CATALOGUE OF MICHIGAN FISH. 193 



CATALOGUE OF MICHIGAN FISH. 



ELLIS L. MICHAEL. 



(Abstract.) 



Previous to the work of the writer but three lists of the fishes inhabit- 

 ing Michigan waters had been published. The first by Cope, published in 

 the Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1864-5, recorded sixty-three species ; 

 the second, by Charles H. BoUman, published in the Bull. U. S. F. C, 

 1888, recorded fifty-three species; the third, by Philip H. Kirsch, pub- 

 lished in the Bull. U. S. F. C, 1893, recorded fifty-two species. In the 

 present paper, through an extensive compilation of all known and avail- 

 able records, the writer has been enabled to extend the number of Michi- 

 gan fish to 126 species. These species are distributed among twentj^-four 

 families, as follows: Cyprinidae, thirty-five; Siluridae and Catostomi- 

 dae, nineteen; Percidae, eighteen; Salmonidae, fourteen; Centrarchidae, 

 ten; Cottidae, five; Lucidae and Poecilidae, each three; Petromyzontidae, 

 Lepisostidae and Gasterostidae, each two; Acipenseridae, Amiidae, An- 

 guillidae, Hiodontidae, Dorosomatidae, Thymallidae, Umbridae, Percop- 

 sidae, Aphredoderidae, Atherinidae, Serranidae, Sciaenidae, and Gadidae, 

 each one. The paper is presented in catalogue form, modeled after Jor- 

 dan and Evermann's "Check List." The nomenclature is that of Jordan 

 and Evermann's ''Fishes of North and Middle America," and the data 

 is so arranged as to show the bibliography, locality and synomony of 

 each species in addition to the general distribution. In addition to the 

 actual catalogue the writer has embodied a hypothetical list, and a table 

 of Michigan fish found in the National Museum. The main theoretical 

 import of the paper lies in the nature of the geographical distribution 

 revealed. Notwithstanding the fact of Great Lake drainage. Michigan 

 fish, with few exceptions, are characteristic of Mississippi valley drainage. 



The paper in full will appear in the Keport of the Michigan Fish Com- 

 mission for June, 1904. 

 Ellis L. Michael, 



Zoological Laboratory, University of Michigan, 

 Ann Arbor. 

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