THE VENEZUELAN SALT-i'ISH INDUSTRIES 



APPENDIX I 



COMMON NAMES OF FISH A3 USED IN VENEZUELA AND THEIR ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS 



English Name 



lack 



look-down 

 spiny lobster 

 mullet 

 mull et 



thread herring 

 bonefish 

 characin 

 grouper 



(herring) jack 

 carangid or 

 characin 



pompano 

 red snapper 

 snapper 

 snapper 

 snapper 

 sawfish 

 barracuda 

 snapper 

 ray 



kingfish (Paraguana) 

 snook 

 grunt 

 grunt 

 tarpon 

 goatfish 

 sardine 

 grunt 



Spanish mackerel 

 (western) 



kingfish 

 (eastern) 



cutlass fish 

 sergeant major 

 leather jack 



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