considered to be a good bait species and was 

 used with A^. ovalaua , even tliough A. ovalaua 

 was considered a poor bait. Iwashi is consid- 

 ered to be strong and it will live for several 

 days in a baitwell. It is not attracted to night 

 lights in large numbers but it can easily be 

 taken with a Hawaiian day bait net. 



This is a popular food fish with Micronesians 

 and is considered a treat raw, cooked, or pick- 

 led. It is often taken with throw nets and ille- 

 gally with explosives. It is also an important 

 forage fish as schools of predatory fish are 

 often seen feeding on it. It was most frequently 

 used during November through February when 

 takabe, the preferred bait species, could not be 

 taken. 



Shira is considered to be a good bait, but it 

 is weak and difficult to hold for any period in a 

 baitwell. It is not difficult to take and scat- 

 tered schools occur throughout the lagoon. It 

 has been taken at night in commercial quanti- 

 ties, but most baiting for this species in Truk 

 was carried on during the day. In Palau it is 

 not used extensively as bait as it seldom comes 

 to the light in commercial concentrations. 



Two species which closely resemble each 

 other, Spratelloides delicatulus and S. gracilis , 

 are found in this area. They were usually 

 taken by the prewar Okinawan fishermen from 

 March through May when takabe was difficult 

 to catch. Each lives in shoal-clear water 

 areas and is captured by the same type of 



FAMILY NAME 

 SCIENTIFIC NAME 



TRUKESE NAME 

 PALAUAN NAME 

 OKINAWAN NAME 

 JAPANESE NAME 

 ENGLISH NAME 



Dussumleri Idae 



Spratel loides del icatulus {Bennett 

 Spratel loides qraci 1 is 



N i en i ka 



Kuaol 



Shi ra 



Aoesa 



Round herring 



Akaesa concentrated around a coral head in 40 ft 

 of water between To I and Fala-Beguets Islands. 



