686 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
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production of agricultural or manufactured goods, the prospects of 
producing enough fish to meet the needs of the Nation will be bet- 
ter. It costs more to rear fingerlings than fry, and the States 
and the Federal Government can not keep pace with the Nation’s 
requirements. 
Part 1—FISH PRODUCTION: PROPAGATION AND 
RESCUE WORK 
SPECIES OF FISHES HANDLED 
During the fiscal year 1927 the fish-cultural work of the bureau 
involved the handling of 43 species of fish, as follows: 
CaATFISHES (SILURID#): 
Catfishes (Ictalurus sp. and Leptops sp.). 
Horned pout (Ameiurus nebulosus). 
Suckers (Catostomip#): Buffalo fish (Ictiobus sp.). 
Carp (CYPRINID#): 
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio). 
Goldfish (Carassius auratus). 
SHAD AND HERRING (CLUPEID#): 
Shad (Alosa sapidissima). 
Glut herring (Pomolobus exstivalis). 
SALMONS, TROUTS, AND WHITEFISHES (SALMONID#): 
Common whitefishes (Coregonus sp.) 
Cisco (Argyrosomus artedi). 
Chub (Leucicthys sp.). 
Chinook, king, or quinnat salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha). 
Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). 
Humpback salmon, pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). 
Silver salmon, coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). 
Sockeye, blueback, or red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). 
Steelhead salmon (Salmo gairdner?). 
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). . 
Landlocked salmon (Salmo sebago). 
Rainbow trout (Salmo shasta). 
Black-spotted trout, redthroat trout (Salmo lewis7). 
Loch Leven trout (Salmo levenensis). 
Lake trout, Mackinaw trout (Cristivomer namaycush). 
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). 
Smeuts (ARGENTINIDA): American smelt (Osmerus mordazx). 
GRAYLINGS (THYMALLID#): Montana grayling (Thymallus montanus). 
Pixes (Esocip#): Common pickerel (Hsox lucius). 
SUNFISHES, BLACK BASSES, AND CRAPPIES (CENTRARCHID#): 
Crappies (Pomozis annularis and P. sparoides). 
Largemouth black bass (Micropterus salmoides). 
Smallmouth black bass (Micropterus dolomieu). 
Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris). 
Warmouth bass, goggle-eye (Chxenobryttus gulosus). 
Green sunfish (A pomotis cyanellus). 
Red-breasted bream (Lepomis auritus). 
Bluegill sunfish (Lepomis pallidus). 
Common sunfish (Hupomotis gibbosus). 
PERCHES (PERCID#): 
Pike perch (Stizostedion vitreum). 
Yellow perch, ringed perch (Perca flavescens). 
Drums (ScimNn1pm): Fresh-water drum, lake sheepshead (A plodinotus grunniens). 
Cops (GapDID#&): 
Cod (Gadus callarias) . 
Haddock (Melanogrammus eglifinus). 
Pollock (Pollachius virens). 
FLouNpDERS (PLEURONECTID#): Winter flounder, American flatfish (Pseudo- 
pleuronectes americanus). 
