REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHES IN THE U. S. NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 81), 1880. 



By Tarleton U. Bean, Curator. 



All the accessions received during' the year are referred to in Part V 

 of the report, so that in this place reference is made only to the most 

 important ones, which are as follows: 



Capi. Charles E. Bendire, U. S. Army. (Accession 17222); catalogue 37777-37781. 

 Specimens of fislies from the Big Horn lliver, Montana, including Lota maculosa, 

 Hijodon alosoides, Uranidea scmiscahra, J\otitrus exUis, Ilybof/nalhus placitus. 



Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U. S. Navy. (Accession 1G970) ; catalogue 37754.* NumerouH 

 species of fishes from Corea, which are still undetermined. 



E. G. Blackford, New York, N. Y. (Accession 10520) ; catalogue 37307. A fresh speci- 

 men of the Jew-fish, Promicrops ilaiara, taken ue«r Newport, R. I., which is far 

 to the northward of its usual habitat. 



E. H. Biniktr, Fletcher's Neck Life-Saving Station. Biddeford Fool, Me. (Accession 

 17258); catalogue 370<S1. A specimen of the Argentine, Argentina silus. A rare 

 visitor to our coast. 



A. N. Cheney, Glens Falls, N. Y. (Accession 16628) ; catalogue 37313. Some speci- 

 mens of the Atlantic salmon, which were intro^luced into Clendon Brook, New 

 York, by the U. S. Fisli Commission in 1884. 



Daniel T. Church, Tiverton, E. I. (Accession 17308.) A menhaden, Brevoortia fyrannus 

 3^ inches long, taken in Narragansett Bay, December 19, 1885. Immense <iuau- 

 tities of menhaden were seen in the bay on that date. 



F.N. Clark, Northville, Mich. (Accession 17231); catalogue 37785, 3778G. A common 

 white-fish, Coregonus clnpeiformis, and a specimen of Coregonus tullibee. The latter 

 is very much desired in the National Museum, as the collection contains only two 

 ;)r three examples. 



Prof. A.Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico.\ (Accession 16268). Numerous species of fishes 

 from Mexico, including the following, which are to bo described : Fundulus dugesi, 

 Characodon variegatus, J'errugineus, and bilineatus. (Accession 16401.) Containing 

 numerous additional si)ecics, among which are entire specimens of Atoxostoma 

 austrinum, by which the identification of the Guanajuato sucker with the genus 

 Moxostoma is clearly established. The types of this species lacked the air blad- 

 der, but the recent examples are perfect. 



Vinal N. Edwards, Wood^s HoU, Mass. (Accession 17096) ; catalogue 37580. Several 

 examples of Apeltes quadracus, which have the dorsal spines IV, I instead of 

 III, I. 



* For a partial list of these species see Accession List, Part V. 

 tFor further information concerning this accession see Accession List, Part V. 



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