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FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES IN 1918. 



The information contained in this report applies to the commercial 

 coast fisheries of the western coast of Florida, Alabama, IMississippi, 

 Louisiana, and Texas, and is for the year 1918. The data were col- 

 lected in 1919 by Winthrop A. Roberts and Rob Leon Greer, agents 

 of this Bureau. 



EARLIER PUBLICATIONS. 



Some of the earlier publications relatino; to the fisheries of the 

 Gulf States and published in Washington, D. C, follow: 



Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico, by Silas Stearns. The Fisheries and Fishery Indus- 

 tries of the United States, 1887, Section II, a Geogi-aphical Re\aew of the Fish- 

 eries Industries and Fishing Communities for the Year 1880, pp. 533-587. 



A Statistical Report on the Fisheries of the Gulf States, bv J. W. Collins and H. M. 

 Smith. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, 1801, pp. 91-184. 



Report on the Coast Fisheries of Texas, by Charles H. Stevenson. Appendix, Report 

 of Commissioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1889-1891, pp. 373- 

 420, pis, 13-27. 



The Fish and Fisheries of the Coastal Waters of Florida. Transmitted to the United 

 States Senate by the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, January 28, 1897. 

 Senate Document 100, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session. See also pages 

 263-342, Appenaix, Report of Commissioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries, 189H. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Gulf States, by C. H. Townsend. Report of Com- 

 mis.sioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1899, pp. 105-169. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the GuU States, 1902. Appendix, Report of Commis- 

 sioner, r. S. Commi-;sion of Fish and Fisheries, 1903, pp. 411-481. 



Fisheries of the United States, 1908. Special Report^, Bureau of the Census, 1911. 



COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF FISHES OF GULF STATES. 



To prevent misunderstanding from the use of the common names 

 employed in the tables and discussions, the follownng list of common 

 ana scientific names of fishes is ap])ended, the common name being 

 the first giyen in every case. As the same common name is some- 

 times applied to more than one species of the same genus or species 

 belonging to different genera, in such cases only the generic or family 

 names are given, it being impossible to ascertain definitely the names 

 of all the sj)ecies represented in the catch. The names kingfish, 

 whiting, sea mullet, sea mink, Virginia nmllet, Carolina whiting, 

 roundhead, hake, tom-cod, black mullet, etc., are applied to si)ecies 

 of Menticirrhus. Most of these are used to designate other unrelated 

 species, such as kingfish iScoinheromontff regali'^) and whiting (Merlvc- 

 cins hUinearis), with resultant confusion. To avoid this confusion 

 the Bureau has adopted the name king whiting for s|)ecies of Mniti- 

 cirrhns in its reports, and suggests that the trade follow this ])ractice 

 in establishing a distinctive name for these important food fishes. 



Amberfi.«h Seriola fspecias). 



Angelfish ('h;etodiptervsfaber. 



Barracufla Sphynena (species). 



Black drum I'oc/onws cromis. 



Bluefish /'omatomiis saltatrix. 



Blue runner or hardtail Cnranx cri/sos. 



Bonito Sarrln snrdn. 



^ _ , j Felichthysmariniis. 



C^atn"" {(Jalfirhthusfclis. 



„ , , . n 1 I Scomber omoTits cavalla. 



Cero and kingfish {sambermiorus regalia. 



