REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 71 



CHEILODIPTERID^. The Cardinal Fishes. 



.1.07. Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus). King of the Mullets. 



Geog. Dist.: Mediterranean and neighboring waters ; Florida, West Indies, 



and Brazil. 

 A specimen taken at Newport was described by Cope in 1870. (Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1870, 120.) 



SERRANID^. The Sea Basses. 



108. ROCCUS lineatus (Bloch). Striped Bass; Rockfish. 



Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast of United States, New Brunswick to Florida. 

 Most common from Cape Cod to Cape May. 



Migrations: It is said not to be migratory but present along our coast in 

 winter as well as in summer. Taken through the ice in Long Island and 

 Block Island Sounds in December. (Goode, Nat. Hist, of Aquatic Ani- 

 mals, 425.) 



Season in R. I.: Arrives the last of March with the shad. The dates of 

 arrival in Taunton River from 1871 to 1883 range from March 15 in 1880, 

 to April 6, in 1883. (Bull. U. S. Fish Commisison, 1883, 478.) 



Reproduction: Spawns in rivers in the spring. 



Food: Voracious feeders, eating fishes and Crustacea. (Goode, loc. cit.) 



Size: Largest ever taken weighed 112 pounds. 



109. Mo rone americana (Gmehn). White Perch. 



Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast. South Carolina to Nova Scotia. 



Season in R. L: Present the year round. Taken in traps in the Bay in 



October. 

 Habitat : Shallow shore waters, brackish and fresh water of rivers and ponds 



connected with salt water. Sometimes land-locked. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in May in fresh water. (Goode, Hist, of Aquatic 



Animals, 432.) 

 Food: Shrimp, fish spawn, insects, crabs, small fishes, and eels. 

 Size: Eight inches. 



110. Epinephelus niveatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Snowy Grouper. 

 Geog. Dist. : Brazil to West Indies, often straying north to Cape Cod. 



