138 Fishes as Food for Man 
swordfish (Xiphias gladius), the halibut (Hippoglossus hippo- 
glossus), and the king-salmon, or quinnat (Oncorhynchus tschawy- 
tscha), may be placed first. Those people who feed on raw fish 
Fig. 98.—Pescado blanco, Chirostoma humboldtianum (Val.). Lake Chalco, 
City of Mexico. 
prefer in general the large parrot-fishes (as Pseudoscarus jordant 
in Hawaii), or else the young of mullet and similar species. 
Abundance of Food-fishes.—In general, the economical value 
of any species depends not on its toothsomeness, but on its 
abundance and the ease with which it may be caught and pre- 
Fie. 99.—Red Goatfish, or Salmonete, Pseudupeneus maculatus Bloch. 
Family Mullide (Surmullets). 
served. It is said that more individuals of the herring (Clupea 
harengus in the Atlantic, Clupea pallasi in the Pacific) exist than 
of any other species. The herring is a good food-fish and when- 
ever it runs it is freely sought. According to Bjérns6n, wherever 
the school of herring touches the coast of Norway, there a village 
springs up, and this is true in Scotland, Newfoundland, and 
