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AGASSIZ (Louis). Notice of a collection of Fishes from the southern hend of the 

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[Revives the Eafinesqnian genera Carpiodes, Jctiobus, Cycleptus, and Moxostoma ; describes sp. 

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AGASSIZ (Louis). Synopsis of tbe Ichthyological Fauna of the Pacific Slope of 

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[Twenty-six species ennmerated — moat of them briefly described. Two new genera are pro- 

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