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swordfish {Xiphias gladius), the halibut (Hippoglossns hippo 

 glossus), and the king-salmon, or quinnat [Oncorhynchus tscJiawy- 

 tscha), may be placed first. Those people who feed on raw fish 



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Fig. 213. — Pesfiido bLiiico, Chito\ti>m 1 liinnh ihllinniiin (V.'il.). Ijakc ('li:ilrn, 



Clt\ lit \1. \IM1. 



prefer in general the large parrot-fishes (as Psendoscarns jordani 

 in Hawaii), or else the voung 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- 



FlG 214. — Red Goutfish. nr S;iliiiiiiic1c. Pxfvrhippiiens mnriilnliix 1'>1ih-1i. 

 Fainilv Mii/h'ilie (Sunniilli'ts). 



served. It is said that more individuals of the herring (Cltipca 

 harengus in the Atlantic, Clnpea 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 Bjornson, wherc\-er 

 the school of herring touches the coast of Norway, there a \'illage 

 springs up, and this is true in Scotland, Newfoundland, and 



