XVI REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD-FISHES. 

 The distribution during the ye^r is shown by the following table: 

 Summary of distrihntion, 1S91-92. 



Note.— In addition to the foregoing there were furnished for distrihution, but lost in transit, during 

 the year 1891-92, fry, as follows : Shad, 1,442,000: Whiteflsh, 10,000; Pike Perch, 8,300,000; also adults 

 and yearlings as follows: Catfish, 128; Carp, 1,915; Tench, 428; Golden Ide, 327 ; Goldfish, 300; Quin- 

 nat Salmon, 30 ; Landlocked Salmon, 5,000; Loch Leven Trout, 65; Rainbow Trout, 6,279; Von Behr 

 Trout, 3,111; Brook Trout, 617; Lake Trout, .1,858; TeUow Perch, 2,698; White Bass, 167; Black 

 Bass, 1,627; Crappie, 243; Rock Bass, 4,838; Pike, 62, and Sunfish, 618. 



There were also deposited for rearing and distribution 1,989,000 shad fry in the United States fish 

 ponds, Washington, D. C, and 700,000 in the United States fish ponds atNeosho, Mo., and the follow- 

 ing adult and yearling fish were collected from the sloughs and planted in the Illinois River, near 

 Meredosia, 111. : Catfish, 250,000; White Bass, 15,000; Carp, 5,000; Buffalo, 20,000; Yellow Perch, 35,000; 

 Crappie, 5,000; but none of these figures is included in the above table. 



