. Fishes. Fishes. Isospondyli 277 Cuba is Sardinella pseudohispanica, the sardine of California, Sardinella ccBrulea. Sardinella sagax abounds in Chile, and Sar- dinella melanosticta is the valued sardine of Japan. In the tropical Pacific occur other valued species, largely belonging to the genus Kowala. The genus Harengida contains small species with very large, firm scales which do not fall when touched, as is generally the case with the sardines. Most common of these is Harengula sardina of the West Indies. Similar species occur in southern Europe and in Japan. In Opisthonenia, the thread-h
. Fishes. Fishes. Isospondyli 277 Cuba is Sardinella pseudohispanica, the sardine of California, Sardinella ccBrulea. Sardinella sagax abounds in Chile, and Sar- dinella melanosticta is the valued sardine of Japan. In the tropical Pacific occur other valued species, largely belonging to the genus Kowala. The genus Harengida contains small species with very large, firm scales which do not fall when touched, as is generally the case with the sardines. Most common of these is Harengula sardina of the West Indies. Similar species occur in southern Europe and in Japan. In Opisthonenia, the thread-herring, the last dorsal ray is much produced, as in the gizzard-shad and the tarpon. The two species known are abundant, but of little commercial im- portance. Of greater value are the menhaden, or the moss- bunker, Brevoortia tyramius, inhabiting the sandy coasts from New England southward. It is a coarse and bony fish, rarely. Fig. 211 —Menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). Wood's, Hole, Mass. eaten when adult, although the young in oil makes acceptable sardines. It is used chiefly for oil, the annual yield exceeding in value that of whale-oil. The refuse is used as manure, a purpose for which. the fishes are often taken without prepara- tion, being carried directly to the cornfields. From its abun- dance this species of inferior flesh exceeds in commercial value almost all other American fishes excepting the cod, the herring, and the quinnat salmon. One of the most complete of fish biographies is that of Dr. G. Brown Goode on the "Natural and Economic History of Men- ; Numerous other herring-like forms, usually with compressed bodies, dry and bony flesh, and serrated bellies, abound in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Ho
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