Fishes as Food for Man 



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which would go a long way toward supplying the whole of man's 

 consumption of herrings." 



The codfish (Gadus callarias in the Atlantic; Gadus macro- 



FIG. 217. Mutton-snapper, or Pargo criollo, Lutianus analis (Cuv. & Val.). 



Key West. 



FIG. 218. Herring, Clupea harengus L. . New York. 



FIG. 219. Codfish, Gadus callarias L. Eastport, Maine. 



cephalus in the Pacific) likewise swarms in all the northern seas, 

 takes the hook readily, and is better food when salted and dried 

 than it is when fresh. 



