10 DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AND FISH EGGS, 1908. 



The graylings (Thymallid^): 



Montana grayling (Thymallus montanus). 

 The pikes and pickerels (Esocid^): 



Pike {Esox lucius). Collected from overflow8. 



Pickerel {Esox reticulatus) . Collected from overflows. 



The basses, sunfishes, and crappies (Centrarchid^): 

 Crappie {Pomoxis annularis). Propagated and collected. 

 Strawberry bass, calico bass (Pomoxis sparoides). 



Rock bass, red-eye, goggle-eye {Ambloplites rupestris). Propagated and collected- 

 Warmouth, goggle-eye {Chxnohryttus gulosus). Propagated and collected. 

 Small-mouth black bass (Micropterus dolomieu). 



Large-mouth black bass (Micropterus salmoides). Propagated and collected. 

 Bluegill sunfish (Lepomis paUidus). Propagated and collected. 

 Other sunfishes, chiefly Eupomotis gibbosus. Collected. 



The perches (Percid^): 



Pike perch, wall-eyed pike, yellow pike, blue pike (Stizostedion vitreum). Col- 

 lected. 

 Yellow perch (Perca Jlavescens) . Collected. 

 White bass (Roccus chrysops) . 



The sea basses (Serranid^): 



Striped bass, rockfish (Roccus lineatus). 

 White perch (Morone americana) . 



The cods (Gadid^): 

 Cod (Gadus callarias). 

 Pollock (Pollachius virens). 

 Haddock (Melanogrammus xglefinus). 



The labrids (Labrid^): 



Tautog, blackfish (Tautoga onitis). 

 The flounders (Pleuronectid^): 



Winter flounder, American flatfish (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). 

 The croakers (Sci^NiD^as): 



Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus gruinniens). 

 Crustaceans: 



American lobster (Homarus americanus). 



OUTPUT. 

 SUMMARIZED STATEMENT. 



As the result of special efforts in the hatchery work this year, the 

 output of fish and eggs in 1908 was greater than ever before in the 

 history of the Bureau, reaching a total of 2,871,456,280. Of this 

 number 2,413,809,225 were young fish distributed for the stocking 

 and restocking of public and private waters, and the remaining 

 457,647,055 were eggs delivered to state and foreign hatcheries. The 

 output of young fish exceeds the greatest previous record for any one 

 year by 376,000,000. 



Whitefish, silver, blucback and humpback salmons, rainbow and 

 brook trouts, large-mouth and small-mouth black basses, yellow 

 perch and white perch, cod, flatfish, and lobsters show the largest 



