By:

Howard D. Tait Division of Biological Research Juneau, Alaska

June 26, 1962

STATE OF ALASKA WILLIAM A. EGAN - GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME WALTER KIRKNESS - COMMISSIONER SUBPORT BUILDING, JUNEAU INFORMATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 15

Glossary of Common Trawl Fish

Howard D. Tai t

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Biological Research June 26, 1962

The following list has been compiled by the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission and is reproduced herein for your information. GLOSSARY OF COMMON TRAWL FISH

Arneri can Clemens Canadian AFS1 Industry & Wilby2 Industry Scientific1 Skates Skates Skates Skates Fami ly Ra j idae

Spi ny dogf ish Dogfi s h Paci f ic dogfish Dogf is h Squal us acanthi as (S. suckleyi) Grayfi sh

Ratfish Ratfish Ratfish Ratfish Hydrolagus colliei

White sturgeon5 White sturgeon Whi te sturgeon White sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus

Green sturgeon5 Green sturgeon Green sturgeon Green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris

herican shad Shad Shad Alosa sapidissima

Pacific cod True cod Pacific cod Gray cod Gadus macrocephalus

, Pacific hake Ha ke Pacific hake Hake Merl uccius productus A I Pacific tomcod5 Tomcod Pacific tomcod Microgadus proximus

Walleye pol lock5 Whiting Whiting Whiting (human Theragra chal cogrammus food ) Big eye (animal food )

Pile perch1 Surf perch Pile seaperch Perch Rhacochil us vacca (Damal ichthys Pile perch vacca) Sea perch

Pacific Ocean perch Ocean perch Longjaw rockfish Ocean perch Sebastodes a1 utus

Splitnoserockfish4 Rosefish Spl itnose rockfish Sebastodes diploproa

Other rockfish4 Rock cod Rockfish Rock cod Sebastodes + Rockfish Rockfish Sebastolobus Spp. GLOSSARY OF COMMON TRAWL FISH (Continued)

American Cl emens Canadian AFS1 Industry & Wilby2 Industry Scientific Sablefish Bl ackcod Sablefi sh Blackcod Anopl opoma f imbria Coalfish Ski1 Scul pi ns --- Scul pi ns --- Family Cottidae

Lingcod Li ngcod Lingcod Li ngcod Ophiodon elongatus

Pacific sanddab3 Sanddab Mottled sanddab Sanddab Citharichthys sordidus Soft f 1ounder

California ha1 ibut3 ------Paralichthys californicus

Arrowtooth flounder3 Turbot Arrowtooth flounder Turbot Atheresthes stomias Long-jaw flounder Arrowtooth halibut or sole

Petrale sole Petrale sole Bri 11 Bri 11 Eopsetta jordani Round-nosed flounder

Rex sole Rex sole Rex sole Rex sole Glyptocephal us zachi rus Long-f i nned f 1ounder Witch

Flathead sole3 - - - Flathead sole Flathead flounder Hippoglossoides el assodon Paper sole

Butter sole3 Bellingham sole Butter sole Butter sole Isopsetta is01epis Scaly-fin flounder Be1 1ingham sole

Rock sole Rock sole Rock sole Rock sole or Lepidopsetta bilineata f 1ounder Rough-bac ked f 1ounder GLOSSARY OF COMMON TRAWL FISH (Continued)

American Cl emens Canadian AFS* Industry & Wi 1by2 Industry Scientific Ye1 1owf i sn sol e3 --- Yellowfin sole Yellowfin sole Limanda aspera Northern sole or f 1ounder

Slender sol e3 Slender sole Slender sole Slender sole Lyopsetta exilis Slim sole Rough sole

Dover sole Dover sole Dover sole Dover sole Micros tomus paci f icus Slime sole or flounder Sl ippery sole or f 1ounder

I English sole English sole Lemon sole Lemon sole Parophrys vetulus Lemon f 1ounder I W I Starry flounder Flounder Starry f 1ounder Flounder Platichthys stellatus

C-0 sole3 Turbot C-0 sole C-0 flounder Pleuronichthys coenosus Spot f 1ounder Popeye sole

Curlfin sole3 Turbot Curlfin sole Curl -f i n sole Fleuronichthys decurrens Curl finned flounder California turbot

Sand sole3 Sand sole Sand sole Sand sole or Psettichthys melanostictus f 1ounder Sand bri 11 Spotted flounder

- Octopus - - - Octopus Pol ypus hongkongensi s Devil fish GLOSSARY OF COMMON TRAWL FISH (Conti nued)

l American Fisheries Society, 1960, Special Publication No. 2, A List of Common & Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, 2nd Ed.

2 Clemens, W.A. & G.V. Wilby, 1961, Fishes of the Pacific Coast of Canada, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bull. 68, 2nd Ed.

3 Included in Other Flatfish in tables.

Included in Other Rockfish in tables.

Miscel laneous species.

Almost all the species listed, and many more, enter the animal food landings to some extent.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game administers all programs and activities free from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, or disability. The department administers all programs and activities in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility, or if you desire further information please write to ADF&G, P.O. Box 25526, Juneau, AK 99802-5526; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 300 Webb, Arlington, VA 22203 or O.E.O., U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington DC 20240.

For information on alternative formats for this and other department publications, please contact the department ADA Coordinator at (voice) 907-465-6077, (TDD) 907-465-3646, or (FAX) 907-465-6078.