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Table III. 





Percentage of 

 Solid Matter. 

 Atwater. 



Percentage of 

 Solid Matter. 

 Chittenden and 

 Cummins. 



Coregonus clupeiformis, 



30-78 



25-56 



Salrno salar, . . 



37-07 



3T28 



Tautogo or Hiatula onitis, 



21-09 



20-60 



Scomber scombrus, . . 



26-90 



25*51 



Hippoglossus vulgaris, . . 



24-75 



20-28 



Pom atom us saltator, 

 Paralichthys dentatus, . 



21-84 



19-65 



16-00 



23*04 



Esox lucius, 



20-27 



19-63 



Clupea harengus, 



31-43 



24-49 



Roccus lineatus, . 



22-47 



20-73 



Lutjanus blackfordii, 



21-94 



22-09 



Salvelinus fontinalis, 



22-49 



19-58 



Gadus morrhua, . 



17-96 



18-29 



Cynosium regalis, 



21-30 



19-78 



Perca fluviatilis, . 



20-80 



18-12 



Anguilla rostrata, 



28-55 



21-78 



Pleuronectes americanus, 



16-08 



17-15 



Table IV. 



Showing the chemical composition of some of the commercial food fishes. 

 From Professor Atwater. 







Proteids. 



Fats. 



Mineral 

 matter. 



Gadus morrhua, average o 



f 5 analyses, 



16-38 



0-36 



1-22 



Anguilla rostrata, ,, 

 Paralichthys dentatus, 



2 



18-46 



9-09 



1-00 



2 



14-03 



0-69 



1-28 



Hippoglossus americanus, 



3 „ 



18-53 



5-16 



1-06 



Clupea harengus, 





18-99 



10-95 



1-49 



Scomber scombrus, ,, 



6 



18-57 



7-07* 



1-28 



Perca fluviatilis, 



2 



18-73 



0-83 



1-24 



Esox lucius, 



Salmo salar, „ 





18-66 



0-58 



1-03 



3 „ 



22-93 



12-81 



1-33 



Salvelinus fontinalis, 



3 



19-18 



2-10 



1-21 



Coregonus clupeiformis, 





22-73 



6-45 



1-60 



* In one analysis the percentage of fat was 1618. 



