64 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



76. Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus). Horse-Mackerel; Tunny. 



Geog. Dist. : Pelagic on all warm coasts. North to England, Newfound- 

 land, San Francisco, and Japan. 



Season in R. I.: Plentiful some years; rare others. Taken in autumn 

 around Newport and Narragansett Pier, but more abundantly at Point 

 Judith. More rare formerly, but of late becoming more common. Forty 

 to 60 have been taken in one trap at one time. Present in Rhode Island 

 waters from June to November, but most numerous in July. Mr. Brownell 

 of Tiverton says that, in the autumn of 1904, he ran through an immense 

 school of this species, extending for 10 miles. 



Food: Menhaden chiefly. (Goode.) 



Size: The largest ever taken weighed 1,500 pounds; the largest on record 

 from Rhode Island, caught by Mr. Brownell, weighed 750 pounds. 



77. Sarda sarda (Bloch). Bonito. 



Geog. Dist.: Atlantic Ocean of both coasts, north to Cape Cod. 



Season in R. I.: Seen occasionally in the autumn. It is not distinguished 



by the fishermen from other species of this family. 

 Habitat: The open ocean, approaching shores for food and spawning. 

 Food: Stomach contents have shown fishes, squids, small Crustacea. 

 Size: Maximum, 2^ feet. 



78. Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill). Spanish Mackerel. 



Geog. Dist.: Both coasts of North America; appears in irregular schools 

 in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Carolina coast. Ranges north to Cape 

 Ann and south to Brazil. 



Season in R. I.: Not very common. A few dozen specimens taken this 

 season (1905) between the middle of August and October, in Narragansett 

 Bay. Fifty large ones taken in a trap by Mr. Easterbrook at Price's Neck, 

 Newport, August 15, 1905. 



Food: Fishes, squids, and Crustacea. 



79. Scomberomorus regalis (Bloch). Cereen; King fish. 



Geog. Dist. : Cape Cod to Brazil, abundant at Cuba. 



Season in R. I. : Rare in Narragansett Bay, taken usually in the autumn. 



Food: Small fishes. 



Size: Maximum, 5 to 6 feet 



