416 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [30] 



61. Mailotus Tillosus (Miiller) Cuv. Capelin; She-gakh (Ko- 



diak). 



Entire coast of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Kam- 

 tchatka (Pallas). 



The species is very important in the cod fishery. It 

 occurs iu immense schools in the Gulf of Alaska. 

 Fully forty capelin were taken from the stomach of a 

 ten-pound cod off Kodiak, July 8, 1880. The young 

 were abundant in Plover Bay (Siberia) and at Cape 

 Lisburne (Alaska) in August, 1880. 

 32424. Ooglaamie, Alaska. U. S. Signal Service. 



62. Hypomesus oBidu» (Pallas) Gill. Pond Smelt. 



Saint Michael's, Alaska ; streams and lakes of Kam- 

 tchatka (Pallas) ; De Castries Bay (Kner, as Osmerus 

 oligodon). 



This species is said to spawn in fresh-water ponds. 

 23973. Saint Michael's, Alaska, May 20, 1877. L. M. Turner. 



63. Hypoieiesias pretiosus (Girard) Gill. Surf Smelt. 



Coast of California from San Francisco northward; 



Puget Sound ( Jor. & Gilb.) ; Southeastern Alaska. 

 An account of its spawning habits and of Indian meth- 

 ods of capturing it is given by Mr. J. G. Swan in 

 Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., vol. iii, p. 43. 

 27995. Port Mulgrave, Alaska, June 24, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



64. Thaleieliihy§ pacificus (Rich.) Girard. Eulachon; Can- 



dle-fish. 



Columbia Eiver and Puget Sound (Jor. & Gilb. ; Van- 

 couver Island (Giinther) ; Gulf of Alaska west to 

 Katmai, on Shelikoff Strait. 



An important food-fish, both fresh and dried. The man- 

 ufacture of oil from this species has become an indus- 

 try of some importance. The oil is used as a substi- 

 tute for butter, and attempts have been made to in- 

 troduce it to take the place of cod-liver oil. 

 24111. Wrangel, Alaska. R. D. Crittenden. 



65. SteiiocUis ofiaclieiBKii Rich. Inconnu; ISTaylima (Russian). 



Mackenzie's River and its tributaries; Yukon River. 

 A food-fish of great excellence, growing to a large size, 



four feet in length, and reaching 50 pounds in weight. 



"It is full of spawn from September to January, 



when it disappears." — Dall. 

 29889 (255). Nulato, Alaska, March, 1881. E. W. Nelson. 



