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LIST OF THE FISHES OF RHODE ISLAND. PLATES I To XII. BY HKNRT C.
TRACT, A. M., BROWN mnVERBITT, PROVIDENCE, R. I. In the year 1898
the Commission of Inland Fisheries began a "systematic examination
of the physical and biological conditions of Narragansett Bay." The
importance of the study of the fish fauna, as a part of this
investigation, is obvious from a practical as well as from a
scientific point of view. Such a knowledge of the fishes of Rhode
Island waters as would be given by a thorough investigation of
their distribution, times of occurrence, food, diseases, enemies,
etc., would furnish a body of facts in themselves of very great
value to the scientist, to the sportsman, and to the man
practically interested in the commercial aspect of the fisheries;
and, furthermore, it is only by the possession of such facts that
important problems regarding the life history and life conditions
of any species can be solved. Since the biological study of Rhode
Island waters was begun, numerous isolated facts regarding the
fishes of these waters have come into the possession of the
Commission, some of which have been included from time to time in
its annual reports. But the only systematic contribution to this
investigation which has been published heretofore is the "List of
Fishes of Narragansett Bay," by Dr. H. C. Bumpus, which was
contained in the report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries
for 1900. This was a bare list of fishes, as the title indicates,
with no notes or information regardingany of the species included.
The report for 1901 contained a further contribution to this
subject, under the title "Additions to the List of Fishes Known to
Inhabit Narragansett Bay, with Remarks on Rare Species Recently
Caught." It is the purpose of this present paper to c...
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