CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOOD-FISHES. 
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Table 30. — Recapitulation of analyses of flesh of specimens of American and European 
fish es — Contin ued . 
Names of fishes. 
(A, American; E, European.) 
No. of specimens 
analyzed. 
Water. 
• 
Water-free sub- 
stance. 
Albuminoids, etc. 
. (by difference). 
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Smelt (Osmerus mordax), A: 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
i P.ct. 
Maximum 
80.16 
21.84 
18. 83 
1.94 
2. 00 
i 18.65 
78. 16 
19.84 
15.90 
1.65 
1.36 
i 16.52 
Average 
2 
79.16 
20. 84 
17.36 
1.80 
1.68 
17. 58 
Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus), E 
1 
78.38 
21.62 
16. 97 
3. 08 
1.57 
Whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis), A 
1 
69.83 
30. 17 
22. 06 
6.49 
1.62 
22. 93 
Whitefish (Coregonus bmrii), E 
1 
79. 13 
20. 87 
18. 12 
1.53 
1. 22 
Cisco, Coregonus sp. (tullibee or artedi?), A 
1 
76.15 
23 85 
19. 12 
3. 48 
1.25 
19. 26 
California salmon (Oncorliynchus chouiclia), A : 
64. 53 
37.32 
17. 96 
19. 25 
1.11 
62.68 
35.47 
16. 96 
16. 50 
1.01 
Average 
2 
63. 61 
36. 39 
17.46 
17.87 
1.06 
*18. 56 
Salmon (Salmo salar), A and E : 
Maximum 
75. 70 
38. 97 
24. 45 
14. 99 
1. 56 
24. 77 
Minimum 
61.03 
24. 30 
18. 06 
4. 85 
1.10 
13.09 
Average 
8 
65. 76 
34.24 
20. 77 
1 12. 09 
1.38 
20.51 
Spent salmon (Salmo salar), A : 
Maximum 
78. 20 
24.73 
19.24 
4.37 
1.17 
19. 15 
Minimum 
75. 27 
21.80 
17. 80 
i 2.83 
1.12 
17. 62 
Average 
2 
76.74 
23. 26 
18.52 
3.60 
1.14 
i 18.38 
Spent landlocked salmon (Salmo salar, subsp. sebago), A : 
1 
Maximum 
79. 20 
22.12 
17. 65 
4.01 
1. 27 
17. 24 
Minimum 
77. 88 
20.80 
16. 84 
1. 95 
1.20 
16. 18 
Average 
2 
78.54 
21. 46 
17. 24 
2.98 
1.24 
16. 71 
Lake troutf (Salvelinus namaycush), A : 
Maximum 
75. 35 
31. 22 
19. 12 
12. 55 
1.35 
19. 42 
Minimum ... 
68. 78 
24. 65 
17. 32 
10.21 
1.17 
17. 62 
Average .. 
2 
69. 14 
30. 86 
18. 22 
11. 38 
1. 26 
18.52 
Salmon trout (Salmo trutta), E 
1 
75. 35 
24. 65 
20.83 
2. 49 
1.33 
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), A : 
Maximum 
79. 84 
24. 22 
20. 03 
2. 94 
1.42 
20. 30 
Minimum 
75. 78 
20. 16 
18. 43 
0. 75 
0. 96 
18. 60 
Average 
3 
77. 72 
22. 28 
18. 97 
2. 10 
1. 21 
; 19.23 
Pickerel (Esox ret.iculatus), A: 
Maximum 
79. 84 
20.48 
18. 88 
0. 52 
1. 24 
19.02 
Minimum 
79. 52 
20. 16 
18. 40 
0. 49 
1.11 
18.43 
Average 
2 
79. 68 
20. 32 
18. 64 
0.50 
1.18 
18. 73 
Pike (Esox lucius), A and E: 
Maximum „ 
83. 89 
22. 47 
20. 58 
0.60 
1. 29 
*20. 36 
Minimum 
77. 53 
16. 11 
14.83 
0. 15 
1. 03 
*14. 81 
Average 
4 
80. 48 
19. 52 
17. 95 
0.41 
1. 16 
*17.95 
Muskellunge (Esox nobilior), A 
1 
76. 26 
23. 74 
19. 63 
2. 54 
1.57 
20. 15 
Eel (Anguilla rostrata), A and E : 
Maximum 
73. 40 
47.22 
18. 95 
32. 88 
1. 11 
19. 25 
Minimum 
52. 78 
26. 60 
13. 29 
7. 88 
0. 77 
12. 50 
Average 
4 
64.51 
35. 49 
15. 82 
18. 74 
0. 93 
15. 67 
Conger eel (Conger vulgaris). E 
1 
79.91 
20. 09 
13. 96 
5. 02 
1.11 
13. 58 
Mullet (Mugil albula), A 
1 
74. 87 
25. 13 
19. 32 
4. 64 
1. 17 
19. 48 
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), A and E : 
Maximum 
78. 67 
35. 99 
23. 11 
16.41 
1. 85 
23.42 
Minimum 
64.01 
21. 33 
17. 42 
2. 20 
1. 00 
17. 51 
Average 
8 
71.62 
28. 38 
18. 77 
8.21 
1.40 
19. 45 
Spanish mackerel (Cybium maculatum), A 
1 
68. 10 
31.90 
20. 97 
9. 43 
1.50 
21.45 
Pompano (Trachynotus carolinus), A : 
Maximum 
78. 18 
32. 62 
19. 15 
13. 51 
1. 03 
19.30 
Minimum 
67. 38 
21.82 
18. 15 
1. 64 
0. 96 
18.35 
Average 
2 
72. 78 
27. 22 
18. 65 
7.57 
1.00 
18. 83 
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), A 
1 
78. 46 
21.54 
19. 02 
1. 25 
1. 27 
19.41 
Butterfish (Stromateus triacanthus), A 
1 
70. 02 
29. 98 
17. 81 
11.03 
1.14 
17.99 
Large-mouthed black bass (Micropterus salraoides), A 
1 
78. 61 
21.39 
19. 24 
0. 96 
1.19 
19.44 
Small-mouthed black bass (Micropterus dolomieu), A 
1 
74. 82 
25.18 
21. 50 
2.44 
1. 24 
21. 71 
Yellow perch (Perea fluviatilis), A and E : 
Maximum 
80. 43 
21.93 
19. 47 
1. 12 
1.38 
19. 69 
Minimum . 
78. 07 
19. 57 
17. 88 
0. 44 
1. 14 
17. 79 
Average 
3 
79. 52 
20.48 
18. 49 
0.70 
1.29 
18.53 
Wall-eyed pike (Stizostedion vitreum), A 
1 
79.74 
20. 26 
18.42 
0. 47 
1.37 
1 IS. 58 
Gray pike (Stizostedion canadense), A 
1 
80. 85 
19. 15 
17. 26 
: 0.76 
1. 13 
17.88 
Pike perch (Stizostedion sandra), E 
1 
79. 87 
20. 13 
18. 93 
0. 20 
1.00 
Striped bass (Roccus lineatus), A : 
Maximum 
79. 63 
24. 24 
19. 33 
4. 61 
1.36 
19. 54 
Minimum 
75. 76 
20.37 
16. 87 
1.56 
0. 92 
i 17. 06 
Average 
6 
77. 70 
22.30 
18 31 
2. 83 ! 
l! 16 
! 18.' 54 
* Of less than all the analyses. 
