. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 98.—Pescado bianco, Chirostoma humboldtianum (Val.). Lake Chalco, City of Mexico. prefer in general the large parrot-fishes (as Pseudoscarus jordani in Hawaii), or else the young of mullet and similar species. Abundance of Food-fishes.—In general, the economical value of any species depends not on its toothsomeness, but on its abtmdance and the ease with which it may be caught and pre-. FiG. 99.—Red Goatflsh, or Salmonete, Psevdupeneus maculatus Bloch. Family Mullidw (Surmullets). served. It is said that more individuals of the herring (Clupea harengns in the Atlantic, C
. Fishes. Fishes. Fig. 98.—Pescado bianco, Chirostoma humboldtianum (Val.). Lake Chalco, City of Mexico. prefer in general the large parrot-fishes (as Pseudoscarus jordani in Hawaii), or else the young of mullet and similar species. Abundance of Food-fishes.—In general, the economical value of any species depends not on its toothsomeness, but on its abtmdance and the ease with which it may be caught and pre-. FiG. 99.—Red Goatflsh, or Salmonete, Psevdupeneus maculatus Bloch. Family Mullidw (Surmullets). served. It is said that more individuals of the herring (Clupea harengns in the Atlantic, Cliipea pallasi in the Pacific) exist than of any other species. The herring is a good food-fish and when- ever it runs it is freely sought. According to Bjornson, wherever the school of herring touches the coast of Norway, there a village springs up, and this is true in Scotland, Newfoundland, and. 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. Holt and Company
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