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BULLETIN 2, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
any fish. The number and haul of fish other than menhaden taken 
in these hauls are set forth in detail in the subjoined table : 
Table IV. — Number and kind of fish taken by two menhaden fishing steamers. 
Kind of fish. 
Number. 
Alewives or herring (Clupea pseudoharengus, C. aestivalis) 
Amber fish (beriola Dumerili lalandi) 
Anchovy (btolephorus mitchilli) 
Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) 
Bonito (Sarda sarda) 
Butterfish (Stromateus triacanthus) 
Catfish ( Ameiurus albidus) 
Cero (Scomberomorus regalis) 
Cod ( Gadus morrhua) 
Croaker (Micropogon undulatus) 
dinner (Ctenolabrus adspersus) 
Cutlas fish or hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) 
Drums (Pogonias cromis, Sciaena ocellata) 
Filefish or foolfish (Alutera schoepfii) 
Flounders (Paralichthys dentatus, Pleuronectes maculatus, Achirus fasciatus, Limanda ier- 
ruginea) 
Gar (Tylosurus, species) 
Goosefish (Lophius piscatorius) 
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglifinus) ■ 
Hake (Phycis chuss) 
Hickory shad (Clupea mediocris) 
Kingfish (Menticirrhus saxatilis) 
Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) 
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) 
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 
Pipefish (Siphostoma fuscum) , 
Pollock (Pollachius virens) 
Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) 
Rudder fish (Seriola zonata) 
Sculpins (Cottus, species) 
Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) 
Sea bass (Centropristis striatus) 
Sea herring (Clupea harengus) 
Sea horse (Hippocampus hudsonius) 
Sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus) 
Sea robins ( Prionotus carolinus, chiefly) 
Shad (Clupea Sapidissima) 
Sharks (Carcharinus obscurus, Squalus acanthias, Sphyrna zygaena, Carcharias americanus, 
Mustelus canis, Alopias vulpes, Squatina squatina) ' 
Skates and rays (Raia erinacea, R. eglanteria R. laevis, Dasyatis centrums, Rhinoptera 
quadriloba) 
Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) 
Spot (Leistomus xanthurus) t 
Squeteague or weakfish (Cynoscion regalis, C. maculatus) •; 
Striped bass (Roccus lineatus) : 
Swellfish, swelltoads (Chilomycterus geometricus, Tetrodon turgidus) 
Tautog ( p autoga onitis) 
Whiting or silver hake (Merlucius bilinearis) 
Totol 
1 
2 
,274 
35 
811 
2 
3 
1 
134 
4 
1 
11 
8 
631 
7 
1 
8 
1 
19 
73 
39 
5 
4 
1 
43 
1,816 
372 
150 
20 
498 
1 
94, 795 
In addition to those enumerated, a number of large schools of ale- 
wives were captured but were released after they had been identified. 
The alewife, or herring, is useful for the same purpose for which the 
menhaden is sought, and, besides, is regarded as a food fish. It 
might be argued that these, released after capture, should have been 
counted in the returns, as the investigation had to do with the num- 
ber of fish captured, as well as retained, especially as no evidence was 
adduced to show that it was the invariable custom of the fishermen to 
release other fish than the menhaden, suitable for fish scrap and oil 
purposes, when caught in such large numbers. 
