AMERICAN FISHES 



A POPULAR TREATISE 



UPON THE 



GAME AND FOOD FISHES 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA 



WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO HABITS 

 AND METHODS OF CAPTURE 



BY 



G. BROWN GOODE 



ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN CHARGE OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



LATE U. S. COMMISSIONER TO THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION'S IN BERLIN 



AND LONDON; AUTHOR OF "GAME FISHES OF THE UNITED STATES," 



" FISHERIES AND FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE 



UNITED STATES," ETC., ETC. 



WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS 



BOSTON: 



ESTES AND LAURIAT, 



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