Side by side with these belongs the whitefish of the Great Lakes (_Coregonus clupeiformis_). Its flesh, delicate, slightly gelatinous, moderately oily, is extremely agreeable. Sir John Richardson records the fact that one can eat the flesh of this fish longer than any other without the feeling of cloying. The salmon cannot be placed in the front ranks because, however excellent, the stomach soon becomes tired of it. The Spanish mackerel (_Scomberomorus maculatus_), with flesh at once rich and delicate, the great opah (_Lampris luna_), still richer and still more delicate, the bluefish (_Pomatomus saltatrix_) similar but a little coarser, the ulua (_Carangus sem_), the finest large food-fish of the South Seas, the dainty California poppy-fish, miscalled "Pampano" (_Palometa simillima_), and the kingfish firm and well-flavored (_Scomberomorus cavalla_), represent the best of the fishes allied to the mackerel. [Illustration: FIG. 199.--Opah, or Moonfish, _Lampris luna_ (Gmelin). Specimen in Honolulu market weighing 317-1/2 lbs. (Photograph by E. L. Berndt.)--Page 323.] [Illustration: FIG. 200.--Bluefish, _Pomatomus saltatrix_ (L.). New York.] [Illustration: FIG. 201.--Robalo, _Centropomus undecimalis_ (Bloch). Florida.] The shad (_Alosa sapidissima_), with its sweet, tender, finely oily flesh, stands also near the front among food-fishes, but it sins above all others in the matter of small bones. The weak-fish (_Cynoscion nobilis_) and numerous relatives rank first among those with tender, white, savorous flesh. Among the bass and perch-like fishes, common consent places near the first the striped bass (_Roccus lineatus_), the bass of Europe (_Dicentrarchus labrax_), the susuki of Japan (_Lateolabrax japonicus_), the red tai of Japan (_Pagrus major_ and _P. cardinalis_), the sheep's-head (_Archosargus probatocephalus_), the mutton-fish or Pargo Criollo of Cuba (_Lutianus analis_), the European porgy (_Pagrus pagrus_), the robalo (_Centropomus undecimalis_), the uku (_Aprion virescens_) of Hawaii, the spadefish (_Chætodipterus faber_), and the black bass (_Micropterus dolomieu_). [Illustration: FIG. 202.--Spadefish, _Chætodipterus faber_ (L.). Virginia.] [Illustration: FIG. 203.--Small-mouthed Black Bass, _Micropterus dolomieu_ (Lacépède). Potomac River.] [Illustration: FIG. 204.--Speckled Trout (male), _Salvelinus fontinalis_ (Mitchill). New York.] [Illustration: FIG. 205.--Rainbow Trout, _Salmo irideus_ Gibbons. Sacramento River, California.] [Illustration: FIG. 206.--Rangeley Trout, _Salvelinus oquassa_ (Girard). Lake Oquassa, Maine.]