XVI REPORT OF CGMMISSIONP^R OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD-FISHES. 

 The distributiou duriiij;- the year is shown by the following table: 

 • Summary of dtsfribution, 1S91-92. 



Species. 



Eggs. 



Fry. 



Adults and 

 yearlings. 



Total. 



Catfish {letalurvs punctattit and Ammtrus albidus, 

 chioti.v). 



('arp ( (ji/prinus carpio) 



Ti'iicli ( Tinea tinea) 



(ioldiMi iile ildxis melanotus) 



Goldtisli ( Carangiits auratus) 



Sliad (Ciujiea DapidiKsima) 



Qiiinnat salmon ( Oiicurhynchxts chovicha) 



Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 



Landlocked salmon (Salmo salar, var. sebago) 



Loch Levon trout (Salmo li'retienns) 



Kainbow trout (Sabno iridvun) 



Yon Hi'hr or brown trout (Snlmn/arin) 



Black-sj)otttMl trout (Siilnio inj/k-iss) 



Brook trout (Salrfliinm foiifinalis) 



Lake trout (Salrfii/nis iia iimi/CKsh) 



Wliitelish {<Ajrciioni(.f clKjui/ormis) 



Lake hcrrini; (('(ircgnnun artcdi) 



Yellow ]ii'ri,'li ( I'irca jlmn'xci'iis) 



I'ike ptMvli (Slizoxtedioii vilrcwn) 



Sea bass (Scrranxis atrarius) , 



AV'liitc liass (lioceus eh ri/sops) 



Black liass (Micropterns salmoides and Jf. dolomieu) . 



Crappio (Fomoxis annnlaris and P. sparoides) 



Rock bass (^1 in hloplites rupestris) 



Suntisli (LejJOinis) 



Pike (Lucius lucitis) 



Scnp iStenotomus chrysops) 



Cod ( Oadus morrhiia) , 



Pollock ( Pollaclmis virens) 



Flatfish (Psevdoplevrdnfcti's aynericamis) 



Lobster (Homarus americanus) 



2, 497, 000 



2, 9l>2, 000 



450, 000 



232, 000 



iio,r.oo 



140, 000 

 80, 500 



66, 927, 000 

 1,647,900 



68, 692 



41,978 



10, 500 



nOO, 500 



20, 800, 000 



480, Olio 



44, 4()7, 000 



262, 500 



4,326 



157, 093 

 35, 592 



2,186 



20, 651 



1, 000, 000 



30, 870 



254, 232 



163, 163 



14, 579 



54, 734 



60, 179 



18, 000 



58, 969 



43, 864 



45, 000, OCO 



49, 300, 000 

 200, 000 



29, 950 

 100 



Total 75,887,000 228,008,070 



2, 764, 000 



35, 000 

 52, 795, 500 

 2, 473, 500 

 3, 510, 000 

 5, 799, 000 



1,946 

 19, 753 



6,311 

 26, 2118 



9, 0114 



1,966 



4,326 



157, 093 

 35,592 

 2,186 

 20, 651 



70, 424, OUO 



4, 580, 770 

 704, 232 

 463, 855 

 125, 079 

 194, 734 

 191, 657 



18, 000 

 69, 469 



1,424,364 



65, 267, 000 



262, 500 



29. 950 



94, 300, 1 00 



200, 000 



1,946 



19, 753 

 6.311 



26, 208 



9,604 



1,966 



35, 000 



52, 795, .500 



2, 473, 500 



6. 274, 000 



5, 799, 000 



2, 023, 276 



305, 918, 346 



Note. — In addition to the foregoing there were furnished for distribution, but lost in transit, during 

 the year 1891-92, fry, as follows : Shad, 1,442,000: Whitefisb, 10,000; Pike Perch, 8,300,000; .also adnlts 

 and yearlings as follows: (Cattish, 128; Carp, 1,915; Tench, 428; Golden Ido, 327 : Goldtish, 300; Quin- 

 nat Salmon, 30 ; Landlocked Salmon, 5,000; Loch Levon Trout, 65; Rainbow Trout, 6,279; A'on Behr 

 Trout, 3,111; Brook Trout, 617; Lake Trout, 1,858; Yellow Perch, 2,698; White Bass, 167; Black 

 Bass, 1,627; Crappie, 243; Rock Bass, 4,838; Pike, 62, and Sunli.sh, 618. 



There were also deposited for rearing and distribution 1,980,000 shad fry in the United States fish 

 ponds, Washington, D. C, and 700,000 in the United States lish ponds at Neosho, Mo., and the follow- 

 ing adult and yearling fish were collected from the sloughs and planted in the Illinois River, near 

 Meredosia, 111.: Catfish, 250,000; WhitoBass, 15,000; Carp, 5,000; Buffalo, 20,000; Yellow Perch, 35,000; 

 Crappie, 5,000; but none of these figures is included in the above table. 



