276 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF THE FISHES OF THE GREAT LAKES 



For the sake of clarity as to the species referred to in the tables 

 and discussions of the fisheries of the Great Lakes, the following 

 list of common and scientific names of fishes is appended: 



Black bass Micro plerus aalmoides. 



Bowfin , Amiatus calvus. 



BufFalofish Ictiobus cyprinella. 



Burbot Lota maculosa. 



Carp, German Cyprinus carpio. 



Catfish and bullheads {'>w\T' Sf^^itf^' 



{Ictaiurus pnnctatus. 



Ciscoes ^ Leucichthys (species) . 



Eel A yiguilla chrynypa. 



Goldeye Hiodon alosoiden. 



Moone3'e Hiodon tergisus. 



Muskellunge Esox masquinongy. 



pj, {Esox Indus. 



y^gQj^ vermicidalus. 



Pike perch (blue perch) Stizostedion vitreum. 



Pike perch (sauger) Stizostedion vitreum. 



Pike perch (wall-e3^ed) Stizostedion canadense griseum. 



Rock bass , A mbloplites rupestris. 



Sheejjshead or drum ._. Aplodinotus grunniens. 



Sturgeon Acipenser riibicundus. 



Suckers Catostomida' (species). 



Sunfishes Centrarchidie (species) . 



Trout, lake . Cristivomer namaycush. 



Trout, steelhead Sahno gairdneri. 



White bass Roccus chrysops. 



-iiru-i c T ™ iCoreqonus clupeiformis. 



Whitensh, common <ri lu 



' [Coregonus atbus. 



Whitefish, Menominee Coregonus quadrilateralis. 



Yellow perch Perca flavescens. 



GENERAL STATISTICS 



The nmnber of persons engaged in the fisheries of the entire region 

 covered by this canvass in 1922 was 8,162, the investment amomited 

 to $12,186,413, and the products, 110,410,442 pounds, were valued 

 at $6,799,633. 



In the fisheries of the Great Lakes, not including the Lake of the 

 Woods and Rainy Lake Region, the number of persons engaged was 

 8,039, of whom 1,777 were on vessels fishing, 4,357 in the shore or 

 boat fisheries, and 1,905 employed on boats transporting and as 

 shoresmen in the fisheries and wholesale fishery trade. In the fish- 

 eries of the various lakes, the number of persons engaged was as 

 follows: Superior, 773; Michigan, 3,107; Huron, 1,001; St. Clair and 

 the St. Clair River, 90; Erie, 2,628; and Ontario, including the St. 

 Lawrence and Niagara Rivers, 440. Compared with the statistics 

 for 1917, there were decreases in the number of persons employed 

 in all but the St. Clair and the Lake Ontario regions. The total 

 decrease amounted to 1,182 persons. 



The investment in the fisheries and related industries amounted 

 to $12,046,458, apportioned among the lakes as follows: Superior, 

 $697,572; Michigan, $4,333,451; Huron, $1,648,767; St. Clau- and 

 St. Clair River, $17,857; Erie, $5,166,531; and Ontario, $182,280. 

 The investment, as compared with 1917, has increased in all the 

 fisheries excepting those of Lake Superior. 



' Ircludes lake herriag, chub, longjaw, blucfln and blackfln, and tuUibee. 



