REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Following is a list of marine and fresh-water fishes and crustaceans 

 exhibited during the year: 



Salt-water JisJies: Pig-fish, pipe-fish, toad-fish, file-fish, sea tront, pin-fish, sea 

 bass, gray snapper, black drum, croaker, spot or goody, hog-choker, pompano, 

 flounder, tautog. lizard-fi.sh. yellow-lail. spade-ti.sh. sea-robin, junjping mnUet, 

 sniped bass, sea anemone, bur-fish, skate, sculpin. cunner. big-eye. snowy grouper, 

 scup,remora. chaetodon. sticklei-ack. mummichog. blue crab, lobster, hermit crab, 

 spider crab, shrimp, horseshoe crab. 



Fresfi-irafer JisJtes: Brook trout. Atlantic salmon, stef-lhead trout, rainbow trout, 

 quinnat salmon. Scotch sea trout, landlocked salmon, large-mouth black bass, 

 bmall-mouth black bass, rock bass, pickerel, gar pike, common tench, golden 

 tench, golden ide. gold-fish, crapjjie. common suckers, sun-fish, yellow perch, white 

 perch, mill roach, paradise-tsh. common eel, yellow cat-fish, channel cat-fish, 

 salamander, terrapin, snapping turtle. 



The following shows the salt-water and fresh-water temperatures: 



Month. 



Fresh- water 

 j temperatures. 



Max. ; Min 



July 



August ... 

 September 



October 



November. 

 December 

 January . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Salt-water 

 temperatures. 



Max. ! Min. 



September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December 

 January . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



°F. 



°F. 



69 



54 



69 



52 



64 



51 



60 



48 



58 



44 



68 



42 



60 



48 



68 



48 



72 



54 



to 



62 



During the summer and fall 26 fry-collector aquaria were built 

 under the direction of the superintendent of the aquarium for use at 

 the Bryan Point, Battery, and Edenton stations. These were made 

 with glass sides and ends, slate bottoms, and galvanized iron frames, 

 the dimensions being 48 inches by 18 inches by 16 inches. The lowest 

 bid received for their construction from private firms was $40. 77 each, 

 and the actual cost of building them, exclusive of labor of regular 

 employees, was 813.62 each. 



Wytheville Station, Va. (George A. Seagle, Superintendent). 



• The number of fish on hand at the beginning of the year is shown 

 l)y the following table : 



Species. 



Calendar year in which fish were hatched. 



1899. 



Rainbow trout 128,360 



Black bass (small-mouth) j 



Black bass (large mouth; 



Crappie 



Rook bass 



Quinnat salmon 



Carp 



1898. 



3,008 

 26 



1897. 



2,972 

 21 

 37 

 12 

 32 

 100 



1896. 



Total 128,360 



3,034 



3,174 



511 

 "36" 



54? 



1895. 



647 

 5 



18 



1894 or 

 earlier. 



512 



80 



20 



770 



512 



