REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 75 



117. Lagodon rhomboides (Linnseus). Sailor's Choice; Shiny Scup. 



Geog. Dist.: Abundant from Cape Hatteras southward, straying north to 



Cape Cod. 

 Season in R. I.: Not common. Specimen from Newport, collected by Mr. 



J. M. K. Southwick in 1899. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in the south in winter or earh' spring. 

 Food: Small fishes, small Crustacea. 



118. Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). Sheepshead. 

 Geog. Dist. : Cape Cod to Mexico, abundant in the south. 



Season in R. I.: Said to have been coimiion formerly, but now rare north 



of Long Island. Sometimes taken at Newport. (Mr, Southwick). 

 Reproduction: Spawns in bays and mouths of rivers in March and April. 

 Habitat: Bottom fish. 

 Food: Barnacles, shell-fish. 

 Size: Maximum, 3 pounds. 



KYPHOSID.E. The Rudder-Fishes. 



119. Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnieus). Rudder-fish. 



Geog. Dist.: Coimnon in West Indies and Key West, and east to the 



Canary Islands; straying to Cape Cod. 

 Specimen in U. S. National Museum, taken at New^jort by Mr. Samuel Powell. 



(Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 46.) 



SCI^NID.E. The Drums. 



130. Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider). Squeteague; Weakfish. 



Geog. Dist.: Abundant from Cape Cod to Florida, straying on the Gulf 

 coast to Mobile, north to Bay of Fundy. 



Migrations: Taken on the Jersey coast in April. The temperature of the 

 water at the time of their arrival is about 50°F., though their movements 

 may depend more on the presence of schools of menhaden and butter- 

 fish, on which they feed, than on the temperature. 



Season in R. I. : Scattering individuals are taken the middle or last of May, 

 but the large run does not come until about June 10. Very abundant 

 through the remainder of the season and is the most important food fish 



