LIST OF THE FISHES TAKEN ON THE PRESIDENTIAL 

 CRUISE OF 1938 



By WALDO L. SCHMITT and LEONARD P. SCHULTZ 

 U. S. National Museum 



This list comprises only those fishes collected on the Presidential 

 Cruise of 1938 which have actually been incorporated in the study 

 collections of the United States National Museum. President Roose- 

 velt, himself an ardent fisherman and keen naturalist, was the principal 

 contributor of the specimens listed. Not only did he obtain some 

 rarities, but he also succeeded in establishing maximum weight 

 records for two species : 20 pounds for the rainbow runner, Elagatis 

 bipinmdatus, and 38 pounds for the blue crevally, Caranx stellatus. 

 The President was most ably assisted by the members of his personal 

 party : Frederick B. Adams ; Basil O'Connor ; Stephen T. Early, 

 the President's Secretary ; Capt. Ross T. Mclntire, Medical Corps, 

 U.S.N., Aide; Capt. D. J. Callaghan, U.S.N. , Naval Aide; and 

 Col. Edwin W. Watson, U.S.A., Military Aide. Dr. Schmitt, by 

 invitation of the President, was naturalist to the expedition. 1 



The officers and members of the crew of the U.S.S. Houston, on 

 which the cruise was made, also collected many fishes, some of 

 which are included in this list. 



All specimens brought back to the Museum for its permanent 

 collections were identified by Dr. Schultz and Earl D. Reid, senior 

 scientific aid, Division of Fishes, National Museum. The authors 

 wish to express their thanks to Mr. Reid for his cooperation, and 

 they are grateful also for assistance rendered by Dr. S. F. Hilde- 

 brand and Isaac Ginsburg, both of the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries. 



'A first listing of the fishes taken on the Presidential Cruise, together with 

 remarks upon certain of the specimens preserved and notes on others observed in 

 the field but not saved, was published by Dr. Schmitt as an "Annotated List of 

 the Fishes," appended to the "Log [of] The Cruise 1938," by Capt. D. J. 

 Callaghan, U.S.N., Naval Aide to the President, with following title page: 

 "The Inspection Cruise and Fishing Expedition of President Franklin D. 

 Roosevelt on Board U.S.S. Houston 16 July 1938-9 August 1938." Privately 

 printed and distributed during the month of November 1938. 



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