444 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [12] 



Table VIII. — Percentages of flesh in specimens of entire fish, arranged in order from 

 those ivith ike highest to those loith the lowest proportions of flesh. 



Kinds offish. 



FRESH FISH. 



Spanish mackerel ( Cyhium maculatum) 



Salmon {Salnio solar) 



Smelt. (Osmerus mordax) 



Pickerel {Esox lucius) 



Cisco {Arr/yrosomus tullibee) 



Butter-fish (Poronotus triaccmtimg) 



Spent salmon {Salmo salm-) 



Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 



Pompano (TrachynotvH carolinus) 



Lam])rey eel (Fetixmiyzon marinus ?) 



Herrinir ( Glupea harengus) 



Pickerel [Esox relicvlatus) 



Spi-iit land-liifK-rd salmon (Sahno salar suhsp. sebago) 

 1 ;r.io]c \ roil t ( >kiii}clinus fontinoMs) 



i\lasr:!l..li;;>- f E::!i:V llubiHoT) » 



Alrwil'c (J'ii)ii.,,!ulii,.\ rn-nalis) 



t^liad [Ah>sii :<i, jji, I ;.,.,: „ia) .. 



^V'eakflsli (Cy,in;.c!n,i rcgaUs) 



Co(\ (Gcuius morrhua) 



WhitetisLi {Ooregonuft cliqwiformis) 



Black bass (Micro2Henis pallidus) 



Striped bass (lioccus lineatus) 



Sea bass ( Centro'pristis atrarius) 



Flounder ( Fseudoplcvronectcs arncricanus) 



Salmon trout ( Crixtivmner namaycush) 



KingtiHli (Mcniicirrus nchulosus) 



Piko ]-,ercb (SUzostedlum vitreum) 



Mullet (Mvgil albula) 



Tomcofl {Microgadus tomcodus) 



Porjiy (Stenotoinus argyrops) 



Blackfish (Tautoga onitis) * 



White perch (Morone americana) 



Yellow porch (Perea fluviatilis) 



Pike perch ( Stizostedium canadensis) 



Red bass (Scicenops ocellatus) 



Sheepshend (Archosargus probatocephalus) . . . . 

 Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) 



3 2 



O 4) N 



Percentages of flesh. 



Maximum. Minimum. 



62.5 

 65.2 



56.5 

 66.2 

 57.6 



54.6 



53.8 

 54.8 



55.6 



46.4 

 51.4 



42.7 

 43.8 

 38.2 



60.5 

 51.0 



56.2 

 48.2 

 51.4 



51.3 

 51.6 

 49.9 



41.2 

 43.5 



44.0 

 42.9 



34.9 

 35.9 

 36.8 



Average. 



65.4 

 61.5 

 58.1 

 57.3 

 57.3 

 57.2 

 56.4 

 55.4 

 54.5 

 54.2 

 54. 

 53. 

 52.7 

 51.9 

 50.8 

 50. (i 

 49. 9 

 48.1 

 47.5 

 40.5 

 45.2 

 45.1 

 43.9 

 43.8 

 43.7 

 43.4 

 42. S 

 42.1 

 40.1 

 40.0 

 39.8 

 37. r. 

 37.3 

 36.8 

 36.5 

 34.0 

 33.2 



Thus the largest percentage of flesh was in the Spanish mackerel, 

 65.4, and the smallest in the flounder, 33.2, per cent. I shall refer to 

 these figures again. 



The varialSons in the composition of the flesh are as wide as those of 

 the amounts of flesh in the whole animal, as appears from Table IX, 

 which follows : 



Table IX.— Percentage of tvater-free substance {nutrients) in flesh of fish, arranged in 

 order from those with the highest to those ivith the loivest -proportion of water-free sub- 

 stance. 



