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  FISHES 
  CULTIVATED. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  fishes 
  cultivated 
  and 
  distributed 
  in 
  1903 
  numbered 
  

   about 
  50, 
  and 
  included 
  the 
  leading 
  food-fishes 
  of 
  the 
  rivers, 
  lakes, 
  

   interior 
  waters, 
  and 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  The 
  species 
  whose 
  cultivation 
  

   had 
  not 
  recently 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  or 
  had 
  not 
  previousl}^ 
  been 
  conducted 
  

   on 
  a 
  large 
  scale 
  are 
  the 
  mackerel, 
  the 
  sea 
  bass, 
  the 
  scup, 
  and 
  the 
  tau- 
  

   tog- 
  on 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  coast, 
  the 
  3^ellow 
  perch 
  on 
  Potomac 
  River 
  

   and 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  the 
  white 
  perch 
  on 
  Susquehanna 
  River, 
  and 
  the 
  

   striped 
  bass 
  on 
  Roanoke 
  River. 
  Following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  in 
  S3"stematic 
  

   order 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  handled, 
  a 
  few 
  minor 
  species 
  incidentally 
  distrib- 
  

   uted 
  from 
  interior 
  stations 
  being 
  omitted.* 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  fishes 
  propagated 
  and 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  1903. 
  

  

  Siluridae, 
  The 
  Cat-Fishes. 
  

  

  * 
  ^ 
  Jctalurus 
  punctatus 
  CRa&nesque) 
  . 
  Spotted 
  Cat; 
  Blue 
  Cat; 
  Channel 
  Cat. 
  

  

  * 
  § 
  Ameiurus 
  nebulosus 
  (Le 
  Sueur). 
  Horned 
  Pout; 
  Bullhead; 
  Yellow 
  Cat. 
  

   Catostomidae, 
  The 
  Suckers 
  and 
  Buffalo-fishes. 
  

  

  § 
  Iciiobus 
  bubalus 
  (Rafinesque). 
  Small-mouthed 
  Buffalo-fish. 
  

   Cyprinidee, 
  The 
  Minnows 
  and 
  Carps. 
  

  

  1 
  1 
  Cyprinus 
  carpio 
  Linnaeus. 
  Carp. 
  (Cultivated 
  varieties, 
  German 
  Carp, 
  Leather 
  

  

  Carp, 
  Mirror 
  Carp, 
  etc. 
  ) 
  

   II 
  t 
  Carassius 
  auratus 
  ( 
  Linnaeus 
  ). 
  Gold-fish. 
  

  

  II 
  t 
  Tinea 
  tinea 
  (Linnaeus). 
  Tench. 
  (Cultivated 
  variety, 
  Golden 
  Tench.) 
  

   II 
  i 
  Leuciscus 
  idus 
  (Linnaeus). 
  Ide. 
  (Cultivated 
  variety. 
  Golden 
  Ide.) 
  

   Clupeidse, 
  The 
  Shads 
  and 
  Herrings. 
  

  

  * 
  Alosa 
  S(qyidissima 
  (Wilson). 
  Shad. 
  

   Salmonidse, 
  The 
  Salmons, 
  Trouts, 
  White-fishes, 
  etc. 
  

  

  ■ 
  * 
  Coregonus 
  clupeiformis 
  (Mitchill) 
  . 
  White-fish. 
  

  

  * 
  Argyrosomus 
  artedi 
  (Le 
  Sueur). 
  Lake 
  Herring; 
  Cisco. 
  

  

  * 
  Oncorhynchus 
  tschamytscha 
  (Walbaum). 
  Quinnat 
  Salmon; 
  Chinook 
  Salmon; 
  

  

  Tyee 
  Salmon; 
  King 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  * 
  Oncorhynchus 
  kisutch 
  {WaXhaum). 
  Silver 
  Salmon; 
  Coho. 
  

  

  * 
  Oncorhynchus 
  nerka 
  (Walhanm). 
  Blueback 
  Salmon; 
  Red-fish; 
  Sockeye. 
  

  

  * 
  Oncorhynchus 
  gorbuscha 
  (Walbaum). 
  Hump-back 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  gairdneri 
  'Richardson. 
  Steelhead; 
  Hardhead; 
  Salmon 
  Trout. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  irideus 
  Gibbons. 
  Rainbow 
  Trout. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  salar 
  Linnaeus. 
  Atlantic 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  sebago 
  Girard. 
  Landlocked 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  lewisi 
  Girard. 
  Yellowstone 
  Lake 
  Trout; 
  Cut-throat 
  Trout; 
  Black-spotted 
  

  

  Trout. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  pleuriticus 
  Cope. 
  Colorado 
  River 
  Trout; 
  Black-spotted 
  Trout. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  stomias 
  Go^e. 
  Arkansas 
  River 
  Trout; 
  Green-backed 
  Trout. 
  

  

  * 
  Salmo 
  macddnaldi 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Evermann. 
  Yellow-finned 
  Trout. 
  

   X 
  * 
  Salmo 
  irutta 
  Linnaeus. 
  Sea 
  Trout; 
  Salmon 
  Trout. 
  

  

  X* 
  Salmo 
  trutta 
  levenensis 
  (Walker). 
  , 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  Trout. 
  

  

  * 
  Cristivomer 
  namaycush 
  (Walbaum). 
  Lake 
  Trout; 
  Mackinaw 
  Trout; 
  Longe; 
  

  

  Togue. 
  

  

  * 
  Salvelinus 
  fontinalis 
  (Mitchill). 
  Brook 
  Trout; 
  Speckled 
  Trout. 
  

  

  aThe 
  fishes 
  artificially 
  propagated 
  are 
  designated, 
  thus 
  *; 
  those 
  simply 
  collected 
  and 
  distributed, 
  

   thus 
  §; 
  those 
  propagated 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  other 
  fishes, 
  thus 
  f; 
  those 
  propagated 
  for 
  ornamental 
  purposes, 
  

   thus 
  II; 
  and 
  introduced 
  species, 
  thus 
  J. 
  

  

  