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  REPORT 
  OP 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  taken 
  in 
  Fraser 
  River 
  5 
  in 
  1892 
  the 
  fish 
  was 
  reported 
  from 
  Rivers 
  

   Inlet 
  in 
  latitude 
  51° 
  30'. 
  

  

  The 
  farther 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  shad's 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  west 
  

   may 
  be 
  recorded. 
  Mr. 
  John 
  C. 
  Calbreath, 
  of 
  Fort 
  Wrangell, 
  Alaska, 
  

   in 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  the 
  special 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  Department 
  for 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  of 
  the 
  Alaskan 
  salmon 
  fisheries, 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  two 
  

   shad 
  in 
  the 
  Stikine 
  River 
  in 
  1891. 
  The 
  mouth 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  near 
  

   Wrangell 
  Island 
  in 
  latitude 
  56° 
  30'. 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  H. 
  Townsend, 
  naturalist 
  

   on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  steamer 
  Albatross, 
  informs 
  us 
  

   that 
  in 
  1895, 
  while 
  at 
  Sitka, 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  shad 
  was 
  received 
  that 
  

   had 
  been 
  obtained 
  at 
  Fort 
  Wrangell; 
  Avhether 
  taken 
  on 
  Wrangell 
  

   Island 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  Stikine 
  River 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  This 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Wasliiugtou. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  female, 
  in 
  fine 
  condition, 
  15i 
  inches 
  

   long 
  and 
  weighing 
  2 
  j)ounds. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fry 
  

   planted 
  in 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  River 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  stream 
  has 
  been 
  natural, 
  and 
  it 
  

   seems 
  proper 
  to 
  notice 
  in 
  this 
  ])lace 
  the 
  remote 
  point 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  shad 
  

   has 
  voluntarily 
  migrated. 
  The 
  fish 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  San 
  

   Pedro, 
  in 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  The 
  Stikine 
  River 
  and 
  San 
  Pedro 
  

   are 
  about 
  2,700 
  miles 
  apart. 
  

  

  Rocciis 
  lineatus 
  (Bloch). 
  Striped 
  bass; 
  Rocl-fish. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  falls 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  category 
  as 
  the 
  shad. 
  Artificially 
  

   introduced 
  into 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  River 
  in 
  1879 
  and 
  1882, 
  it 
  has 
  gradually 
  

   extended 
  its 
  distribution 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Golden 
  Gate, 
  although 
  

   much 
  less 
  widely 
  than 
  the 
  shad. 
  On 
  the 
  north 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  its 
  range 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  Russian 
  River, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  doubt 
  that 
  

   in 
  time 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  entire 
  coast 
  of 
  Oregon 
  and 
  Washing- 
  

   ton. 
  For 
  many 
  years 
  Monterey 
  Bay 
  marked 
  the 
  southern 
  extreme 
  of 
  

   the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  striped 
  bass 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  In 
  September, 
  

   1891, 
  however, 
  two, 
  weighing 
  pounds 
  each, 
  were 
  taken 
  iii 
  a 
  seine 
  at 
  

   Redondo 
  Beach, 
  in 
  Los 
  Angeles 
  County, 
  this 
  point 
  being 
  over 
  350 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Monterey 
  Bay, 
  following 
  the 
  coast 
  line. 
  The 
  known 
  range 
  of 
  

   this 
  fish 
  now 
  embraces 
  about 
  575 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  coast. 
  

  

  Rhombus 
  triacanthus 
  (Peck). 
  Bnttcr-Jish. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  the 
  common 
  butter-fish 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  has 
  an 
  

   ascribed 
  habitat 
  extending 
  from 
  Maine 
  to 
  Florida. 
  No 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  

   occurrence 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  i^ova 
  Scotia 
  has 
  been 
  met 
  with, 
  and 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  following 
  information 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  considerably 
  extend 
  the 
  

   known 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  fish. 
  On 
  May 
  17, 
  1895, 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  schooner 
  Grampus 
  took 
  two 
  small 
  butter-fish 
  in 
  a 
  tow 
  net, 
  about 
  

   14 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Liverpool, 
  in 
  latitude 
  43° 
  50' 
  N,, 
  longitude 
  64° 
  39' 
  W. 
  

   They 
  were 
  about 
  ^ 
  inch 
  and 
  1 
  inch 
  long, 
  respectively. 
  They 
  were 
  

   retained 
  alive 
  on 
  the 
  vessel 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  but 
  were 
  accidentally 
  devoured 
  

   by 
  some 
  isopods 
  {Idotea) 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

  

  