30 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION, 



I am tlie first man that broached the fish business, but rest assured 

 that all having streams want them. Once fairly established in the 

 country we will sell to one another, because any person will be able to 

 pay a higher price for breeding than for eating. If necessary we will 

 meet the thing with cash, according to our wants and means. 



Now, if possible, do not neglect us. We are all Uncle Sam's boys, 

 and will appreciate the fish beyond any other section, and for the very 

 reason that they will be a luxury for our own tables and nothing will 

 sell better. It cannot be over done. Our greatest obstacle would lie 

 in the Indians ; a mean, stupid pack, that only think of stealing as a 

 virtue ; but once fairly started we can manage them. 



The best route would be the Pacific Eailroad to Battle Mountain, then 

 a narrow gauge to Austin, and from Austain to Belmont 68 miles. You 

 will find applicants at Austin, and on the road from Austin to Belmont. 

 If you can send spawn by express or mail, it would be the best way. 

 We have a stage three times a week from Austin. 



Last season I persuaded the man above me on my stream not to go 

 to Eeese Eiver after trout, because I hoped sooner or later to get carp, 

 and I did not want trout in the stream to eat the young. I repeat, 

 stock us at once if possible. Eest assured we will meet you with all 

 assistance in our power, and appreciate your efforts beyond any other 

 section. I have had worms an inch and a half long in my irrigating 

 ditch, and could gather them by the handful. 

 Tours truly, 



I. D, PASCO, 

 Belmont, Nye County, Nevada. 



THE €ARAIVGOID FISHES OF THE CIVITED STATES— POMPANOES, 



CREVAr,t,ES. AMBER-FISH, Etc, 



By O. BROWIV OOODE. 



The members of the family Carangidw are distinguished chiefly from 

 the mackerels, to which they are closely allied, by the absence of flnlets 

 and by the fact that they have uniformly but 24 vertebrre, 10 abdominal 

 and 14 caudal, while the mackerels have uniformly more, both abdomi- 

 nal and caudal. They are carnivorous fishes, abounding everywhere in 

 temperate and tropical seas. On our own eastern coast there are at least 

 2.5 species, all of them eatable but none except the Pompanoes of much 

 importance ; on the California coast there are two or three species of 

 this family of small commercial importance. 



The Blunt-nosed Shiner. 



{Argyriosus setipinnis. ) 



This fish, known on some parts of the coast as the "Horse-fish," in 

 North Carolina as the "Moon-fish" or "Sun-fish," and in Cuba by the 



