Family Agonic lac- 

 Genus . 1 spidophoroides 



(174) Aspidophoroidcs monopterygius (Bloch) 1786 

 Alligatorfish, sea poacher 



Specimens: 



This rare species is found from Greenland to Cape Cod in deep 

 water. There is one record of this species in Rhode Island waters. 

 A head of an alligator fish was dredged up off Watch Hill in 1874 

 on the Pecten Ground according to Goode and Bean (1895). 



Family Cyclopteridae 

 Genus Cyclopterus 



(175) Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus 1758 

 Lumpfish, lump sucker, lump 



Specimens: (PLATES 58, 59) 



This is a northern species, plentiful around Greenland and 

 Labrador, which strays down into southern New England during 

 winter and early spring. On March 21, 1953, a lumpfish was taken 

 three miles SE of Watch Hill by the trawler Jane Dore. The writer 

 believes this specimen to be the largest on record. This lumpfish 

 was carefully examined by the author. It weighed 21 pounds 4 

 ounces, measured 23.5 inches (TL) and contained an estimated 

 279,620 eggs. For additional information about this record specimen 

 refer to Gordon (1954 a). On May 5, 1957, a six-pound lumpfish 

 was speared by a skin diver near the Watch Hill lighthouse. Al- 

 though edible, lumpfish are usually utilized as trash species. 



Family Liparidae 

 Genus NeoHparis 



(176) NeoHparis atlanticus Jordan and Evermann 1898 

 Sea snail, New England sea snail 



Specimens: 



One member of this northern species was examined. A 55 mm. 

 (TL) sea snail was taken by J. Watson on March 28, 1957, south of 

 Gould Island in Narragansett Bay. This species is uncommon 

 in Rhode Island waters. 



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