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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Table 9. — Composition of American fishes. Specimens as received for analysis, includ- 
ing both flesh (edible portion) and refuse. 
Names of fish and portions analyzed. 
| In whole or dressed fish as taken for 
analysis. 
* i | Edible portion. 
Fresh Fish. 
Sturgeon ( Acipenser sturio), section of anterior part of 
body 
Small-mouthed red-horse (Moxostoma velatum), en- 
trails removed 
Herring (Clupea harengus), whole. 
Alewife (Clupea vernalis), whole 
Do 
Do. (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Shad (Clupea sapidissima), whole 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do (maximum of 7 specimens) . . 
Do (minimum of 7 specimens) . . 
Do (average of 7 specimens) . . 
Smelt (Osmerus mordax), whole * 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens).. 
Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis), whole 
Cisco (Coregonus, sp. tullibee or artedi?), whole 
California salmon (Oncorhynchus chouicha), sections 
of anterior part of body . 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Salmon (Salmo salar), female, whole. 
Do 
Do 
Salmon (Salmo salar), male, whole 
Do (maximum of 4 specimens).. 
Do (minimum of 4 specimens) . . 
Do (average of 4 specimens) . . 
Salmon (Salmo salar), entrails removed 
Lake trout, “Mackinaw trout” (Salvelinus narnay- 
cush), Whole 
Lake trout, “Mackinaw trout” (Salvelinus namay- 
cush), entrails removed 
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), whole, cultivated.. 
Do 
Do 
Do (average of 3 specimens) . . 
Pickerel (Esox reticulatus), whole 
Do 
Do , (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Pike (Esox lucius), whole 
Muskellunge (Esox nobilior), whole 
Eel, salt-water (Anguilla rostrata), skin, head, and en- 
trails removed 
Do 
Do (average of 2 specimens) . . 
Mullet (Mugil albula), whole 
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), whole 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do ( maximum of 5 specimens) . . 
Do (minimum of 5 specimens) . . 
Do (average of 5 specimens) . . 
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), entrails removed 
Spanish mackerel (Cybium maculatum), whole 
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05 
Defuse : Entrails, bor 
skin, etc. 
Edible portion (flesh). 
"Water. 
; Water-free substance 
(nutrients). 
Albuminoids (by 
difference). 
trient* 
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Mineral matters. 
