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SECTION 1 4 - GLOSSARY 



To prevent ralsunderstandlng In the use of common names used in the tables and discussions, the 

 following list of common and scientific names Is given for fish, shellfish, and other aquatic 

 animals and plants taken by U.S. fishermen. The list of scientific names Is by no means 

 complete and Is Intended only as a guide for the identification of the various species under the 

 appropriate common name used in the Statistical Digest. 



Common name used in 

 Statistical Digest 



Other common names 



Scientific name 



nSH 

 Alewlf e 



Amberjack 



Anchovy 



Angelfish 



Anglerf ish 



Arctic char 



Ballyhoo 



Barracuda 



Barracuda , Japanese 



Bigeye scad 



Billflsh 



Blackfish (see Hardhead) 



Blacksmith 



Black skipjack (see Tuna) 

 Blueflsh 



Blue pike 



Blue runner 



Bonef ish 



Bonito 



Bouf in 



Brown trout 



Buffalofish 



Burbot 



Butterf Ish 



Cabezon 



Cabrllla 



Carp , 



Catfish and bullheads. ... < 

 Chubs 



Clgarf ish 



Cisco 



Cobia (cabio) 



Cod 



Crapple 



Big-eyed herring, blueback 

 herring, branch herring, 

 glut herring, river herring, 



shad herring Alosa aestivalis 



A. pseudoha'pengus 



Jack, kahala (Hawaii) Seriola species 



Engraulldae 



Holacanthus and Pomacemthus 



species 

 Allmouth, bellyflsh, goose- 

 fish, headfish, monkflsh.... Lophius amenaanus 



Char Salvelinus alpinus 



Balao, halfbeak Hemiramphus bi'dsilienais 



Kaku (Hawaii), scooter Sphyraena species 



Kawelea (Hawaii) Sphraena helleri 



Akule (Hawaii) Traanurovs orumenophthalmus 



Needlefish, saury Tylosicms species 



Oiromis punotipinnis 



Blue snapper, skipjack, 

 tailor Pomatomus saltatrix 



Hard pike, pikeperch Stizoetedion vitreum glauaum 



Crevalle, hardtail, runner... Caranx arysos 



0' io (Hawaii) Albula vulpes 



Sapda ahiliensie (Pacific) 



S. sarda (Atlantic) 



Freshwater dogfish, grindle.. Amia aalva 



Salmo trutta 



Buffalo, winter carp Ictiobus species 



Lawyer, ling Lota lota 



Silver dollar Peprilus triacanthus (Atlantic) 



P. bu-pti (Culf of Mexico) 



Bullhead, marbled sculpin.... Scorpaeniahthys mamoratus 



Rock bass, spotted cabrllla.. Epinephelus analogus 



German carp, summer carp Cyprinus oarpio 



latalums species 



Blackfln, bluefin, clsco, 

 longjaw, tulllbee, whiteflsh Coregonus and Leucichthya 



species 



Mackerel scad, opelu (Hawaii), 

 round scad, scad Decapterus species 



Herring, lake herring Coregonus artedii 



(Lake Erie only) 



Black bonito, coblo, crab- 

 eater, lemonfish, ling Rachycentron canadum 



Codfish Cadus macro oephalus (Pacific) 



G. morhua (Atlantic) 



Black crapple, calico 



crapple, white crapple Pomoxis annularis 



P. nigromaculatus 



