CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOOD-FISHES, 
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Table 8 .— Percentages of phosphoric acid , sulphuric acid, and chlorine in Jlesn of sped- 
- mens of American fishes. 
Kind of fish. 
Fresh Fish. 
Alewife (Clupea vernalis) 
Black bass (Micropterus salmoides) 
Striked bass (Roccus lineatus) 
Do (average of 2 specimens^. 
Blackfish iHiatula onitis) 
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) 
Cod (Gadus morrhua) 
Do - 
Do . . (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Eel, salt-water (Anguilla rostrata) 
Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) 
Do ' 
Do (Average of 2 specimens) . . 
Haddock (Gadus mglefinus) 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens)\ . 
Herring (Clupea harengus) 
Muskellunge (Esox nobilior) 
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) j «. . . 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do (average of 4 specimens) . . 
Spanish mackerel (Cybiurn maculatum) 
White perch (Boccus americanus) 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Pike perch (Stizostedion vitreum) 
Porgy (Diplodus argyrops) 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Red-snapper (Lutjanus blackfordi) 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Salmon (Salmo salar) . . .„ 
CalifQrnia salmon (Oncorhynchus chouicha) 
Spent salmon (Salmo salar) (male) . . 
Do (female).. 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Spent salmon, land locked (Salmo salar, 
subsp. sebago.) (male).. 
Do (female).. 
Do (average of 2 specimens).. 
Shad (Clupea sapidissima) 
Do , 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Sheepshead (Diplodus probatocephalus) ... 
Smelt (Osraerus mordax;) 
Turbot (Platysomatichthyshippoglossoides) 
Lake trout (Salvelinus namaj cush) 
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontiualis) 
AVhitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis) 
Preserved Fish. 
Salt mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 
Salt cod (Gadus morrhua) 
v Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . 
Boned cod (Gadus morrhua) 
Smoked halibut (H. hippoglossus; 
Smoked herring (Clupea harengus! 
Canned salmon (Oncorhynchus chouicha) . 
In water-free substance. 
Phosphoric 
acid. 
ISulph li- 
no acid. 
Chlorine. 
Total phosphorus | 
calculated as P 2 0 5 . 
Total phosphorus 
calcula ed as P0 4 . 
: Total sulphur cal- 
culated as S0 3 . 
Total sulphur cal- 
culated as S0 4 . 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
P.ct 
P.ct 
P. ct. 
2. 06 
2. 76 


2. 04 
2. 73 
4. 14 
4. 97 

2. 51 
3.36 
2. 16 
2. 89 
2. 28 
2.73 
2. 34 
3. 13 

2. 24 
3.01 
1. 97 
2. 36 
1.03 
2. 93 
3. 92 

1 .... 
2.19 
2. 93 
3. 18 
4. 26 
2. 69 
3. 60 
1. 70 
2. 28 
1.86 
2. 49 
2. 23 
2. 68 
2. 70 
3. 62 
3. 10 
3. 72 
2. 28 
3. 06 
2.67 
3.20 
2. 43 
3. 26 
2. 54 
3. 40 
2. 26 
2. 71 
2.49 
3. 34 
2.11 
2. 83 
2. ii 
2.53 
1. 51 
2. 02 
1.81 
2. 43 
1.77 
2.37 
i. 77 
2.12 
2. 21 
2.96 
1. 55 
1. 86 

2. 26 
3. 03 
2. 43 
3. 26 
2. 16 
2. 89 
1. 68 
2.02 
1.60 
2. 14 
1. 42 
l. 70 
o' 68 
2.11 
2. 83 
1.55 
1. 86 
1.88 
2.52 
1.81 
2. 17 
1.46 
1.96 
2. 54 
3. 05 
2. 13 
2. 85 
2. 80 
3. 36 
1. 79 
2. 40 
2. 67 
3. 20 

2.24 
3. 00 
4. 43 
5. 32 

3. 04 
4. 07 
1.98 
2. 65 
1. 84 
2. 21 
2. 51 
3. 36 
2. 15 
2. 88 
2. 19 
2. 63 
2. 10 
2. 81 
2. 06 
2. 47 
2.13 
2. 85 
2. 13 
2. 56 

1.79 
2.40 
1. 86 
2. 49 
1. 14 
1.37 
1. 89 
2.53 
1.58 
1.90 
'o'. 74 
2.20 
2. 95 
1.45 
1. 74 
C. 85 
2. 05 
2. 75 
1.52 
1. 82 
0.80 
2. 31 
3.10 
1.77 
2. 12 
0. 95 
2. 43 
3. 26 
1. 98 
2.38 
0. 93 
2.37 
3. 18 
1.88 
2. 26 
0.94 
1.94 
2.60 
1.76 
2. 36 
1.78 
2. 14 
0. 74 
1. 85 
2. 48 
1.62 
2. 17 
1.71 
2. 05 
4.10 
5. 49 
2. 79 
2. 35 
..... 
1. 66 
2. 22 
1.12 
1.34 

