. California fish and game . Fig. 41. The southern anchovy {Anchoi-ialla (iclicdfissiiinis). or very slightly longer. The color is greenish antl translucent; alongthe middle of the side is a silvery band. This species is found very abundantly on the southern Californiacoast. It noes not much exceed 3 inches in length. Crisply fried in oil,this fish is all that its Latin name signifies—most delicate. The Deep-Bodied Anchovy, or Sprat (Anchovialla compressus). This ancliovy may be known by its deep thin body and long anal latter is very much longer than the length of the head, and con-s
. California fish and game . Fig. 41. The southern anchovy {Anchoi-ialla (iclicdfissiiinis). or very slightly longer. The color is greenish antl translucent; alongthe middle of the side is a silvery band. This species is found very abundantly on the southern Californiacoast. It noes not much exceed 3 inches in length. Crisply fried in oil,this fish is all that its Latin name signifies—most delicate. The Deep-Bodied Anchovy, or Sprat (Anchovialla compressus). This ancliovy may be known by its deep thin body and long anal latter is very much longer than the length of the head, and con-siderably longer than in the preceding two species. It is pale trans-lucent greenish in color with a silvery band along the side that shadesdownward on the lower i)arts. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 65. Fig. 42. The deep-bodied anchovy (Ancltovialla coiiiprcssus). This anchovy grows to a length of five inches, and is found only onthe southern California coast where it is abundant. Its flesh is thin anddry, and as a pan fish it can not be compared with the other twoanchovies. THE HERRING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERRINGINDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA. By N. B. SCOFIELD. in Charge, Department of Commercial Fisheries, CaliforniaFish and Game Commission. The herring, of which there are several species, are found in thenorthern salt waters of both hemispheres. They are small silvery fishes,not usually exceeding twelve inches in length, but what they lack in sizethey make up in numbers, for they appear along the coast during theirspawning seasons in vast schools and are caught by the fishermen princi-pally at that time. The herring catch in Europe in the year 1909 exceeded one and one-quarter billion pounds, valued at $21,500,000. The herring fisheries onthe Atlantic coast of North America, while
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