Along the banks of the river knovm as Fibeir?. de Igu&pe, in the Southern 

 Sector, a profitable industry has been developed in fishing for the "ir,anjuba", 

 a t5rpe of anchovy, which in migration ascends the river as far as Xiririca. 

 In the migratory season several hxmdred fishermen '.fork continually along the 

 stream hauling in a great volume of fish v;ith special nets. 



SFg.CIES 



Preliminary studies of the maritime fauna along the literal cf the State 

 of Sao Paulo indicate that there arc abcut 2ii0 species of more or less economic 

 value. To date, he /ever, not more than 120 figure habitually in the mr-.rket 

 statistics. The principal types of fish caught and their scientific nGr.es are 

 as follows: 



LOCAL HAI^E 



Sardinha- verdadeira l/ 



Corvina 



Pescadinha , 



Oveva 



Cacao (shark) 



Camarao (sbj-imp) 



Tainha 

 Galo 

 Cangoa 

 Goete 



fJlanjuba 



SCIEKTIFIC NAIVE 



Sardinolla aurita (Guv. & Val. ) 



Micropogon opercularis, Mcropogon 



furnieri and Mcropogon 

 undulatus , 



Cyncscicn leiarchus 



Larimus breviceps 



Carcharinus limbatus 



Xyphopenacus Kro,7eri, Penaeus setiferus 

 and Penseus brasiliensis. 



Mugil platanus and Kugil brasiliensis 



Selene vom.er 



Bairdiella sciacnideae 



Cynosciai archoscion petranus. 



Anchoviella hubbai and Anchoviella 

 brasiliensis 



The classification "mistura"( mixture, which is' an important entry in 

 the production statistics, covers a variety of fi.sh of small size, among v;hich 

 the miost important is the "roncador" ( Coned on mobilis). 



FISH CATCH. 1937 TO DATE ; 



No accurate data on fish production exists prior to the organization of 



the Conissao Executive da Pesca in 19^3, but it is estimated that up to that 



time about 300 m.etric tons of fish monthly ','ere received in the Sao Paulo 

 markets (from Lio as v/ell as Santos). 



1/ The sardinha -verdadeira regularly amounts by -v'/eight to more than half the 

 total cf fish caught. - 



