Fishes . FiG. 80.—Ayu, or Jupaucac ;SiiiiiU:l, IUkiiiIoxsus altivelUi Sthlegel. Tanagawa, Tokyo, Japan. able oil, readily digested, and with a sort of fragrance peculiarto the species. Next to this he is inclined to place the ayu (Pleco^lossiisaltivelis), a sort of dwarf salmon which runs in similar fashionin the rivers of Japan and Formosa. The ayu is about as large. Fig. 81.—Whitefish, Coregonus clupeiformis Mitcliill. Ecorse, Mich. as the eulachon and has similar flesh, but with little oil and nofragrance. Very near the first among sea-fishes must come the pampano Fishes as Food for Man 131

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Fishes . FiG. 80.—Ayu, or Jupaucac ;SiiiiiU:l, IUkiiiIoxsus altivelUi Sthlegel. Tanagawa, Tokyo, Japan. able oil, readily digested, and with a sort of fragrance peculiarto the species. Next to this he is inclined to place the ayu (Pleco^lossiisaltivelis), a sort of dwarf salmon which runs in similar fashionin the rivers of Japan and Formosa. The ayu is about as large. Fig. 81.—Whitefish, Coregonus clupeiformis Mitcliill. Ecorse, Mich. as the eulachon and has similar flesh, but with little oil and nofragrance. Very near the first among sea-fishes must come the pampano Fishes as Food for Man 131 {Trachinotus caroliniis) of the Gulf of Mexico, with firm, white,finely flavored flesh. The red surmullet of Europe {Mulhts barbatiis) has beenlong famed for its deHcate flesh, and may perhaps be placednext. Two related species in Polynesia, the mimu and the

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