BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 7 



Table VI. — Yearly summary of the fresh fish, oysters, 4'C., inspected hy the health officer 

 of the District of Columbia, for the years 1879-1883, inclusive. 



Description. 



Alewives a . 

 Bass, black. 

 BlackwUls . 

 Bluefishb .. 



Bonito 



Carp 



Cattish 



Chubs of North Carolina u . 



Clams (number) 



Cod 



Crabs (number) 



Crawfish (number) 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Fresh-water fish, small 



Gars d 



Grunters 



Haddock 



Herring, fresh-water (number) . 



Hogflsh 



Lobsters (number) 



Mackerel 



Mackerel, Spanish 



Mullet e 



Oysters (bushel) 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pickerel and pike 



Pike, yellow 



Pollock 



Pompauo 



Rockfishi 



Scup^' 



Shad (number) 



Shad, winter 



Sheepshead 



Smelt 



Spot. 



Sturgeon (number) 



Sunfish I 



Taylor, fresh -water m . . . 



Terrapin (number) 



Trout, salmon (pounds) . 

 Trout, salmon (number) . 



Trout, salt-waterp 



Turtle t (number) 



1879. 



16, 475 

 37 



248, 295 



401, 850 



1, 167, 000 



2, 000 



528, 400 



1880. 



19, 500 

 9 



1881. 



371. 988 



469, 820 



1, 384, 950 



240 



36, 981 



6,549 



57, 400 



3, 605, 984 

 330 



682, 370 



340 



29, 590 



316 



36, 256 



3,875 



1,257 



469 



6, 853, 721 



7,117 

 825 



259, 356 



g 272, 660 



25, 205 



13,603 



17, 710 



42, 292 



378, 295 



910,450 



140,942 



25, 752 



148, 215 



1,172 



311,585 



A 72, 225 



597 



31,000 



1,200 

 2,362 



1,452 



g 45, 514 



454 



406, 138 



1,028 



320, 799 



222, 797 



1,541 



29, 480 

 1,173 



21, 000 



41, 387 

 3,154 



37,860 



87, 503 

 501 



196, 353 

 24 



874, 465 



1,800 



1, 131, 000 



1882. 



120 

 224, 040 



110 



271, 597 



855 



1, 219, 850 



314, 800 



122 



29, 809 



6,978 



502 



1,200 



800 



9, 633, 568 



5,860 



9,766 



22, 445 



315, 296 



891, 770 



152, 375 



2,420 



8,090 



104 



395, 370 



1,689 



521, 368 



23, 865 



451 



1,805 



6,349 



1,289 



39, 131 

 n2, 574 



19, 812 



r 35, 499 



117 



527, 001 



c4,600 

 147 



43, 536 

 125 



1883. 



243, 025 



37 



214, 515 



35, 160 



1, 380, 000 



8,500 



690, 372 



20,660 



42 



50,203 



78 

 ?)498 



6,499,865 w4, 983, 998 

 80 



11 



8,149 



/27, 375 



411,255 



179, 270 



50,288 



A 31, 370 



235 



334, 865 



1,261 



350, 292 



59, 870 



615 



7,460 

 1,904 



26, 434 

 o834 

 3,846 



« 66, 858 

 116 



463 



10,550 



38, 845 



400 564 



183, 370 



101, 585 



50, 185 



274, 860 



319 



261, 478 



25, 800 



2,086 



2,400 



18, 955 



1, 673 



10, 537 

 1,646 

 4,712 



103, 745 

 95 



a Or bogheads, or menhaden. 

 b Or salt-water taylors. 



c Of this quantity 3,925 poands were reported as "crocas." 

 d Probably silver-gars. 

 e Or suckers. 



/ Of this quantity 4,365 were reported as fresh-water mullet. 



g Includes a few yellow perch ; al&o 6,500 pounds which were reported as whiteflsh. 

 h Of this quantity 27,670 pounds were reported as pike, and 3,555 as pickerel and pike, 

 i Or striped bass". 

 j Or porgies. 

 k Or mud shad. 

 I Or tobacco-boxes. 

 m Or skipjacks, or hickory shad. 



n Of these 1,957 were reported as salt-water terrapin or diamond-backs. 

 Reported as diamond-backs. 

 p Or squeteague or weak-fish. 



g Of this quantity 2,2.")0 pounds were reported as salmon trout, erroneously no doubt, 

 r Of this quantity 3,212 pounds were reported as brook trout. 



# Of this quantity 13,04.') pounds were reported as gray trout, and 1,203 pounds as brook trout. 

 t lucluding several kinds of turtles, 

 ■u Or big-mouthed bass. 

 1! Reported as whiteflsh. 

 w Of this amount 4,600 pounds was Nova Scotia herring. 



