LIST OF PLATES. 



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239. The Common Eel, Angiiilla viilgaris Turton.. 630 



Drawing by II. L. Todil, from Xo. 20470, U. S. National Museum, collected at Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1876, by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



240. The Conger Sea Eel, Lcptocrpliatua conger (L.) J. & G 656 



Drawing by II. L. Todd, Irom Xo. 16027, U. S. National Museum, collected at Noank, Connecticut, October 10, 1874, by 

 J. H. Latham. 



241. The Bowtiu or Mudfish, ./win calra L 659 



Drawing by n. L. Todd, from No. 6702, U. S. National Museum. 



The Short-nosed Gar Pike. Lepidosteus plati/stonms Eat' 6ti4 



Drawing by H. L. Todil, from Xo. 3241, U. S. National Museum, collected at Cleveland, Ohio, by Professor S. F. Baird. 



242. The Paddle-nsh, Poli/otlon spatula (Wall). ) J. & G 0(30 



Under view. Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 12-35, U. S. National Museum, collected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by J. W. 



Milner. 

 Side view. Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 12235, TJ. S. Rational Museum, collected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by J. W. 



Milner. 



243. The Common Storgeon, Acipcnser stui'io L. (= A. oxyrhynchus) 660 



Drawing by II. L. Todil, from No. 22495, U. S. National Museum, collected in Potomac River by William Wolt^. 



Thr Short-nosed Sturgeon, Acipensir bm-irostris Le Sue.nr 660 



Drawn from a photograph of a specimen collected at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, 1871. 



244. The Lake Sturgeon, Acipvuxer riiliieiindns Le Sueur , 661 



Drawing by II. I.. Todd, from No. 10252, U. S. National Museum, collected at Ecorse, Michigan, by J. W. Milner. 



The Shovel-nose Sturgeon, Scaphirhynchops platyrJiynchus (Raf. ) Gill 663 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 22159, U. S. National Museum, collected at Mount Carmel, Illinois, 1878, by Robert 

 Eidgway. 



245. The Southern Sting Ray, Trygon sabina Le Sueur 665 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 31043, U. S. National Museum, collected at Galveston, Texas, by Professor D. S. 

 Jordan. 



246. The Barn-door Skate, Rain Iwrii Mitchill 667 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21577, U. S. National Museum, collected at Gloucester, Massachusetts, October, 1878, 

 by U. S. Fish Commission. 



247. The Torpedo, Torpedo occidentalis Storer 667 



Drawing by II. L- Todd, from cast of specimen in U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, 

 1871, by U. S. Fish Commission. 



248. The Sawfish, Pi-iatis pwtinatua Latham 668 



(Side view.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 30678, U. S. National Museum, collected at Pensacola, Florida, by Silas 



Stearns. 

 (Under view.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 30678, U. S. National Museum, collected at Pensacola, Florida, by 



Silas Stearus. 



249. The Basking Shark or Bone Shark, Cetortiinus maximvs (L.) Blainville 668 



Copied by H. L. Todd, from Plate 6, Annales du Musee d'Histoiro Naturelle, Vol. 18. 



The Mackerel Shark, Lamna connibica (Ginel. ) Fleming 670 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27368, U. S. National Museum, collected at Santa Cruz, California, 1880, by Jordan 

 & Gilbert. 



250. The Thrasher Shark. J lipias wipes (Gmel. ) Bonap 672 



Drawiug.by H. L. Todcl, from No. 25962, U. S. National Museum, collected at Eastern Faint, Newport, Rhode Island, 

 August 11, 1880, by Captain Rockliff. 



The Horned Dogfish, ftqitaliin acanlhias L 673 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 22316, U. S. National Museum, collected at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1878, by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



The Tope, or Oil Shark, Galeorliiitiis galeiu (L.) Blainville 676 



Drawing by II. L. Todcl. from No. 26973, U. S. National Mugsuni, collected at Monterey, California, 1880, by Jordan St. 

 Gilbert. 



251. The Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon. marinus L 677 



Drawing by II. L. Todd, from No. 10654, U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, by Vinal N. 

 Edwaids. 



The Alaska Brook Lamprey, Amnioaiii-n aitrens Bean 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21524, U. S. National Museum, collected at Yukon River, Alaska, by L. M. Turner. 



252. The Slime Eel or Hag, Myxiue gliilinoia L 681 



Drawing by H. L. Todd. from No. 23466, U. S. National Museum, collected at sea, by Captain R. L. Morrison. 



-253. The Short-finned Squid, Ommastrephes illecfbrosus (Le S.) Verrill 687 



Drawing of young male 1 from Provincetown, Massachusetts. 



The Giant Srpiid, Architeuthis prineeps Verrill 687 



Drawing by Professor A. E. Verrill, from specimen obtained at Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, December, 1874. 



Common Squid, Loligo 1-ealei (Le S.) 687 



Drawing of female from Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts. 



