80 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



1880, 76.) Four taken in the traps in Narragansett Bay during August, 

 1905. One young specimen, 4 inches long, taken in trap at Goose Neck, 

 near Wickford, October 9, 1905. Young, 1 to 4 inches long, common 

 under gulfweed in summer. 

 Reproduction: Probably spawns in mid-ocean. (Goode.) 

 Food: Small Crustacea, jelly-fishes, ctenophores, hydroids. 



OSTRACIID^. The Trunkflshes. 



133. Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus) . Trunkfish; Shell-fish. 

 Geog. Dist. : West Indies, north to Woods Hole. 



Size: Young specimens 1 inch long are common from July to October at 

 Woods Hole in eelgrass and around wharves. (Smith.) 



TETRAODONTID^. The Puffers. 



134. Lagocephalus laevigatUS (Linnaeus) . Smooth Puffer; Puffer. 

 Geog. Dist. : Cape Cod to Brazil. 



Season IN R. I.: Somewhat rare. One specimen taken in Narragansett Bay, 

 July 22, 1887. Three were taken in the year 1900, the largest weighing 

 10 pounds, caught October 4 at Tiverton; one at Newport, collected by 

 Mr. J. M. K. Southwick, and a third taken in a purse-net near Point 

 Judith, September 28. Specimen 4^ inches long taken in early August, 

 1905. This is an interesting specimen in view of the fact that Smith says 

 that those of this species taken at Woods Hole are all about 11 or 12 

 inches long, small ones never being observed. 



Reproduction: Said to breed near Pensacola in June and July. 



Size: Average, 2 feet. 



135. Spheroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider). Swellfish; Puffer. 



Geog. Dist. : Atlantic coast of United States from Cape Ann to Florida. 



Season in R. I.: Very common from May to October. Many young speci- 

 mens, an inch long and upwards, are taken in the seines on the sandy 

 beaches through July and August. 



Reproduction: Spawns from June 1 to 10. (Smith.)' 

 Food: Bottom invertebrates; small crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp, moUuscs, 

 crepidulae, annelids. 



