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GADID^E. 



10. Pollachius clfialcograiiiBiiiis (Pall). Jor. & Gilb. Pol- 



lack ; Whiting ; Silver Hake. 

 Monterey Bay, California (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Puget Sound j 



Gulf of Alaska ; Unalashka ; Okhotsk and Kamt- 



chatka Seas (Pallas). 

 Very abundant around the Shumagin Islands, where 



it is one of the most important baits for cod. 

 27742. Popoff Island, Shumagins, July 19, 1880. E. P. Herendeen. 



11. Boreogadus saida (Lepeeh.) Bean. Polar Cod. 



Northern Alaska south to Saint Michael's; Eastern 



Siberia; Northern Atlantic. 

 A small species, but, because of its great abundance, a. 

 very important food-fish. 

 32432. Ooglaamie, Alaska. U. S. Signal Service. 



1£. €radus inorrhua Linne\ Cod; TRESKA(Bussian); Ah-mo-doc 

 (Kodiak). 

 Puget Sound northward and westward to the ice line 

 in Bering Sea, and the Okhotsk; DeCastries Bay 

 (Steind.). 

 The principal fishing grounds are at the Shumagins and 

 in the Okhotsk. The species is widely distributed in 

 Alaska, very abundant, and finds plenty of suitable 

 food and spawning-grounds. 



29125. Kaigan Strait, Alaska, September 1, 1881. Capt. H. E. Nichols. 



13. Microgacltss proximus (Girard) Gill. Tomcod. 



Monterey and San Francisco (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Puget 

 Sound (Jor. & Gilb.) ; Gulf of Alaska. 



A small species, sold in large numbers in San Francisco 

 markets. Its distribution in Alaska is not fully 

 known. 

 27982. Yakutat Bay, Alaska, June 24, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



14, Tilesia gracilis (Tiles.) Swainson. Wachna. 



Cook's Inlet to Saint Michael's, in Alaska; Kamt- 

 chatlia. 



Excessively abundant in October and November, when 

 they are caught through holes in the ice with a hook 

 made of white walrus ivory. A very important source 

 of food for the natives as well as their dogs. 

 9286. Saint Michael's, Alaska. H. M. Bannister. 



