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BULLETIN 2, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



any fish. The number and haul of fish other than menhaden taken 

 in these hauls are set forth in detail in the subjoined table: 



Table IV. — Number and kind of fish taken oy two menhaden fishing steamers. 



Kind of fish. 



Number. 



Alewives or herring (Clupea pseudoharengus, C. aestivalis) 



Amber fish (beriola Dumerili lalandi) 



Anchovy (btolephorus mitchilli) 



Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) 



Bonito (Sarda sarda) 



Butterfish (Stromateus triacanthus) 



Catfish ( Ameiurus albidus) 



Cero (Scomberomorus regalis) 



Cod (Gadus morrhua) 



Croaker (Micropogon undulatus) 



Gunner (Ctenolabrus adspersus) 



Cutlas fish or hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) 



Drums (Pogonias cromis, Sciaena ocellata) 



Filefish or foolflsh ( Alutera schoepffi) 



Flounders (Paralichthys dentatus, Pleuronectes maeulatus, Achirus fasciatus, Limanda fer- 



ruginea) 



Gar (Tylosurus, species) 



Goosefish (Lophius piscatorius) 



Haddock (Melanogrammus aeghflnus) 



Hake (Phycis chuss) 



Hickory shad (Clupea mediocris) 



English (Menticirrhus saxatilis) ' 



Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) 



Lumpfish (Cyclop terus lumpus) 



Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 



Pipefish (Siphostoma fuscum) 



Pollock (Pollachius virens) 



Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) 



Rudder fish (Seriola zonata) 



Sculpins (Cottus, species) 



Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) 



Sea bass (Centropristis striatus) , 



Sea herring (Clupea harengus) 



Sea horse (Hippocampus hudsonius) 



Sea raven ( Hemitrip terus americanus) 



Sea robins ( Prionotus carolinus, chiefly) 



Shad (Clupea Sapidissima) 



Sharks (Carcharinus obscurus, Squalus acanthias, Sphyrna zygaena, Carcharias americanus, 



Mustelus eanis, Alopias vulpes, Squatina squatina) 



Skates and rays (Raia erinacea, R. eglanteria R. laevis, Dasyatis centrurus, Rhinoptera 



quadriloba) 



Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maeulatus) 



Spot (Leistomus xanthurus) 



Squeteague or weakfish (Cynoscion regalis, C. maeulatus) 



Striped bass (Roccus lineatus) 



Swellfish, swelltoads (Chilomycterus geometricus, Tetrodon turgidus) 



Tautog ( "autoga onitis) 



Whiting or silver hake (Merlucius bilinearis) 



Tofru ... 



86, 898 



1 



2 



2,274 



35 



811 



2 



3 



1 



134 



4 



2 



11 



9 



369 



6 



11 



23 



40 



9 



1 



11 



8 



631 



7 



1 



8 



1 



19 



73 



39 



5 



4 



1 



43 



1,816 



388 



372 

 150 

 20 

 498 

 1 

 6 

 17 

 30 



94, 795 



In addition to those enumerated, a number of large schools of ale- 

 wives were captured but were released after they had been identified. 

 The alewife, or herring, is useful for the same purpose for which the 

 menhaden is sought, and, besides, is regarded as a food fish. It 

 might be argued that these, released after capture, should have been 

 counted in the returns, as the investigation had to do with the num- 

 ber of fish captured, as well as retained, especially as no evidence was 

 adduced to show that it was the invariable custom of the fishermen to 

 release other fish than the menhaden, suitable for fish scrap and oil 

 purposes, when caught in such large numbers. 



