Table 10. — List of fish collected in the Bering Sea during the 1976 spring trawl survey 1 . 



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Taxon 



Common name 



Taxon 



Common name 



Petromyzontidae 



Lampetra spp. 

 Squalidae 



Squalus acanthias 

 Rajidae 



Raja spp. 

 Clupeidae 



Clupea harengus pallasi 

 Salmonidae 



Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 

 Osmeridae 



Mallotus vitlosus 



Osmerus mordax' 



Thaleichthys pacificus 

 Gadidae 



Boreogadus saida 



Eleginus gracilis 



Cadus macrocephalus 2 



Theragra chalcogramma 

 Zoarcidae 



Lycodapus parviceps* 



Lycodes brevipes 



L. diapterus 



L. palearis 



L. Polaris' 



L. turner? 

 Macrouridae 



Coryphaenoides spp. 

 Scorpaenidae 



Sebastes aleutianus 



S. atutus 



Sebastolobus alascanus 

 Hexagrammidae 



Hexagrammos slelleri 



Pleurogrammus monopterygius 

 Anoplopomatidae 



Anoplopoma fimbria 

 Cottidae 



Blepsias bilobus 



Dasycottus setiger 



Gymnocanlhus galealus 



G. pistilliger 



G. Iriscuspis* 



Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus 



H. jordani 



Hemitripterus boiinp 



Icelus scutiger* 



I. spiniger 





Malacocottus kincaidi 



Blackfin sculpin 



'Lamprey 



Melletes papilio 2 



Butterfly sculpin 





Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus 



Great sculpin 



Spiny dogfish 



M. scorpius* 



Shorthorn sculpin 





Triglops macellus* 



Roughspine sculpin 



Skate 



T. pingeli 



Ribbed sculpin 





T. scepticus 



Spectacled triglops 



Pacific herring 



Agonidae 







Agonus acipensehnus 2 



Sturgeon poacher 



Chinook salmon 



Anoplagonus inermis 



Smooth alligator fish 





Bathyagonus nigripinnis 



Blackfin poacher 



Capelin 



Pallasina barbala* 



Tubenose poacher 



Rainbow smelt 



Sarritor frenatus 



Sawback poacher 



Eulachon 



Cyclopteridae 







Aptocyclus ventricosus 



Smooth lumpsucker 



Arctic cod 



Careproctus abbreviatus' 



Snail fish 



Saffron cod 



C. gilbertP 



Smalldisk snailfish 



Pacific cod 



C. melanurus 



Blacktail snailfish 



Walleye pollock 



C. rasthnus 



Pink snailfish 





Eumicrotremus orbis 



Pacific spiny lumpsucker 



Eelpout 



Liparis dennyp 



Marbled snailfish 



Shonfin eelpout 



Trichodontidae 





Black eelpout 



Trichodon trichodon 



Pacific sandfish 



Wattled eelpout 



Bathymasteridae 





Canadian eelpout 



Bathymaster signatus 



Searcher 



Polar eelpout 



Anarhichadidae 







Anarhichas orientalis 3 



Bering wolffish 



Rattail 



Anarrhichlhys oceilalus 

 Stichaeidae 



Wolf-eel 



Rougheye rock fish 



Leptoclinus maculatus 3 



Daubed shanny 



Pacific ocean perch 



Lumpenus sagitta 



Snake prickleback 



Shortspine thomyhead 



Cryptacanthodidae 







Delolepis gigantea 2 - ' 



Giant wrymouth 



Whitespotted greenling 



Ammodytidae 





Atka mackerel 



Ammodytes hexapterus 

 Pleuronectidae 



Pacific sand lance 



Sablefish 



Atheresthes stomias 



Arrowtooth flounder 





Glyptocephalus zachirus 



Rex sole 



Crested sculpin 



Hippoglossoides elassodon 



Flathead sole 



Spinyhead sculpin 



H. robustus 



Bering flounder 



Armorhead sculpin 



Hippoglossus stenolepis 



Pacific halibut 



Threaded sculpin 



Lepidopsetta bilineata 



Rock sole 



Arctic staghom sculpin 



Limanda aspera 



Yellowfin sole 



Red Irish lord 



L. proboscidea 



Longhead dab 



Yellow Irish lord 



Microstomas pacificus 



Dover sole 



Bigmouth sculpin 



Platichthys stellatus 



Starry flounder 



Sculpin 



Pleuronectes quadhtuberculatus 



Alaska plaice 



Thorny sculpin 



Reinhardttus hippoglossoides 



Greenland turbot' 



'Nomenclature from Quasi and Hall (1972), unless otherwise noted. 

 Nomenclature from Bailey (1970). 



'Uncertain identification. 



'Market name. 



Fish catches. — During April and May, extremely high catch 

 rates of fish (primarily yellowfin sole, up to 6,803 kg/km trawled) 

 were taken along the edge of the receding pack ice north and north- 

 east of Unimak Island (Fig. 14). Relatively high catch rates of 

 walleye pollock and Pacific cod were also observed along the 

 outer edge of the continental shelf and slope. 



Gadidae (codfish). — Gadids were represented by four species, 

 of which walleye pollock and Pacific cod accounted for 86.8% 

 and 13. 1% of the overall total gadid catch. Arctic cod, 

 Boreogadus saida, and saffron cod, Eleginus gracilis, were also 

 taken in northern regions of the study area. Both walleye pollock 

 and Pacific cod showed broad distributional patterns, with 



highest catch rates occurring along the outer continental shelf and 

 slope. 



Pleuronectidae (flatfish). — Twelve pleuronectid species were 

 taken during the survey, accounting for 49.3% of the overall 

 mean total catch (by weight, Table 1 1). Yellowfin sole and Alaska 

 plaice were most abundant, with high concentrations apparently 

 following the recession of pack ice along the Alaska Peninsula in- 

 to Bristol Bay (Fig. 15). Rock sole and flathead sole were 

 moderately abundant along the outer continental shelf. 



Cottidae (sculpins). — Cottids were observed to be diverse and 

 relatively abundant during the survey, with 17 species being ten- 



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