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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Recorded also by Bean (1882) from Sitka; Chugachik Bay and Refuge Cove, Cook Inlet; off Marmot 

 Island; St. Michael; Bering Strait; Cape Lisburne and Point Belcher, Arctic Ocean. Gilbert (1895), 

 stations 3235, 3238, and 3240, Bristol Bay. Murdoch (1885), Point Barrow. Nelson (1887), Golovina 

 Bay. Turner (1886), Atka Island. Scofield (1899), Port Clarence. 



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Fig. 13.— Mallotus villosus (Miiller). 



The capelin is an abundant fish in Alaska, often seen in large schools on the cod grounds. It is 

 one of the principal foods of the cod, as many as -40 having been found in one cod's stomach. It is 

 preyed upon hugely also by the halibut and by whales. It reaches a length of 10 inches or less and 

 is a very delicious food-fish which has not as yet been utilized in Alaska to any extent. 



Fig. 14.— Thaleichthys paciflcus (Richardson). 

 39. Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson). Eulaehon. 



Recorded by Bean (1882) from Stikine River; Wrangell; Sitka; Chilkat River; and Katmai. Gilbert 

 I 1895), mar the mouth of Nushagak River. Not taken by us. 



Fig. 15.— Osmerus thaleichthys (Ayres). 

 40. Osmerus thaleichthys (Ayres). California Smelt. 



Recorded by Gilbert (1895) from Nushagak River, from which he again obtained 5 examples in 

 1903. They are 2.5. 2.75. 2.87. 3, 3.03 inches long, respectively. The largest and one other have the 

 mouth strikingly different from the remaining specimens — maxillary teeth absent and the maxillary 

 -hurt and broad, while in the others it is long and narrow. 



