menhaden's Usage Examples:

Large numbers of shad, blue fish, weak fish (squeteague), alewives, Spanish mackerel, perch, bass, croakers (Micropogon undulatus), mullet, menhaden, oysters and clams are caught in the sounds, in the lower courses of the rivers flowing into them, or in the neighbouring waters of the sea.

In the inland waters salmon, trout, togue (Salvelinus namaycush), pickerel and bass abound; along the shore there are lobsters, clams and scallops (Pecten irradians); and off the shore are herring, alewives, mackerel, cod, halibut, haddock, smelts, hake, menhaden, porgies and porpoises.

Next in importance were the catches of menhaden, shad, clams, squeteague and alewives; while minor catches were made of crabs, croaker, bluefish, butterfish, catfish, perch and spotted and striped bass.

MENHADEN, economically one of the most important fishes of the United States, known by a great number of local names, "menhaden" and "mossbunker" being those most generally in use.

Engler, who obtained a liquid like crude petroleum by the distillation of menhaden (fish) oil.

The waters of the Chesapeake Bay are especially rich in oysters and crabs, and there, also, shad, alewives, " striped " (commonly called " rock ") bass, menhaden, white perch and weak-fish (" sea-trout ") occur in large numbers.

The chief varieties of the product in 1904, with their value, were as follows: oysters, "1,691,953; clams, "430,766; shad, "238,517; squeteague (weak-fish), "253,200; bluefish, "120,085; menhaden, "109,090; sea bass, "97,903; cod, "53,789.

The fisheries are chiefly of shad, oysters, mullet, alewives, clams, black bass, menhaden, croakers and bluefish.

The waters of the coast and bays abound in shad, menhaden, bluefish, weak-fish (squeteague), clams and oysters.

The average size of the menhaden is about 12 in.

Its scientific name is Clupea (or Alosa) menhaden and Brevoortia tyrannus.

'Next in importance were the catches of menhaden, shad, clams, squeteague and alewives; while minor catches were made of crabs, croaker, bluefish, butterfish, catfish, perch and spotted and striped bass.

Synonyms:

clupeid, Brevoortia, Brevoortia tyrannis, clupeid fish, genus Brevoortia, menhaden oil,

Antonyms:

spiny-finned fish,