A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)

by David Starr Jordan

Fig. 217.—Mutton-snapper, or Pargo criollo, Lutianus analis (Cuv. & Val.). Key West.

Fig. 218.—Herring, Clupea harengus L. New York.

Fig. 219.—Codfish, Gadus callarias L. Eastport, Maine.

The codfish (Gadus callarias in the Atlantic; Gadus macrocephalus in the Pacific) likewise swarms in all the northern seas, takes the hook readily, and is better food when salted and dried than it is when fresh.

Next in economic importance probably stands the mackerel of the Atlantic (Scomber scombrus), a rich, oily fish which bears salting better than most.

Fig. 220.—Mackerel, Scomber scombrus L. New York.