COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



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below and are slig-htly indented. The common Enolish name and 

 the scientific name are also shown where possible, but as few of the 

 Hawaiian fishes and other aquatic animals are found in the United 

 States, or where there are English-speaking fishermen, only a few 

 of them have received English names. The English names in the list 

 are, in most instances, generic rather than specific, or such as are 

 applied to all or several of the species of a genus. 



An interesting feature of this list is the determination of the average 

 weight of nearly all the species sold in the markets. As all fish are 

 sold by the piece, except in the case of large species, which are cut up 

 before being sold, it proved quite a serious undertaking to secure these 

 data. As many of each species as possible were weighed, and only 

 when this was impossible were estimates, furnished by responsible 

 parties, used. The latter was the case more especially with the rarer 

 species, which only occasionally find their way into the markets, and 

 with those which were not in season at the time of the inquir3^ When 

 estimates are used they are designated thus (e). The list follows: 



List of the species taken in the commercial fisheries of the Haivaiian IsUmds. 



M Introduced species. 



