. 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 III'. Kosi-Fisii .\.\n IIS . i:s. -'TI (111 ihi hunk, and !•> tliii-> takv'ii. Like utlur ri>lu's. it i> Milijii I to tlu- alta( ks uf tlii' lia^ lisli (/'('//V/z-iV/vwiii). As a ludd ri>>h it licilds a lii^li rank, being r to tlu- iix kl'i->li. I'ldni its great aliundanci', it is om- (il'llu- most ini| ri>lK's on the I'.u \\h (oast. /.uiiolrpis litfi
. 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 III'. Kosi-Fisii .\.\n IIS . i:s. -'TI (111 ihi hunk, and !•> tliii-> takv'ii. Like utlur ri>lu's. it i> Milijii I to tlu- alta( ks uf tlii' lia^ lisli (/'('//V/z-iV/vwiii). As a ludd ri>>h it licilds a lii^li rank, being r to tlu- iix kl'i->li. I'ldni its great aliundanci', it is om- (il'llu- most ini| ri>lK's on the I'.u \\h (oast. /.uiiolrpis litfi/>; ranges from I'raiu is(o northward in dei'|) water, it reaches a lengtli ot'aliont a foot, and is of no einic \aliie. The l)right-<'ohired little fi^h. (\\ I'/i/<///.< /'/,///.\\ ranges tVoin I'.ar- li.\r,i to \'aii<(iii\er's hland. living among rocks lUMr shore. It ( hes a leiiL^tli of six im hes. is taken and is then used oidv for I'. The lieshow. Aiioplof^onui fiiiibria, is generally known in I'liget Sound liy the name of *• 1 lorse-maounds. It ranges from Montere\- northward to Sitka, in deep water, and is generally coinmon, es|)ecially northward. .\t Seattle it is one of the most altuiidant fishes, but in the San iMaiicisco market it is seldom seen in large numbers. It feeds on crustaceans, worm^:, and small I'lshjs. In the Straits of Fuca it reaches a much larger si/e tluwi has been noticed elsewhere. It is here \ery highly \alued by the Indians, at (ord- ing to Mr. Swan. It is (ailed by the Indians " ; and is the " lilack-i'od," of re(ent writers. Mr. James (1. Swan has gisen a full report upon its habits in a recent lUilletin of the Fish Commission.* and has forwarded some of the salted t'ish for examination, 'i'lie writer is not prepared to give to Anoplopoma a position as yet among the fmest of American llslies. although it is no doubt an excellent kiiul for local consumptio
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