84 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF IXLAXD FISHERIES. 



TRIGLID.E. The Gurnards. 



147. Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus). Common Gurnard; Sea-robin. 



Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to South Carolina. But in 1896, between July 4 and 



14, over 25 specimens were taken in Casco Bay, Maine. 

 Season in R. I.: Appears in May, and is common until October. Two 



specimens from Newport in the U. S. National Museum. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in June. 

 Food: Fishes, one specimen had four winter flounders in the stomach. 



Also young clams, squids, molluscs, shrimp, annelids. 



148- Prionotus Strigat us (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Sea-robin; Red Sciilpin. 

 Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast. Cape Cod to Virginia. 

 Season in R. I. : Common in shallow water in summer. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in summer. (Smith.) 



CEPHALACANTHID^. The Flying Gurnard. 



149. Cephalacanthus VOlitans (Linnseus). Flying Robin; Flying Gurnard. 

 Geog. Dist.: Atlantic Ocean, on both coa.sts. 



ECHENEIDID.^. The Renioras. 



150. Echeneis naucrates (Linnaeus). Shark Sucker; Remora. 



Geog. Dist.: Warm seas, universally distributed, north to Cape Cod and 



San Francisco. 

 Season in R. I.: In the warmer part of the summer they are occasionally 



found swimming around in the traps or attached to almost any fish. 

 Habitat: Very common in the tropics, attached to turtles or any large fish. 



151. Echeneis nauerateoides (Zuieuw). Sucker. 



Geog. Dist.: The same as the above species. 



Season in R. I. : Specimen from Newport in U. S. National Museum. (Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 102.) One taken in a trap in Dutch Island Harbor, 



Narragansett Bay, October 2, 1905. 



153. Rhombochirus osteoehir (Cuvier). Spearfish Remora. 

 Geog. Dist.: West Indies north to Cape Cod. Rare. 

 Habitat: Parasitic on spearfish (Tetrapturus). 



