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LiSf 0$* FISHSS^ CIVJISS. 193g 
(Includes specie# dsfinltsly identified, and others preserved 
for farther stady at Kational Museumj a few of those listed did not 
actually come into ay hands* Weijghts, shore given, were obtained eith 
aid of W. 4. Bartos and Janes hearaon.) 
1. Yelloe-fin Tuna, lleotteMmin mtaatAems (f^aiinck and Schlegel). 
At all (lalapagos stops; heaviest taken about 56 lbs. The 
Oalapagos Islands are the southern Unit of the range of this 
soeoies. 
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2. Black Skipjack, ButkvnnpLs lineatus (Klshinotjye). Taken in the 
Galapagos and at Coc^s; heaviest taken iibout 12 lbs., this 
is top weight for this species. 
3. Bonito, Sarda lAneolsita (Girard). 
Taken at <3edros Island and off Magdalena Bay. 
h. Sierra Mackerel, ^ . coaberonorus sierra (Jordan eM Starks). 
Tak«a off Itogdalena and Cape San Ixusmi and at practically 
alt, if not all, Galapagos stops. So«e of largf^st of cruise 
tfkan in lllsabeth Bay, Albemarle Island. 
5. False Albaoore, Gmno sarda alleterata (Raflnesque’l. 
Taken at at least throe stops in Galap^i^s: heaviest taken 
about 17 lbs. 
6. ^ahoo, ^eantbngybiun solandrl ((^vier and Yedendennes). 
Taken at Hood Island; heaviest lbs., tdken off Hood Island 
Col. Watson. ♦‘Gtsmest fish of trip. Red or red and idiite 
feather is best lure.” Bartos. 
7. Pacific Sail-fish, Istiopherus sxmi (Jordan and Hill), 
Sixte(m taken in two days fishing off Cocos; heaviest about IhO 
lbs.; 10 ft. 2-I/2 in. long, tbaallest l?7 l^s» “if fish does not 
throw hook after first three jmaps, it can tisually be landed. The 
largest number of Jinapa ooxinted for one of these sail-fish was 10.” 
•♦The President caught a sdl-fish on knot or tangle la his line. 
He had tvo sail-fish on the line at the one time, but the h<x>ked 
one got a^iy. The one in the knot was caught and landed in I7 
Hjinutes.^ Bartos. 
S. Ooaraon J3olphin, Ooryphciena Mupums (Mimaeus). 
One specimen was taken at one of the Galapagos stops by a member 
of the crew over stem of ship; did not see tMs fish. 
