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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Common and scientific names of the commercial fishery products caught in the 

 United States and Alaska 



Common name as shown 

 in bureau reports 



Other common names 



Scientific names 



Albacore.-- 

 Alewives.-- 

 Amberjack. 

 Anchovies.. 



Longfin tuna 



(Branch herring, wall-eyed or big-eyed 



i herring. 



iBlueback, glut herring 



Angelfish... 

 Barracuda. 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Blue pike 



Blue runner or hardtail . 



Bonito 



rSmallmouth bass 



\ Largemouth bass _ 



Tailor 



Pike perch, blue pickerel (Canada). 



Runner 



Bowfin 



Buffalofish 



Bullhead 



Butterfish 



Burbot 



Cabio 



Cabrilla 



Carp (German). 



Catfish 



Cero 



Chubs 



Dollarfish 



Lawyer, ling 



Coalfish, crab eater, cobia. 

 Rock bass 



Cigarfish. 

 Cisco 



Cod 



Cowfish. 

 Crappie. 



Tullibee in Canada, longjaws, bluefin, 

 blackfln in United States. 



Scad 



Herring in Canada 



Codfish 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Cunner 



Cusk 



Dolly Varden trout . . 



Dolphin 



Drum, fresh-water, 

 sheepshead. 



Drum, black 



Drum, red 



Trunkfish , chapin 



( White crappie 



< Black crappie, strawberry bass, calico 

 [ bass. 



Crocus, hardhead 



Chogset, blue perch. bergalL 



Salmon trout, bull trout. 

 White perch, gaspergou. 



Channel bass, redfish, spotted bass 



Eels. 



Eulachon. 

 Flounders. 



Flyingfish 



Frigate mackerel . 



Garfish 



Gizzard shad 



Goldeye 



Goldfish 



Goosefish 



C andleflsh _ . 



Dabs, blackbaeks, lemon sole, winter 

 flounder, summer flounder. 



Nanny shad, mud shad . 



Crayfish-. 



Greenfish- 

 Groupers. 

 Grunts 



Haddock. 

 Hagfish - - 



Hake. 



H alfmoon 



Halibut 



Halibut, "California' 



Sand perch. 



(Dogfish 



< Spiny dog... 

 I Smooth dog. 

 Rudderfish.. 



Margatefish, sailors choice (Key 

 West). 



Slimefish 



[Squirrel hake, Boston hake, ling, 



i black hake, mud hake. 



I Merluccio 



Germo alaiunga. 

 Pomolobus pseudoharengus. 



Pomolobus aestivalis. 



Seriola species. 

 lEngraulis mordax. 

 <Anchoviella delicatissima. 

 [Anchoriella compressa. 

 jPomacanthus arcuatus. 

 \Angelichthys isabelita. 

 (Sphyrafna argentea (Pacific coast). 

 {Sphyrcena barracuda (.\tlantic coast), 



Micropierus dolomieu. 



MicTopterus salmoides. 



Pomatomus saltatrix. 



Stizostedion glaucum. 



Caranx crysos. 

 (Sarda sarda. 

 ySarda chiliensis. 



Amia calva. 



Ictiobus species. 



Ameiurus species. 



Poronotus Iriacanlhus. 



Lota maculosa. 



RachycentTon canadum. 



Parala brax clathratus. 



Cyprinus carpio. 



Siluridse species. 



Scomberomonus regalis. 



All Leucichthys e.xcept artedi (in 

 Great Lakes). 



Decapterus species. 



Leucichthys artedi (Lake Erie only). 

 (Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific coast.) 

 \Gadus callarias (.Atlantic coast). 



Ostracion species. 



Pomoxis annularis. 



Pomoxis sparoides. 



Caranx hippos. 

 Micropogon undulatus. 

 Tautogolabrus adspersus. 

 Brosmius brosme. 

 Salrelijius parkei. 

 Coryphaena hippurus. 

 Aplodinntus grunniens. 



Pogonias cromis. 

 Scisenops ocellatus. 



IAnguilla rostrata. 

 Leptocephalus conger. 

 Gymnothorai mordax. 

 Gymnothorax moringua. 

 Thaleichthys pacificus. 

 Pleuronectidae species. 



Cysilurus californicus. 



Amis thnzard. 

 fTylosurus species. 

 \Ablennes species. 



Dorosoma cepedianum, 



Hiodon species. 



Carassius auratus. 



Lophius piscatorius. 



Squalus sucklii (Pacific coast). 



Squaius acanthias. 



Galeohinus Lrvis. 



Girella nigricans. 

 fEpinephelus species. 

 (Mycteroperca species. 



Haeinulou species. 



Melanogrammus aegilfinus. 



Myxine glutinosa. 



Urophycis species (Atlantic coast). 



Merlucius productus (Pacific coast) . 

 Medinluna californiensis. 

 Uippoglossus fiippoglossus. 

 Paralichthys californicus. 



