. Menidia gracilis (Giinther). Silverside. 



Geog. Dist. : Woods Hole to Albemarle Sound, common in brackish waters. 

 Season in R. I.: Very common through summer. 



67. Menidia menidia notata (Mitchill). Silverside; Brit. 

 Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast northward, south to Florida. 



Season in R. I.: Very abundant everywhere from April to December, 

 especially along sandy shores, where bushels of them can be taken in the 

 seine almost unmixed with other fish. Used to a great extent as bait for 

 eel pots. 



Reproduction: Spawns in June and early July. 



Food: Small Crustacea, shrimp, univalve molluscs, and sometimes -Vegetable 

 material and diatoms. 



Size: Five inches. 



MUGILID^. The Mullets. 



68. Mugil cephalus (Linnseus). Striped Mullet; Jumping Mullet. 



Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast. Cape Cod to Brazil. Pacific coast, Monterey 

 to Chih. 



Season in R. L: October and November. This species, in company with 

 the white mullet, is sometimes very abundant. In the middle of October, 

 1904, 500 barrels were taken at one haul off Newport. A specimen from 

 Newport is in the U. S. National Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 

 120.) 



Food: Stomach contents show a greenish mud containing large numbers of 

 diatoms, green algse, copepods. 



69. Mugil curema (Cuvier & Valenciennes). White Mullet; Jximping Mullet, 

 Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Brazil, Magdalena Bay to Chili. 



Season in R. I. : Same as the preceding species. 

 Food: Same as the preceding. 

 Size: About 5 inches. 



