224 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHKRIKS. 



The rt'sults of Mu' iisliiiij; trialK will bo discussed at leugtli in I lie re- 

 port of tlie Fislieiy Expert, yet it may uot be out of plaee to give a 

 l)iMersuiiiin;uy of thesame in Miisconiieelioii. Oneliiindred aud eleven 

 dredging and lishing stations were oecnpied. The ])rincipallislies found 

 inside the 50-fathom curve are enumerated in the following table, and 

 those taken both inside and outside of that line are given in the second 

 table. 



J'rinvijiiil Jixlii n J'ouikI innidc of the .''O-Julliom Hue. 



Coiiiiiion name. 



Flounders 



Do 



Do 



Long- fin sole 



Turoot 



San Francisco sole . 



Do ;.. 



Halibut 



Deep-sea sole 



Flounder 



Anchovy 



Roncador 



'romcod 



Smelts 



Perches 



llattish 



Midshipmen 



Hag eel 



Cultuscod 



Red rockfisli 



Orange rock fish 



Yellow-tail rockfish . 

 Veiinillion rocktish. 

 Rockfish 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Systematic name. 



Abundance. 



Hijjpoglossoidcs ex ills 



Citliaiic litliys sordidus 



Pan>})lirys \ctulus 



(Tlyi>t(iii|>li;il\is zacbirus 



PleuioiiicJiHiys ilecnrrens 



Psetti( litliys iiielauoslictus 



Eopsetta jordani 



Athercslhos stomias 



Microstomiis pacificus 



Citliarichthys stigniffius 



StolephoruH 



(Tenyoneraiis lineatus 



Mici-ogadu.s proxiiiius 



Atheriuo]).sis. and other species. 



Abeona, and other species 



Chimseracolloi 



Porichthys porosissimus 



Myxine gliitiuosa 



Zaniolepis latipinnis 



J\elatjC(l luiw .spfcieM : 



()j)hiodiPii eliingatii.H 



Sebastodcs ruber 



SebastddiH pinniger 



Sebastddes tiavidus 



Sebastodcs miuiatus 



Sebastodea elongatus 



Sebastodcs auriculatus 



Sebastodcs goodei 



Sebastodes chlorstictus 



Sebastodcs, new species 



do 



do 



do 



Abundant. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 (Jomnion. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Rare. 



Few small ones. 

 Rare. 

 Coninum. 



Do. 

 Few. 

 Common. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Very abundant. 

 Common. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Few. 

 Conjmou. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Rare. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Very abundant. 



1)0. 



Do. 



Also many small species not yet n.amed. 

 Princi}}al fishcH found outside of the 50-fathom Ihic. 



Common name. 



Deep-sea sole 



Halibut (flounder) 

 Long-fin sole 



Blaek-eod 

 Redfish . . 

 Rocktish . . 



Do.. 



Do.. 



Eel ])out8 («ix species). 



Systematic name. 



Microstomus paclttcus. 



Atheresthes stomias , 



Glyptocophalus zacbirus . 



Anoploponia fimbria 



Sobast()lol)HM 



Sebastodes, now species . 



do 



do 



Macrurus, three species . 



Chauliodus 



t!arei(r(ic1us 



Alopocepbalus 



Myctojdium townsendi ., 

 Lycodcs, rare species 



Steruoptyx , 



Abundance. 



Abundant in 'JOO 



I'athoms. 

 Rare. 

 Common in 100 



fathoms. 

 Common. 

 Abundant. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Few. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Common. 

 Large ,s|(ecim(>n.'*. 

 Abundant. 



