62 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



CATALOGUE OF THE MARINE AND FRESH- 

 WATER FISHES OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 



BY PHILIP COX, A. B., B. Sc, Ph. D 



The following list is based on a " Descriptive Catalogue 

 of the Fishes of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia," by 

 Moses H. Perley, 1852, and a " List of the Chief Marine 

 and Fresh-water Fishes of New Brunswick" by Dr. 

 A. L. Adams, Field and Forest Rambles, London, 1873, 

 to w^hich are added a number of species since identiiied 

 by the writer and others as new to the province. Both 

 the lists were critically examined and doubtful species 

 removed; but the writer does not wish to be understood 

 as having examined all the forms included, for a dozen 

 or more have not come under his immediate observation ; 

 yet the credibility of the witnesses and probability of the 

 occurrence of these species within the limits of provincial 

 waters, as inferred from their well-known range, fully 

 warrant their retention in the list. 



The more modern nomenclature, founded on priority 

 of use and the better understood relations of families and 

 genera, has been adopted ; and, as the result, the classifi- 

 cation is essentially that of Jordan and Gilbert, based on 

 the views of Gill and Cope, {vide " Synopsis of the 

 Fishes of North America," b}^ D. S. Jordan and C. H. 

 Gilbert. Bulletin No. 16, Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, 1882). 



Out of respect to the memory of the pioneer ichthy- 

 ologist of the province, the writer, in assigning localities 



