UNITED STATES COMMISSIOIM OK FISH AND FISHERIES 



SPEN^CER F. BA-IRD. COM JMISSIONEK 



THE FISHERIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



UNITED STATES 



PREPARED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 

 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TENTH CENSUS 



BY 



GEORGE BROWN GOODE 



ASSISTANT DIIiECTOE OF THE tJ. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



AND A STAFF OF ASSOCIATES 



SECTION I 



NATURAL HISTORY OF USEFUL AQUATIC ANIMALS 



WITH AN ATLAS OP TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN PLATES 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1884 



