PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 239 



A PKEILIMIIVARV CATArOOrE OF THE FISHES OF AffiASKAN AND 

 ADJACEIVT ^VATEKfS. 



By TARLETOIV If. BEAIV. 



Tbe following- is a list of the fishes of Alaska wliicli have been recorded 

 in the principal works relating to the snbject. One hundred and sixteen 

 species are named, all of which are in the collection of the United States 

 National Museum except Pleuronectes FranMimi, Murwnoides clolichogas- 

 ter, Scbastichthi/s ruber (represented by numerous examples from Cali- 

 fornia and Puget Sound), Psi/chrolutes paradoxus^ Esox lucius, Spratel- 

 loides hryoporiis, and Raia hatis of Pallas. The catalogue is, therefore, 

 practically a record of what the Museum has from the Territory. The 

 numbers preceding the localities of the species refer to the Museum reg- 

 ister of fishes. 



The earlier collections here mentioned were made principally by Messrs. 

 Bannister, Bischoft", Dall, Elliott, Kennicott, and Turner. More recent 

 contributions have been received from Commander L. A. Beardslee, U. 

 S. N., at Sitka, Capt. C. L. Hooper, United States Revenue IVIarine, in 

 the Arctic, and Mr. William J. Fisher, United States Coast Survey ob- 

 server, at Kodiak. As will be seen by referring to the list, very large 

 additions were made during the summer of 1880 by Mr. William H. 

 Dall, commanding the United States Coast Survey schooner Yukon, 

 his assistants, and the writer. 



The species named are almost wholly shore species, or such as are 

 found in comparatively shallow water; the deep-water fishes of Alaska 

 are still undiscovered, instruments of deei)-sea research, except the 

 dredge, not having been employed there. 



In the appendix will be found the names of 90 species which have been 

 recorded from waters adjacent to Alaska, many of which will doubtless 

 be found within the limits of the Territory. 



For the sake of convenience, the numbers iireceding the names of 

 fishes in the faunal tables are the same as in the catalogue. 



It is my intention to i)repare a detailed account of the fishes here 

 recordetl, and it is expected that at least the new species will be repre- 

 sented by illustrations. 



GASTEROSTEID^. 



1. Gasterosteus cataphractus (Pall.) Tilesius. 



Kamtchatka (Pallas); San Francisco and Puget Sound (Jordan & 

 Gilbert). 



20489. Sitka. J. A. Fitzgerald. 



28053. Port Mulgrave, Yakntat Bay, June 24, 1880. Dall & Bean. 

 28077. Refuge Cove, Cook'a Inlet, July 6, 1880. Dall & Bean. 

 27994. Chugachik Bay, Cook's Inlet, July I, 1880. Dall & Bean. 



