MLE 2 
The Important Japanese Pish by Family Groups 
I Clupeoid Fish 
Herring — Clupea pallasii 
Sardine (pilchard)*- Sardlna melanosticta 
Anchovy — Sngraulis japonicus 
Round herring — Etrumeus micropus 
II Scombroid Fish 
Bonito (oceanic skipjack) — Katsuowonus pelamys 
Tuna (several kinds) 
Albacore — Germo alalunga 
Blue-fin tuna - Thunnus orientalis 
Yellow-fin tuna — Neothunnus macropterus 
Mebachi (mebati) — Parathunpus mebachi 
Mackerel — Scomber japonicus 
Frigate mackerels — Auxis spp. 
Seer-fish — Cybium spp. 
Ill Salmonoid Fish 
Salmon 
^ King or Chinook salmon — Oncorhynchus tschawytscha 
Red salmon — Oncorhynchus nerka 
Silver salmon -- Oncorhynchus kisutsch 
Humpback or pink salmon — Oncorhynchus gorbuscha 
Chum or dog salmon — Oncorhynchus keta 
Salmon or Salmon trout — Salmo spp. 
Smelt — Osmerus dentex 
Surf smelt — Hypomesus olidus 
Chars or Dolly Yarden trouts — Salvelinus spp. 
17 Gadoid Fish 
Cod — Gadus macrocephalua 
Alaskan pollack — Theragra chalcogramma ( Gadus chalcogramma) 
7 Carangidae 
Yellowtail — Seriola quinqueradlata 
Horse mackerel — Trachurus .japonicus 
Jacks — Caranx spp. 
71 Sparidae (Sea breams) 
Sea bream or porgy — Pagrus major 
Pagrus cardinal!s ( Evynnis cardinalis ) 
Pagrus tumifrons ( Taius tumifrons , Dentex tumifrons ) 
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