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FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES IN 1918. 



The information contained in this report appHes to the commercial 

 coast fisheries of the western coast of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 

 Louisiana, and Texas, and is for the year 1918. The data were col- 

 lected in 1919 by Winthrop A. Roberts and Rob Leon Greer, agents 

 of this Bureau. 



EARLIER PUBLICATIONS. 



Some of the earlier publications relating to the fisheries of the 

 Gulf States and published in Washington, D. C, follow: 



Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico, by Silas Stearns. The Fisheries and Fishery Indus- 

 tries of the United States, 1887, Section II, a Geogi-aphical Review of the Fish- 

 eries Industries and Fishing Communities for the Year 1880, pp. 533-587. 



A Statistical Report on the Fisheries of the Gulf States, by J. W. Collins and H. M. 

 Smith. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, 1891, pp. 91-184. 



Report on the Coast Fisheries of Texas, by Charles H. Stevenson. Appendix, Report 

 of Commissioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1889-1891, pp. 373- 

 420, pis. 13-27. 



The Fish and Fisheries of the Coastal Waters of Florida. Transmitted to the United 

 States Senate by the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, January 28, 1897. 

 Senate Document 100, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session. See also pages 

 263-342, Appenaix, Report of Commissioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries, 1896. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Gulf States, by C. H. Townsend. Report of Com- 

 missioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1899, pp. 105-169. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Gxilf States, 1902. Appendix, Report of Commis- 

 sioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1903, pp. 411-481. 



Fisheries of the United States, 1908. Special Reports, Bureau of the Census, 1911. 



COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF FISHES OF GULF STATES. 



To prevent misunderstanding from the use of the common names 

 employed in the tables and discussions, the following list of common 

 and scientific names of fishes is appended, the common, name being 

 the first given in every case. As the same common name is some- 

 times apphed to more than one species of the same genus or species 

 belonging to different genera, in such cases only the generic or family 

 names are given, it being impossible to ascertain definitely the names 

 of all the species represented in the catch. The names kingfish, 

 whiting, sea mullet, sea mink, Virginia mullet, Carolina whiting, 

 roundhead, hake, tom-cod, black mullet, etc., are applied to species 

 of Menticirrhus. Most of these are used to designate other unrelated 

 species, such as kingfish {Scomherornorus regalis) and whiting {Merluc- 

 cius hilinearis), with resultant confusion. To avoid this confusion 

 the Bureau has adopted the name king whiting for species of Menti- 

 cirrhus in its reports, and suggests that the trade follow this practice 

 in establishing a distinctive name for these important food fishes. 



Amberfish Seriola (species ). 



Angelfish Chxtodipterusfaber. 



Barracuda Sphyraena (species). 



Black drum Pogonias croviis. 



Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix. 



Blue runner or hardtail Caranx crysos. 



Bonito Sarda sarda. 



n +c u j Felichth/s marinus. 



^^^^^ {Galeichthusfelis. 



^ 1 1 • c u ( Scombewmorus cavalla. 



Ceroandkmgfish {scomberomorus regalis. 



