. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE HERRING AND ITS ALLIES. 335 Italians as 'Sardina.' It is, in fact, almost exactly identical with the Sardine of Europe. It reaches a length of a little less than a foot. It ranges from Cape Mendocino to Chili, and is extremely abundant south- ward, especially in the winter, when it fills all the bays. In the summer it is generally scarce southward, although still taken northward. The young are, however, seen in San Diego in
. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. THE HERRING AND ITS ALLIES. 335 Italians as 'Sardina.' It is, in fact, almost exactly identical with the Sardine of Europe. It reaches a length of a little less than a foot. It ranges from Cape Mendocino to Chili, and is extremely abundant south- ward, especially in the winter, when it fills all the bays. In the summer it is generally scarce southward, although still taken northward. The young are, however, seen in San Diego in the summer. It is probably to some extent migratory along the coast, but as little attention is paid to it, no definite data can be given. It is brought into the markets when taken, and is sold with the Herring. The question of the possibility of canning it in oil, like the Sardine, has been considerably discussed. It would probably prove unprofitable, from the high price of labor and the uncer- tain supply of ; Far more abundant than the Herring, and occurring at times on all parts of our Atlantic coast, is the Menhaden, Brcvoortia tyrannus. This species has at least thirty popular names, most of them limited in their use within narrow geographical boundaries. To this circumstance may be attributed the prevailing ignorance regarding its habits and migrations, among our fishermen, which has perhaps prevented the more extensive utilization of this fish, particularly 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 Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. Boston : Estes and Lauriat
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