i 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
P.c. 
238 
14.4 
85.6 
67.4 
18.2 
15.4 
1.6 
1.2 
258 
52.5 
47.5 
37.3 
10.2 
8.5 
1.1 
0.6 
47 
46.0 
54.0 
37.3 
16.7 
10.0 
j 5.9 
0.8 
5 
49. 5 
50.5 
38.3 
12.2 
9.5 
1 1.9 
0.8 
220 
49.4 
50.6 
36.9 
13.7 
9.9 
3.0 
0.8 
49. 5 
50.5 
37.5 
13.0 
9.7 
2.5 
0.8 
6 
49.3 
50.7 
35.3 
15.4 
9.2 
5.5 
0.7 
10 
46.4 
53.6 
35.0 
18.6 
10.5 
7.3 
i 0.8 
32 
45.9 
54.1 
38.3 
15.8 
9.6 
5.5 
0.7 
212 
44.4 
55.6 
39.5 
16.1 
9.9 
5.7 
0.5 
221 
53.2 
46.8 
33.7 
13.1 
9.3 
3. 1 
0.7 
245 
52. 7 
47.3 
34.1 
13.2 
8.6 
3.8 
0.8 
249 
58.8 
41. .2 
30.3 
10.9 
7.4 
2.9 
0.6 
58.8 
55.6 
39.5 
18.6 
10.5 
7.3 
i 0.8 
44. 4 
41. 2 
30.3 
10.9 
7.4 
2.9 
I 0.6 
50. 1 
49. 9 
35. 2 
14.7 
9.2 
4.8 
i 0.7 
23 
34.«8 
65.2 
52.3 
12.9 
10.4 
1.2 
1.3 
wr 
49. 0 
51. 0 
39. 9 
11.1 
9.6 
0.8 
1 0.7 
41. 9 
58. 1 
46.1 
12.0 
10.0 
1.0 
1.0 
18 
53.5 
46.5 
32.5 
14.0 
10.3 
3.0 
i 0.7 
111 
42.7 
57.3 
43.6 
13.7 
11.0 
2.0 
0.7 
27 
0.0 
100.0 
62. 7 
37.3 
17.0 
19.2 
1.1 
233 
10.3 
89.7 
57.9 
31.8 
16.1 
14.8 
0.9 
5.2 
94.8 
60. 3 
34.5 | 
16.5 
17.0 
| 1.0 
77 
33.5 
66.5 
42.2 
24.3 
13.3 
10.0 
j 10 
78 
30.8 
69.2 
45.0 
24.2 
13.9 
9.3 
! i.o 
279 
37.5 
62.5 
38.3 
24.2 
15.2 
8. 1 
0.9 
280 
39.5 
60.5 
36.9 
23.6 
14.8 
7.9 
0.9 
39. 5 
69.2 
45.0 
24.3 
15.2 
10. 0 
1 1.0 
30.8 
60. 2 
36. 9 
23. 6 
13.3 
7.9 
0.9 
35.3 
64.7 
40.6 
24. 1 
14.3 
8.8 
1. 0 
14 
23.8 
76.^5 
51.2 
25.0 
14.6 
9.5 
0.9 
17 
56.3 
43.7 
30.0 
13.7 
7.7 
5.4 
0.6 
255 
35.2 
64.8 
45.0 
19.8 
12.4 
6.6 
0.8 
24 
50.1 
49.9 
38.7 
11.2 
9.2 
1.3 
0.7 
254 
45.2 
54.8 
43.8 
11.0 
10.1 
0.4 
0.5 
256 
49.1 
50.9 
38.6 
12.3 ! 
10.2 
1.5 
0.6 
48. 1 
51. 9 
40.4 
11.5 
9.8 
1. 1 
0.6 
100 
45.4 
54.6 
43.6 
11.0 | 
10.0 
0.3 
0.7 
224 
48.7 
51.3 
40.8 
10.5 1 
9.7 
0.2 
0.6 
47.1 
52.9 
42. 2 
10.7 i 
9.8 
0. 2 ! 
0.7 
98 
42.7 
57.3 
45. 7 
11.6 
10.7 
0.3 
0.6 
45 
49.2 
50.8 
38.7 
12.1 
10.0 
1.3 j 
0.8 
4 
21.4 
78.6 
54.9 
23.7 
14.9 
8.1 
0.7 
217 
19.0 
81.0 
59.4 
21.6 
14.3 
6.4 
0.9 
20. 2 
79. 8 
57.2 
22.6 
14.6 
7.2 
0.8 
126 
57.9 
42.1 
31.5 
10.6 
8.1 
2.0 
0.5 
8 
38.3 
61.7 
48.5 
13.2 
11.2 
1.4 
0.6 
13 
51.8 
48.2 
35.8 
12.4 
8.4 
3.4 
0.6 
30 
48.9 
51.1 
37.9 
13.2 
8.9 
3.6 
0.7 
39 
33.8 
66.2 
42.4 
23.8 
12.1 
10.7 
1.0 
261 
50.4 
49.6 
37.4 
12.2 
9.5 
2.1 
0.6 
57.9 
66.2 
' 48.5 
23.8 
12.1 
10.7 
1.0 
33.8 
48.2 
35.8 
12. 2 
8.4 
1.4 
0.6 
44.6 
55.4 
40.4 
15.0 
10.0 
4.3 
0.7 
230 
40.7 
59.3 
43.7 
15.6 
11.4 
3.5 
0.7 
43 
34.6 
65.4 
44.5 
20.9 
13.7 
6.2 
1.0 
