ZOOLOGY. 465 



FISHERIES. 

 General. 



Amtllche Bericlite uber die Internationale Fiacherei-Ausstellung zu Berlin 1880. 

 Berlin, P. Parey, 1881. (8vo.) viz: I. Fiscbzucht von M. von dem Borne, H. 

 Haack, K. Michaelis. Im Anhange: die Angelfisclierei, von M. von dem Borne. 

 Mit 39 Holzschn. (84 pp.) II. Seefischerei, von Dr. M. Lindemaun. Mit 162 

 Holzschu. (244 pp.) 



Meyer (J.). Haudbuch des Fischerei-Sports. Wien, Pest, Leipzig, Hartleben's Ver- 

 lag, 1881. (Svo. 272 pp. M. 5. 40.) 



United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part VI. Report of the Commis- 

 sioner for 1878. (A. Inquiry into the decrease of food flslies. B. The propaga- 

 tion of food iishes in the waters of the United States.) Washington, Govt. Print- 

 ing Office, 1880. (8vo, liv and 988 pp. ; published 1881.) 



Fish epidemic. 



Endlich (F. M.). An Analysis of Water destructive to Fish in the Gulf of Mexico. 



rroc. U. S. Kat. Mus., v. 4, p. 124. 

 Farlow (W. G.). Report on the contents of two bottles of Water from the Gulf of 



Mexico, forwarded by the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 4, 



p. 234. 

 Glazier (W. C. W,). On the destruction of Fish by polluted waters in the Gulf of 



Mexico. Proc. U. S. Na t. Mus. , v. 4, pp. 126, 127. 

 Ingersoll (Ernest). On the Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Proc. U. S. Xat. 



Mu8., V. 4, pp. 74-80. 

 Johnson (S. H.). Notes on the Mortality among Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus.,y. 4, p. 205. 

 Moore (M. A.). Fish Mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 4, 



pp. 125-126. 

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Mexico. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 4, pp. 121-123. 



Fishes of Alaska. 



Fishes had been collected in Alaska and scientifically described long 

 before any were made known from California, but while the fauna 

 of the latter was in later years well studied, that of Alaska remained 

 comparatively neglected. But several collectors have gathered there 

 within a few years past, and Dr. Tarleton II. Bean, in 1880, visited the 

 country to study the fishes and fisheries, and has, since his return, pub- 

 lished a number of articles respecting them, and compiled " a prelimi- 

 nary catalogue of the fishes of Alaskan and adjacent waters." (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 4, pp. 239-272.) One hundred and sixteen species are 

 enumerated, all of which but seven are represented in the ifational 

 Museum. The species are almost wholly shore fishes, or such as are 

 found in comparatively shallow water, scarcely any deep-sea forms 

 having been discovered. "VVe need only add here that the Cod family 

 is represented by G species, the Flounder family by 9, the Sculpins by 

 21, the Chiridai by 8, and the Salmon family by 9. Two very interest- 

 ing genera have been added by Dr. Bean to the fauna which are at the 

 same time new to science, 31elletes, a kind of Sculpin, and VaUia, a fish 

 related to the Mud fishes, or Umbridte. 

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