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An Annotated Catalogue of the Fishes of Maine. 
By WILLIAM CONVERSE KENDALL, 
Scientific Assistant U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
As scientific assistant of the federal government institu- 
tion, now known as the Bureau of Fisheries, Department of 
Commerce, the writer has spent a considerable portion of the 
last twenty years in studying the habits and geographical 
distribution of the marine and fresh-water fishes of Maine. 
The work has several times taken him by water the entire 
length of the coast, and he has visited many of the bays and 
fishing centers. On the fresh waters, all of the larger and 
most important lakes and rivers, as well as many of the 
minor waters, have been explored. The information thus 
acquired affords the basis for the present catalogue. 
The coast of the State is very irregular and deeply indented. 
Hundreds of islands dot its bays, coastal waters and estu- 
aries, and outlying shoals or “banks” form important fishing 
grounds for various commercial fishes. Maine has an area 
of about 52,000 square miles, of which probably about 65% 
is woodland and there is a large area that may be said to be 
under water. There are four large river basins and numer- 
ous smaller drainages, and about 2,000 lakes from 100 acres 
to 120 square miles in area. 
The waters of Maine are poor in species compared with 
the southern States. In the present catalogue there are listed 
149 species, some of which are of uncertain occurrence. 
The fish fauna of the salt water is mainly boreal. There 
are some periodical migratory species that have their relation- 
PROCEEDINGS, P. S. N. H. VOL. III, 1914. 
