34(5 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family 41)- &XDl\)JE. The Codfishes. 



256. Boreogadus saida (Lepecliin). 



Recorded from Kigiktowik, Norton Sound (Nelson L887); St. Michael (Turner 188G); St. Michael 

 and Cape Lisburne (Bean 1882); Point Barrow (Murdoch 1885); Port Clarence (Scofleld 1899). 



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Fig. 12<».— Boreogadus saida (Lepechin). 



257. Theragra chalcogramma 1 Fallas). Alaska Pollock. 



An abundant and widely distributed species. Examples were collected or seen as follows: 

 One specimen (no. 02899), 12 inches long, from station 4250; one (no. 02892), 11 inches lung, from 

 station 4246 (dorsal 14-16-18; anal 21-19); eight, 5.75 to 7 inches long, seined in Cleveland Passage; 

 one (no. 0291S), 10.5 inches long, from Skagway; one (no. 03002), 9.5 inches long, from station 4292; 

 one, 8 inches long, from station 4296; twenty, 2.5 to 3 inches long, from station 4212: a few seen at 

 Earluk and 2 at Shakan; 4 (20, 24, 24, and 24.5 inches long, weight 1, 2, 2.5, and 2.5 pounds) taken on 

 a hook at Sand Point; 12 (average length 22.5 inches, average weight 2.75 pounds) taken over the rail 



Fig. 127.— Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas). 



with hand line at Fox Harbor. Others were taken or seen at the Chilkoot cannery, Cleveland Passage, 

 Skagway (where many were taken on hunk and line); Dundas Bay (several in salmon trap); Pavlof 

 Harbor; Unalaska; Chignik Bay; Sitkoh Bay; Loring; Litnik Bay; and stations 2844, 2864, 37S1 (off 

 Kamchatka 1, 4246, 4250, and 4255; and a specimen 6.5 inches long collected by Mr. M. C. Marsh at 

 St. Paul Island, Pribilof Group, August 7, 1906. 



