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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Recorded also by Bean (1882) from Sitka; Ohugachik Bay and Refuge Covo, Cook Inlet; off Marmot 

 Island; St. Michael; Bering Strait; Cape Lisburne and Point Belcher, Arctic Ocean. Gilbert (1895), 

 stations 3235, 3238, and 3240, Bristol Bay. Murdoch (1885), Point Barrow. Nelson (1887), Golovina 

 Bav. Turner (lSS6i, Atka Island. Scofield (1899), Port Clarence. 



Fig. !.■!.— Mnllotus villosus fMiiller). 



The capelin is an abundant fish in Alaska, often seen in large schools on the cod grounds. It is 

 one of the principal foods of the cod, as many as 40 having Ijeen found in one cod's stomach. It is 

 preyed upon largely also by the halibut and by whales. It reaches a length of 10 inches or less and 

 is a verv delicious food-fish which has not as vet been utilized in Alaska to anv extent. 





Fig. 14.— ThulL'ichthys pacifieus (Ricliardson). 

 39. Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson). Eulachon. 



Recorded by Bean (1882) from Stikine River; Wrangell; Sitka; (Jhilkat River; and Katinai. Gilbert 

 (1895), near the mouth of Nushagak River. Not taken by us. , 



Fig. 15.— Osmerus thaleichthys (Ayres). 



40. Osmerus thaleichthys ( Aj-res). California Smelt. 



Recorded by Gilbert (1895) from Nushagak River, from which he again obtained 5 examples in 

 1903. They are 2.5, 2.75, 2.87, 3, 3.63 inches long, respectively. The largest and one other have the 

 mouth strikingly different from the remaining specimens — maxillaiy teeth absent and the maxillan,' 

 >^h(irt and broad, while in the others it is long and narrow. 



