The food and game fishes of New York: . e spring and summer the young grow to a length of 2 and 3 inches; 304 SEVKXriI KKPORT OF THE KOREST, EISII AND GAME COMMISSION. after their departure from the streams nothing is known of their progress, but it isbelieved tliat the_\- rcacli maturity in four years. We have no means of learning theage of the immature fish seen in great schools off shore, and thus far the rate ofgrowth is unsettled. The Branch Alewife. though full of small bones, is a very valuable food fish andis consumed in the fresh condition as well as dry salted, pickled and smoked. Th
The food and game fishes of New York: . e spring and summer the young grow to a length of 2 and 3 inches; 304 SEVKXriI KKPORT OF THE KOREST, EISII AND GAME COMMISSION. after their departure from the streams nothing is known of their progress, but it isbelieved tliat the_\- rcacli maturity in four years. We have no means of learning theage of the immature fish seen in great schools off shore, and thus far the rate ofgrowth is unsettled. The Branch Alewife. though full of small bones, is a very valuable food fish andis consumed in the fresh condition as well as dry salted, pickled and smoked. Thefry can be reared in ponds by placing adults in the waters to be stocked a littlebefore their spawning season; and they furnish excellent food for bass, rockfish,trout, salmon and other choice fishes. The proper utilization of the immense over-supply of these fish in Lake Ontario has become a serious economic ])roblem. .\lewives are caught in seines, gillnets, traps and pounds, and they are often takenby anglers with artificial GLUT HERRING —MALE. 45. Glut Herring 1 Pouiolobus cyanonotpn Storer). Pomolflhiis (vstivalis Goode & Bean, Essex Inst., 24, : Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 246, ces/ivalis ]OKI).\y cS: (, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 267, 1883. Mitchills name, (cstivalis, cannot be applied with any certainty to the GlutHerring; it appears to be a synonym of nicdiocris and mattozcirca of the sameauthor. Its relation to iiiattonHica was long since pointed out by Dr. Gill. Thedescription herewith appended appears to make this conclusion inevitable.(Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. .Soc. N. V. p. 456, pi- 5. fig- ^^ -^4-) Summer Herring of New York. {C/iipca (cstivd/is.) Has a row of spots to thenumber of seven or eight, extending in the direction of the lateral line. Tailforked. Iklly serrate ; and, in most respects, resembling the C. hali\\ herein alreadydescribed. Rays: Br. 6; P. 15: V. 9; D. 16; A. 19; C. 19. T
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