. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. 'I'lu- \'(.'ll(i\\-l);i( kt'il Ri)( kfish. S,/'trs//r/'////y.\- nitr/i:;rr. sciins to liavu no (li>tin( t naiiK' in (omnKiii ii>c. It i;uil; tVdiii MuntciTv to I'nui't in rather (IcL'ii It i> not \u\\ (oinnion almut San I'raiK i^(o. Imt inan\- arc caiiiiht in the Straits of" I'li: a. It i> one of the larL;e>t of' the spec ies. rea* hin:4 a of"
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. 'I'lu- \'(.'ll(i\\-l);i( kt'il Ri)( kfish. S,/'trs//r/'////y.\- nitr/i:;rr. sciins to liavu no (li>tin( t naiiK' in (omnKiii ii>c. It i;uil; tVdiii MuntciTv to I'nui't in rather (IcL'ii It i> not \u\\ (oinnion almut San I'raiK i^(o. Imt inan\- arc caiiiiht in the Straits of" I'li: a. It i> one of the larL;e>t of' the spec ies. rea* hin:4 a of" six or eight ikhiikIs. As a luod-t'isli it is not so ;;oo(l as some of the others. The \Wi\ (larrupa. Sr/utsf/\-h/Ii\s cauriinn and siili-siiei ies :i\i//in-is, is knouii as "(iarru|;' •• l\o( kl'i^h" ami •• l<o( k-(; It rtMc hes a U'n^ili of" twentV iiK lies and a weight of'six |ioiinds. it ranges iVoni San Ni(olas to Pnget Sound, being generally (oininon in water of" moderate de]ith. It is sulijec t to greater variations than anv other spei ies in the different parts of its range. It forms ahoiit seven ]'er eeut. of the total ro( k-cod cath. St/uis/ii-Ji/Iiys ri7s/r(///xt7s//V/i///ys aiiriiiilaiiis, seldom rec eives a dis- tinc ti\e name from the fishermen. It reaches a weight of three cu- four jioimds, although, as usually seen in the markets, it is smaller than any other of the species. This is owing to the fait that its yoimg are caught in seines in the bav. while those of other species are less frecpiently taken, and then onlv in the open ocean. It ranges from San Martin Island to Puuet Soimd. living in shallow water and entering all the bays, ancl being taken with a hook f'rom all the wharves. It is thus ajiparently more abundant than any other species, although in ac tual numbers probably many of the deep-water forms {S. jhtriiiiis, f>iiitn\i^fr, losiufiis) far exceed it. As a food-fish it is held in lower esteem than m
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