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Drs. Steindachner, Eigenmann and others, and it is not yet ex- 

 hausted: there are still many trays with Characin fishes unidentified 

 and waiting for study. A considerable number of the South Ameri- 

 can fishes in the Museum were brought by the "Hassler" expedition 

 of 1872. 



The Museum possesses the collection of fishes made by the "Alba- 

 tross" expeditions of 1890-01 and 1910, and about 500 specimens 

 from the survey made by the steamer "Blake" in 1878-80. These 

 collections were worked on by Dr. S. Garman and by Goode and 

 Bean. Both include a great many deep sea fishes, in which the Mu- 

 seum might also be considered very rich, especially from the point of 

 view of diversity of species. The collection of deep sea fishes has been 

 greatly enlarged during the last two years. Two fine, recent collec- 

 tions were made by Mr. C. O'D. Iselin. Besides the sources men- 

 tioned above the study series includes many smaller suites of speci- 

 mens from the " Anticosti" and "Fiji" expeditions, Professor Agassiz 

 (Lake Superior), N. Pike (Mauritius), Poey (Cuba), Putnam (North 

 America), L. P. Ward (Penang), Cooke (Zanzibar), T. Barbour 

 (Celebes, Bermuda, Cuba, Bahamas), and C. Eigenmann (South and 

 Central America). The Poey collection contains many of his types. 



Many distinguished European scientists and the principal Euro- 

 pean museums, thanks to Professor L. Agassiz, contributed largely 

 to the richness of the Museum of Comparative Zoology collection of 

 European fishes; namely. Professor Haeckel, Dr. Klunzinger, Dr. 

 Fr. Day, Stuttgard Museum, Lyons Museum, Museum of Got- 

 tingen. Museum of Milan, Zoological Museum of St. Petersburg 

 (three considerable lots in 1885 and 1930), Riks-Museum of Stock- 

 holm, Museum of Natural History of Paris, British Museum, and the 

 Pacific Scientific Fishery Research Station of Vladivostok, Russia. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology is one of the richest mu- 

 seums in types: all types of S. Garman (deep sea fishes, particularly 

 Brotulids, Stomiatids, Macrurids, Nemichtids and Plagiostomia) ; a 

 great many of Eigenmann (Characins and Siluroids); many of L, 

 Agassiz (Cyprinids and Percoids), Poey (Cuban fishes), Goode and 

 Bean (deep sea fishes), Franz Steindachner (Characins and Silu- 

 roids), Tate Regan (Cichids), Cope (Cyprinids), Borodin (Chara- 

 cins and deep sea fishes), and some others. 



The whole number of the types and cotypes in the Museum of 



