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Migrations: Reaches Jersey coast in April, most abundant in May. 

 Season in R. I.: First appears in jVIay. A few are present throughout the 



season until October. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in June. (Smith, Fishes of Woods Hole.) 

 Habitat: Deep channels, sandy bottoms. Occurs singly, not in schools. 

 Food: Bottom feeders. Small Crustacea, annelids, sometimes young fishes. 

 Size : At Woods Hole the young one inch long appear in the middle of July 



on sandy beaches. These become 4 or 5 inches long in October. (Smith, 



loc. cit.) 



123. Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus). Drum. 



Geog. Dist. : Abundant on South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, rare north to 



Provincetown. 

 Season in R. I.: Very rare. 



Habitat: Sluggish swimmers, living on the bottom. 

 Food: Bottom-dwelling invertebrates. This fish is especially destructive 



to oysters. 

 Size: Average, 20 pounds, maximum, 80 pounds. Young specimens much 



unlike adults. 



POMACENTRID^. The Demoiselles. 



134, Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnseus). Pintano; Cow-pilot. 



Geog. Dist. : Tropical America on both coasts, abundant in West Indies. 

 Gill in 1870 mentioned a specimen of this species from Rhode Island. 

 (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1870, 120.) 

 Food: Free-swimming Crustacea. 



LABRID.E. The Wrasse-Fishes. 



125. Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum) . Cunner; Chogset. 

 Geog. Dist.: Labrador to Sandy Hook. 

 Season in R. I.: Extremely abundant the year round; hibernates in the 



eelgrass during the winter. 

 Habitat: Shoal water around shores and wharves. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in June and July. 



