REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 85 



BATRACHOIDID.^. The Toadflshes. 



153. Opsanus tau (Linnaeus) . T oad fish ; Toad -grunter. 

 Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Cuba. 



Season in R. I.: Common throughout the year in shallow water under 



stones and eelgrass. 

 Habitat: Among rocks and weeds close to the shore. 

 Reproduction: Spawns in June, the eggs being attached to the under sides 



of sticks and stones. 

 Food: Young fishes and all kinds of bottom invertebrates. 

 Size: Maximum, 15 inches. 



BLENNIID.^. The Blennies. 



154. Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus). Butter-fish; Rock Eel. 



Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic, Labrador to Rhode Island, Norway to 



France. 

 Season in R. I.: Occurring rarely in spring. 

 Habitat: Rocky shores among algae, in deep water in winter. 

 Size: Twelve inches. 



ANARHICHADID.*:. The Wolf-Fishes. 



155. Anarhiehas lupus (Linnaeus). Wolf-fish; Catfish. 



Geog. Dist.: North Atlantic south to Rhode Island and France. 



Season in R. L: In the U. S. National Museum is a cast of a specimen 



taken by the U. S. Fish Commission at Coxswain's Lodge, R. I., July 25, 



1875. (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 1879, 32.) 

 Size: Three or 4 feet. 



ZOARCID^. The Eel-Pouts. 



156. Zoarces anguillaris (Peck). Eel-pout; Sea Eel. 

 Geog. Dist. : Delaware to Labrador. 



Season in R. I.: Offshore waters in the autumn. 

 Habitat: Deep water. 

 Size. Twentv inches. 



