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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISEI AND FISHERIES. 
Table 21. — Analyses of Russian fishes by Kostytscheff , recalculated to forms used in this 
report. 
Names of fishes. 
Reference No. of 
specimen. 
Water. 
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Albuminoids, 
etc. (bydiffei- 
ence.) 
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Ash. 
Pike perch (L. saadra) 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
XLVI 
79. 13 
20. 87 
18.12 
1.53 
1.22 
XL VII 
79. 87 
20. 13 
18. 93 
0.20 
1.00 
Codfish 
XL VIII 
81.02 
18. 98 
17. 80 
0.07 
1.11 
Carp , 
XLIX 
79.89 
20. 11 
17. 55 
1.42 
1.14 
Pike 
L 
80. 70 
19. 30 
17. 79 
0. 33 
1.18 
Crucian carp 
LI 
80. 82 
19. 18 
17. 63 
0. 48 
1.07 
Gadus navaga 
LII 
81. 35 
18. 65 
16. 48 
0.59 
1. 58 
Smelt (O. eperlanus) 
LIII 
78. 38 
21.62 
16. 97 
3.08 
1. 57 
Salmon 
LIV 
62. 02 
37. 98 
21. 86 
14. 82 
1.30 
Salmon trout 
LV 
75. 35 
24. 65 
20. 83 
2. 49 
1.33 
Herring (white bait?) 
LVI 
70.11 
23.89 
17. 29 
4. 89 
1.71 
Sturgeon (A. giildenstsedtii) 
LVII 
76. 02 
23. 98 
17. 67 
5.15 
1.16 
Sterlet 
LVIII 
76.81 
23. 19 
16. 64 
5. 59 
0. 86 
Liver of burbot 
LIX 
45. 58 
54.42 
8. 92 
44. 89 
0. 61 
Preserved Fish. 
Salted and dried Osmerus spirinchus 
LX 
47. 12 
1. 52. 88 
26. 38 
8.03 
18.47 
Marinated Meletta vulgaris 
LXI 
60. 72 
39.28 
10. 58 
17.14 
11.56 
Salted salmon 
LX II 
53. 48 
46.52 
22. 68 
12. 19 
11. 65, 
Salted halibut (H. maximus) 
LXIII 
54. 65 
45. 36 
23. 49 
6. 82 
15. 04 
Salted great sturgeon (A. huso) 
LXIV 
61. 85 
38. 15 
18. 70 
8. 93 
10. 52 
Marinated river lamprey 
LX V 
44. 62 
55. 38 
34.32 
16. 57 
4.49 
Salted and smoked Pelecus vulgaris 
LX VI 
54. 89 
45. 11 
30. 04 
5. 87 
9. 20 
Salted and smoked Alburnus chalcoides 
LXVII 
43.53 
56. 47 
28. 83 
16. 21 
11.43 
Salted and dried roach (Leuciscus rutilus, var. caspica) . 
LXVIII 
27. 96 
72. 04 
47,85 
9.88 
14.31 
Dried cod 
LXIX 
25. 23 
74. 77 
68. 88 
0. 69 
5. 20 
Salted Caspian shad 
LXX 
59. 56 
40. 44 
22. 06 
8.86 
9. 52 
Salted caviar of Coregonus species 
LXXI 
66. 05 
33. 95 
17. 72 
8. 97 
7. 26 
Fresh caviar of sturgeon 
LXXII 
56. 97 
43. 03 
27. 87 
12. 85 
2.31 
Salted and dried Coregonus leucichthys 
LXXIII 
57. 55 
42. 45 
23. 50 
13. 17 
5. 78 
Salted and dried sturgeon 
LXXIV 
36. 67 
63.33 
42. 05 
14. 35 
6. 93 
Dried “dorsal cords ” (Vezeega) 
LXXV 
50. 99 
49. 01 
45. 43 
0. 06 
3. 52 
The following translation of part of Prof. Kostytsclieff’s article above 
referred to is interesting in its bearing upon the economic importance 
of fish as food and of fish-culture in Russia. 
It is well known that in general our waters are comparatively rich in fish, and 
that a very large quantity of fish is caught there every year. In a recently published 
pamphlet by O. A. Grimm* the amount of fresh fish caught annually in Russia is esti- 
mated at 40,000,000 puds.t 
Whoever will take the trouble to closely examine the statistical data presented 
in this work will find that these data are very incomplete, and that this figure of 
40,000,000 puds is far below, the actual number. But even this incomplete estimate 
will allow us to deduce some very instructive conclusions concerning the importance 
of fish as food in our national life. To do this, let us determine the quantity of nutri- 
tive matter derived from the fish caught and prepared in various ways in Russia. In 
doing this we may restrict ourselves to the consideration of the albuminous matter 
as the most important constituent of animal food. 
"Fishing and hunting in Russian waters. (International Fisheries Exhibition.) 
St. Petersburg, 1883. (English). 
1 1 pud = 40 Russian pounds = about 36 English pounds. 
