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Burbot or losh Lota maculosa. (Fresli water.) 



Lycodes Turnerii. (Marine.) 



Sculpin - Cottus polyacanthocei)Lalus. (Marine.) 



" tseniopterus. (Marine.) 

 " hnmilis. (Marine.) 

 Hexagrammus asper. (Marine.) 



Lauuee Ammodytes americanus. (Marine.) 



Pike Esox lucius. (Fresh water.) 



Smelt Osmerus dentex. (Marine.) 



Capelin Mallotus villosus. (Marine.) 



Smelt Hypomesus olidus. (Fresli water.) 



Whiteflsli Coregonus Artedi. (Fresh water.) 



" Laurettffi. (Fresh water.) 

 " Merkii, subsp. (Fresh water.) 

 " clupeiformis. (Fresh water.) 

 " Kennicottii. (Fresh water.) 

 " quadrilateralis. (Fresh water.) 



Grayling Thym alius signifer. (Fresh water.) 



Trout Salvelinus malma. (Freshwater.) '' 



Salmon Oncorhynchus chouicha. (Fresh water.) • 



" keta. (Fresh water.) 



" nerka. (Fresh water.) 



" kisutch. (Fresh water.) 



" gorbuscha. (Fresh water.) 



Herring Clupea mirabilis. (Marine.) 



Sucker Catostomus longirostris. (Fresh water.) 



Lamprey Ammocoetes aureus. (Fresh water.) 



According to Mr. L. M. Turner, the lamprey is very abundant at Anvik and is used for food. 

 Although the Ingaliks, or the people of the great interior, are omitted here, they have an 

 abundance of salmon and whitefish in the Upper Yukon and the Tananah. 



NORTON SOUND DIVISION. 



In the region embracing the coast of the Sound from Saint Michael's upward and as far as 

 Sledge Island, Mr. Petroff reports six hundred and thirty-three inhabitants. The fishes, of 

 course, are about the same as those mentioned in the Yukon division and need not be repeated. 

 There is one very important fishery, the torn-cod or wachna fishery, which is characteristic of the 

 region, and should be described in detail. This has already been done by Mr. Dall in the 

 following terms : 



"This fish much resembles the common torn-cod of the Eastern States, . . . but, while the 

 latter is of most insignificant importance from its scarcity and poor quality, the former species 

 occupies a very important place in the domestic economy of both natives and Russians on both 

 shores of Bering Sea. It is apparently a permanent inhabitant of these coasts, but is most 

 abundant in the fall of the year, when the ice begins to form in the rivers and along the shores. 

 The Waukhni fishery commences about the middle of October. At first it is caught from boats 

 anchored close Inshore, but later the natives cut holes in the new ice, set up two or three stakes, 

 with a mat hnng upon them to keep off the wind, and sit there all day, hauling them in as fast as 



