by the International Game Fish Association, in various line cate- 

 gories, of tautog taken from Rhode Island waters. 



Additional information about tautog can be found in Gordon 

 (1956 g). 



Economic Importance: 



Tautog are high on the list of favorite marine fish among anglers. 

 In addition, the blackfish is a tasty food fish. During 1957, Rhode 

 Island commercial fishermen landed 62,741 pounds of tautog, 

 valued at $3,105. 



Family Ephippidae 

 Genus Chaetodipterus 



(184) Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet) 1782 

 Spadefish, angel-fish, moonfish, tripletail 



Specimens: 



Tracy (1910) reports one specimen of this rare tropical species 

 taken in Narragansett Bay. 



Family Chaetodontidae 

 (185) Chaetodon occllatus (Bloch) 1787 

 Butterfly-fish, parche 



Specimens: (PLATE 65) 



Two specimens of this very rare tropical species were collected 

 by the writer. The only previously recorded butterfly-fish from 

 Rhode Island waters was a specimen, one inch (TL) taken by Gill 

 in Newport in 1861, according to Tracy (1910). The two butterfly- 

 fish collected by the writer were taken at Weekapaug on September 

 19, 1957, using rotenone. They were 20 mm. and 22 mm. (TL). 



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