VIII. Acknowledgements 



The writer wishes to express his gratitude and appreciation 

 to Donald J. Zinn, Saul B. Saila, and Robert A. DeWolf for their 

 untiring assistance and excellent counsel in this study. 



Thanks are also due to John A. Rankin, Jr. for making avail- 

 able to the writer fish specimens in the collection of the Zoology 

 Department of the University of Connecticut. 



The author wishes to acknowledge communications from the 

 following individuals regarding the fish collections at their in- 

 stitutions: Leonard P. Schultz, Curator of fishes, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution; Francesca LaMonte, Associate Curator of Fishes, Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History; John Tee Van, General Director, 

 New York Zoological Society Aquarium; Henry W. Fowler, 

 Curator of Fishes, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia; William C. Schroeder, Harvard Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology; Daniel Merriman, Bingham Oceanographic Lab- 

 oratory. 



The writer would like to express his gratitude to the commercial 

 fishermen of Rhode Island who contributed data and specimens 

 to this study, especially to Willis Clark, Theophilus Silva and 

 Ellery Thompson. 



The author's thanks are due Mary M. Keeffe, whose helpful 

 suggestions and encouragement were a great aid in the preparation 

 of this book. Herbert Perluck's aid in checking the manuscript is 

 appreciated. 



Lastly, the writer would like to acknowledge the assistance of 

 Kay Donahue, typist, his wife, Esther, Joseph Gordon and Robert 

 J. Daily in the production of this volume. 



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