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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Buchanan Brothers' fishery — Continued 
MENTICIRRHUS AMERICANUS, M. SAXATALIS, AND M. LITTORALIS (KINQFISH) 
[The three species of kingfish that occur in Chesapeake Bay are not separated in the market and therefore all were listed as king- 
fish in the records from which this table was compiled. However, americanus is the predominating species, and the quantities 
listed are chiefly of it. Amounts are given in pounds; those marked “a” were taken with a seine; those marked “b” were 
taken partly with a seine and partly with pound nets; all other amounts were taken in pound nets] 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1912 
1913 
1914 1915 
1 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
Average 
April. — L 
May 
June 
July 
August-- 
September 
October 
November 
Total 
4, 855 
10, 825 
1,025 
2, 500b 
400a 
100a 
450a 
325a 
4.050 
5, 925 
3.050 
2,300b 
550a 
175a 
1,700a 
100a 
5,115 
13, 800 
5, 625 
2, 525b 
1,900a 
100a 
200a 
12, 575 
22, 075 
2,715 
5,075b 
1,100b 
320b 
1, 405b 
375 
1,500 
2,200 
1,060 
1, 650b 
1, 325b 
475b 
1,250b 
225 
2,700 
21,275 
1,850 
5, 575b 
1,200b 
400b 
1,875b 
1,500 
775 
6,375 
575 
950b 
1,275b 
150b 
4, 350b 
1, 875 
425 
7,240 
1,790 
780b 
300b 
50b 
1, 250b 
70 
1,025 
5, 975 
2,745 
6,235b 
1,380b 
105b 
1,000b 
90 
115 
3,600 
950 
210 
150 
70 
345 
135 
50 
560 
640 
140 
200 
40 
170 
260 
80 
430 
465 
60 
250 
50 
100 
400 
250 
240 
215 
120 
70 
50 
115 
80 
125 
460 
115 
150 
100 
50 
410 
240 
2,403 
7,213 
1,629 
2, 019 
728 
152 
1,044 
405 
20, 480 
17,850 
29, 265 
45, 640 
9,675 
36, 375 
16, 325 
11, 905 
18, 555 
5, 575 
2,060 
1,835 
1,140 
1,650 
CYNOSCION REGALIS (SQUETEAGUE) 
[AmounLare given in pounds; those marked “a” were taken in a seine; those marked “b” were taken partly in seines and partly 
in pound nets; all other amounts were taken in pound nets. The first catches in commercial quantities usually are made 
early in April] 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
Average 
April 
7,775 
2,800 
11, 785 
3, 440 
8,450 
1, 175 
5,250 
675 
360 
245 
175 
120 
1, 650 
1, 125 
3,216 
37i 450 
5, 300 
23, 060 
18, 140 
7,800 
10, 755 
17, 350 
14, 695 
19, 515 
12, 420 
7,475 
3, 660 
6, 630 
8,585 
13, 774 
5’ 200 
7, 650 
45, 700 
12,200 
28,310 
13,825 
5, 100 
27, 135 
30, 055 
20, 780 
6, 400 
4, 160 
2,955 
2, 100 
15, 112 
7,' 450b 
5, 925b 
17,550b 
28,550b 
27,215b 
20,025b 
17,950b 
8, 175b 
25,215b 
13, 340 
1, 580 
3, 370 
2,520 
1, 195 
12, 861 
14’, 525a 
2, 365a 
2, 365a 
10,960b 
4, 400b 
5, 350b 
8,000b 
12,305b 
4, 400b 
8,910 
1,510 
1, 000 
1, 555 
870 
5, 609 
September — 
1, 110a 
935a 
185a 
5, 920b 
2, 975b 
1, 950b 
3, 725b 
5, 170b 
1, 355b 
5, 130 
1,000 
600 
1,545 
1, 235 
2, 345 
' 100a 
235a 
200a 
7, 485b 
4, 400b 
5, 125b 
3, 225b 
5, 560b 
7, 375b 
10, 590 
630 
3, 600 
3,895 
2, 380 
3, 914 
November 
565a 
265a 
3,500 
1, 925 
10, 725 
6,975 
1,795 
925 
4,075 
6,575 
6,000 
5, 770 
5, 585 
3, 905 
Total,.. 
74, 175 
25, 495 
100, 845 
90, 195 
85, 475 
68, 930 
67, 575 
75, 510 
89,200 
75, 490 
25, 345 
22, 510 
26, 520 
23, 075 
SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF CHESAPEAKE BAY 
INTERPRETATION OF DESCRIPTIONS 
Abbreviations used by many writers of ichthyological descriptions have been 
adopted. For example, the expression “head 3 to 3.5” signifies that the length of 
the head, measured from the tip of the upper jaw to the bony margin of the opercle 
(unless otherwise stated), is contained 3 to 3.5 times in the “standard length’ 
that is, in the distance from the end of the snout to the base of the caudal fin. Sim- 
ilarly, the expression “depth 2.5 to 3” signifies that the greatest depth of the body 
is contained 2.5 to 3 times in the standard length. Roman numerals are used for 
indicating spines and Arabic numerals for soft rays in giving fin-ray formulae. 
For example, “D. VII-I, 15; A. Ill, 12” signifies that the dorsal fins are two in 
number, and that the first one consists of 7 spines and the second of 1 spine and 15 
soft rays, and that the anal fin consists of 3 spines and 12 soft rays. If the dorsal 
fin had been single and had contained the same number of rays, the formula would 
have been written thus: D. VIII, 15. The number of scales given (unless otherwise 
stated) is the number of oblique rows that occur just above the lateral line from 
the upper angle of the gill opening to the base of the caudal. The terms used in the 
descriptions and keys in describing the external structure of a fish are largely indi- 
cated in the accompanying outline of the croaker. 
