The Catfish or Bullhead 



longer than any other fish, and it has com- 

 paratively few bones. The demand for 

 it as a market fish is growing to such an 

 extent that there have arisen extensive and 

 almost special fisheries for it in the south, 

 the Mississippi Valley, and region of the 

 Great Lakes, which is the center of their 

 greatest abundance. In late years how- 

 ever, the demand for these fish has reached 

 such dimensions that in some localities 

 such extensive inroads have been made upon 

 their numbers that it has become a problem 

 how to restock the depleted waters. It 

 is only in the last few years that it has 

 been considered necessary to resort to the 

 artificial propagation of catfishes. Dr. 

 Tarleton Bean has much to say in favor of 

 this fish. Brown Goode says: "If taken 

 from clear cold water it is very palatable, 

 when properly cooked, even delicious; in 

 texture and flavor resembling the eel." 

 Opinions seem to be about evenly divided 

 as to the worth of this fish. Some writers 

 consider it the most unattractive fish of our 

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