DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AND FISH EGGS IN 1909. 
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The pikes and pickerels (Esochle): 
Pike (Esox lucius). Restored to the streams; not distributed. 
Pickerel ( Esox reticulatus) . Restored to the streams; not distributed. 
The Basses, Sunfishes, and Crappies (Centrarchid^:) : 
Crappie ( Pomoxis annularis). 
Rock bass, red-eye, goggle-eye ( Ambloplites rupestris ). 
Warmouth, goggle-eye ( Chxnobryttus gulosus). 
Large-mouth black bass ( Micropterus salmoides). 
Bream, bluegill sunfish ( Lepomis pallidus). 
Other sunfishes (chiefly Eupomotis gibbosus). 
The Perches (Perchle): 
Yellow perch, ring perch ( Perea flavescens ). 
The croakers (Sckenhle): 
Fresh-water drum, sheepshead, gaspergou ( Aplodinotus grunniens). Only limited 
numbers obtainable. Not distributed. 
Certain introduced species are propagated to a limited extent, as 
follows : 
The minnows and carps (Cyprinule): 
Goldfish ( Carassius auratus). Propagated for ornamental purposes; not dis- 
tributed. 
Tench ( Tinea tinea ) . Cultivated varieties, green tench and golden tench. Propa- 
gated for ornamental purposes; not distributed. 
Ide ( Leuciscus idus ). Cultivated variety, golden ide. Propagated for ornamental 
purposes; not distributed. 
OUTPUT. 
SUMMARIZED STATEMENT. 
The fish-cultural work of the Bureau during the fiscal year 1909 
attained its highest record, with an output of 3,107,131,911. Of this 
number 2,382,573,208 were young fish, distributed for the stocking 
and replenishing of public and private waters, and the remaining 
724,558,703 were eggs, delivered to state and foreign hatcheries. 
The output of young fish exceeds the greatest previous record for any 
one year by over 611,000,000. 
Flatfish, pike perch, blueback salmon, white perch, lake, black- 
spotted, and steelhead trouts, landlocked salmon, bream, crappie, 
small-mouth bass, and rock bass show the largest increases over last 
year. The number of yellow perch, shad, Atlantic salmon, and rain- 
bow trout was smaller than in the preceding year, but the decrease 
was a normal one. 
