228 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
territory included may be stated as the St. Lawrence River proper 
from the outlet of Lake Ontario to its mouth in the Gulf of St. Law- 
rence, together with all its tributary streams and lakes between those 
two points, exclusive of Lake Champlain, upon whose fishes we have 
prepared a separate report. 
That the paper may be more useful as a guide to the literature per- 
taining directly to the fishes of the St. Lawrence River basin, a 
bibliography of all papers of that character known to us is given. 
The tities are arranged chronologically, and under each is given a list 
of the species mentioned in it, and our identification of each in current 
nomenclature. In the formal list of species reference is made back 
to the authority for the record. 
The total number of species now known from the St. Lawrence 
basin, as herein limited, is 71, only 63 of which are fresh-water species, 
a number surprisingly few and to be accounted for chiefly by the 
fact that so little collecting has really been done in the St. Lawrence or 
its tributaries. Very little has been done in the river itself or in any 
of its southern tributaries, while the vast territory lying north and west 
of the St. Lawrence and drained by it is, ichthyologically, almost a 
terra incognita so far as definite knowledge of its fishes is concerned. 
It has long been known to anglers as the fisherman’s paradise, but the 
anglers are uncertain even as to the species of trout found therein, to 
say nothing of the species which are not game fishes. Explorations in 
this region are necessary to make out the geographic distribution of 
several species now little understood, notably the Canadian red trout, 
the ouananiche, and the other Salmonidw. Even the relationships of 
a number of the Salmonidw@ remain to be determined. Systematic col- 
lecting anywhere north of the St. Lawrence would add very materially 
to our knowledge of the relationships and distribution of the fishes of 
that vast territory; and careful collecting in the streams and lakes of 
northern New York would doubtless add many species to the fishes now 
known from that region. Localities of special interest are Chateaugay 
and Chazy lakes, the Racket River basin, and the Oswegatchie River. 
The lower St. Lawrence tributaries also deserve careful investigation. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
1836. RicHarpson, JonNn. Fauna Boreali-Americana, or the Zoology of the northern 
part of British America. Part Third. The Fish, 1836, 1-xv+-1-327. 



Nominal species. Identification. 
a brarx mo latus? 3 5220)... scnien asaeljasias cones Roccus lineatus. 
Cyprinus (Abramis) Smithii* ...............-. Hiodon tergisus. 
Salmo salar’ hse cash ona a euine see e oes Salmo salar. 
Anpuillarostratal.. see ast ee leer Anguilla chrysypa. 


*The species described as new in each paper are indicated by an asterisk. 
