224 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The results of the fishing trials will be discussed at length in the re- 
port of the Fishery Expert, yet it may not be out of place to give a 
brief summary of the same in this connection. One hundred and eleven 
dredging and fishing stations were occupied, The principal fishes found 
inside the 50-fathom curve are enumerated in the following table, and 
those taken both inside and outside of that line are given in the second 
table. 
Principal fishes found inside of the 50-fathom line. 
Common name. Systematic name. Abundance. | 
Hlounders'-|. 5-4 saccese.ceces Hippoglossoides exilis........--..-.--- Abundant. 
OMe Saeed oe Si Citharichthys sordidus............... | Do. 
DOS: = Ae Parophrys vetwluss-s-c+--= 4-5-2oS ee Do. 
| Long-fin sole..-.--.---<- .---| Glyptocephalus zachirus .......-.-.-.- Do. 
ODO adte en toe notes ee oe Pleuronichthys decurrens ......------ Common. 
San Francisco sole.-.....--. Psettichthys melanostictus--....-.--.- Do. 
WOreeee rece see Hopsettayjordanioes. 2: -oe ee eee ee Do. 
Mali butte soe so sacst sees se Atheresthes stomias.-.-.--..---2-=--: Rare. 
Deep-sea sole..-...-..--2--- Microstommus pacifieus.-.-...-......-. Few small ones. 
Gone eT os s.se en eeebe ose Citharichthys stiginwus........-..--. Rare. 
Anchovy .-..-.-- ee ee StOLODHORUS =n omer eee ee eee er eer Common. 
RONCAdOr 64252 aet geecseset Genyonemus lineatus ...-.-.--.-/--.: Do. 
PROMCOU SS toe sane setae ee Microgadus proximus ..-....-..-..---- Few. 
Smelitts ho tes eee sae eee Atherinopsis, and other species. .----- Common. 
IPGEGNOSS ame tiac cas os oe ceiiace Abeona, and other species --.-.-.----- Do. 
athe tase teres 78 se eo Chimera colleid- eae eep eee ee | Do. 
Midshipmen 25220-01222 = Porichthys porosissimus ..--.--..--.- | Very abundant. 
FTA EBUe Sas eo ees 5 Hs  Miysine slutiniosaes 2: 22226 ee a. se Common. 
| Zaniolepis latipinnis..-..-....2.-:---- Do. 
Relatedinew species-/.)-).52--2242 44-2 Do. 
Guiligiscod= 2.) =. see nascess Ophiodon! elongatus—-—- -.222-4. 524-22. Few. 
Ren mocktsh sos. oemese aoe Sebastodestruber=.c 3225.22 40cenee see Common. 
Orange rockfish ....-....--- Sebastodes pinniger --....2:--:--.-, Do. 
Yellow-tail rockfish. -...-.--.. Sebastodes flavidus.-.............-.--- Do. 
Vermillion rockfish. ......-. Sebastodes miniatus .-.-.:...5...==--- Do. 
Rockfish---.-----.-----.----|-sebastodes elongatus -2_---£5.-22/22-: Do. 
WO eect acmes eee ote | Sebastodes auriculatus. -............. Do. 
MWh js socged sab Sas odses- Sebastodes zoodel!=-22- -< Sas ce eee Rare. 
IDS a Wenner er raE ene Sebastodes chlorstictus...........---- Do. 
DOR eae ac cc ete tease Sebastodes, new species..--........-.- . Do. 
Wiha eo Sceeeseerrcore agose= DO peer e the teeter eee Very abundant. 
Morse eee eck seer seeeed Ci arb ae Poet airy tite, ats Do. 
DO Ae ree weit meee |------ GU emnigo eco ta Saonnaecrmansetas one Do. 
Also 
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many small species not yet named. 
Principal fishes found outside of the 50-fathom line. 
Common name. Systematic name. Abundance. 
| Deep-sea sole .......--..---- Microstomus pacificus.-.........-.... Abundant in 200 
j fathoms. 
| Halibut (flounder) .......... Atheresthes stomias................-- Rare. 
ong-fin soles.-5-32-.-:.- +2: Glyptocephalus zachirus .........-... Common in 100 
fathoms. 
BIGCK COM Gece eee oep ee eee ats Anoplopoma fimbria. -.!2--2. 5.22... - Common. 
LET LENS AUS AB eo eee Hebastolopus ese ae a tas Oe ee Abundant. 
ROCKS het see eta ve ate Sebastodes, new species .-.-....-..--. Do. 
IR Seas CA See oe Sel (eee, COs Seer eee ce he NG ee Do. 
WOscarseeemred eee ey aaa oe Ceo sae re a Sahiba € gear Aedise Do. 
Macrurus, three species ....---....--- Few. 
Chanliodus: ss-0 4. soeeece econ ee eee Do. 
Careproctns zane eeeee ee wee sone eee Do. 
Alepocepnakuss > s-se eee: sepa eee Do. 
Myctophum townsendi ..-..-....-.--- Common. 
Lycodes, rare species .--::......5..-.- Large specimens. 
IA A SAE OC 5 a5 ae Saee aa aeee een eee ee ee Abundant. 
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