1.80 
2. 41 
1.94 
2.33 

2. 72 
3. 64 
2. 13 
2.56 
2. 35 
3.15 
1.36 
1.63 
I 
0. 61 
0. 82 
1. 06 
1. 27 
0.61 
0. 82 
1.561 
1. 87 
25.66| 
0.48 
0.64 1.611 
1. 93125. 71 
0. 55 
0.741. 59: 
1.9125. 69 
0.79 
1. 061.4S 
1. 78 24. 51 
0. 95 
1.27 0.89! 
1.07 
17. 69 
1. 28 
1. 72 
1.89 
2. 27 
11.01 
1.77 
2. 37 1.27 
I 1 
1. 52 1 
In fresh substance, 
Phosphoric Sulphn- 
acid. iric acid. 
X •' X - 
E? SP 
2* 
ft2 
ft« 
H c ! H 
P.ct. 
0.50 
0.44 
0.53 
0.44 
0. 48 
0. 52 
0. 63 
0.36 
0. 53 
0.45 
0. 51 
0.31 
0.40 
0. 36 
0. 48 
0. 45 
0. 47 
0. 44 
0. 43 
0.44 
0. 55 
0.52 
0. 47 
0. 63 
0. 56 
0. 58 
0. 56 
0. 60 
0. 36 
0.52 
0. 44 
0. 45 
0. 62 
0. 56 
0. 59 
0.47 
0.48 
0. 47 
0. 59 
0. 
0. 47 
0. 48 
0.48 
0. 51 
0. 51 
0. 51 
0. 67 
0. 52 
0.60 
0. 45 
0.81 1 
0.481 
0. 56 
0.61 
0. 71 
0. 35 
0. 28 ! 
0. 221 
0. 25: 
0. 36 ' 
0. 46 
0.84 
0. 601 
P.ct, 
0. 67 
0. 59 
0. 71 
0. 59 
0.64 
0.70 
0. 84 
0. 48 
0.71 
0. 60 
0. 68 
0. 41 
0. 54 
0. 48 
0. 64 
0 
0. 63 
0.59 
0. 58 
0. 59 
0.74 
0. 70 
0. 63 
0. 84 
0. 75 
" 0. 78 
0. 75 
0. 80 
0. 48 
0. 70 
0.59 
0. 60 
0. 83 
0. 75 
0. 79 
0. 63 
0. 64 
0. 63 
0. 79 
0. 92 
0. 63 
Ift 
, 
to 
2 ^ 
3 72 
~ 2 
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5 
3 
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0 
r 0 S 
ft ® 
EL, 
5 
P.ct 
P.ct 
P. ct. 
0. 89 
1.07 
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0. 46 
0*55 
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b::: 
0. 46 
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j 0.23 


l 

1 . ■. . . 
0.38 
0. 46 
0.46 
0. 55 
| * * 
0.42 
0. 50 
.... 

0.40 
0.48 
0. 44 
0. 53 

0. 55 
0. 66 
0. 37 
0.44 
0. 43 
0. 52 
0. 51 
0.61 
0. 24 
0. 47 
0. 56 

0. 58 
0. 70 

0.62 
0.74 

0. 68 
0. 82 
0. 65 
0. 78 

0. 90 
1.08 

0.52 
0. 62 
0. 47 
0. 56 
0. 46 
0.55 
0. 47j 
0. 56 

0.43 
0. 52 
0. 3910. 47 
0. 18 
0. 32 
0. 38 
0. 18 
0. 36 1 
0. 43 
0.18 
0.68 0.39 0.47 0.21 
0. 68 0. 41 10. 49! 0.19 
0. 68 0. 40 0. 48 0. 20 
0.90 
0. 70 0. 52 0. 62 0. 22 
0*80! ! 
0. 60 iO. 48 0. 58 
1.08 0. 55 0. 66’ 
0. 64 0. 32 0. 38 
0. 75 0. 62|0. 74 
0. 82 0. 48 0. 58 1 
0. 95 0. 410. 49 
470. 
37,0. 
2910. 
34 !(). 
480. 
620. 
121 . 
80 0. 
610. 
72 1 0. 
75 0. 
74 0. 
68 0 . 
44 0. 
24 1. 
43 0. 
11.90 
11.94 
11.92 
11. 19 
8 . 66 
7. 21 
