38 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
tensive work in the study of variation, faunal relations, etc., in 
the future. In the case of species not represented by specimens 
I have confined the account to a line or so of salient diagnosis 
with pertinent remarks. The vernaculars employed are those 
compiled from the various authors who have written on New 
Jersey fishes, together with such as I have gathered from fisher- 
men, sportsmen, anglers and others. In the case of each species 
nearly complete references, or at least as far as I am now able 
to determine are given, so that one may have a complete knowl- 
edge of each as now known from our waters. 
To the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia I am 
under great obligations for the use of its unexcelled collection 
of New Jersey fishes. It was in the laboratory of that institution 
that all of the species represented by specimens were drafted. 
Though the collecting of New Jersey fishes began in Le Sueur’s 
time early in the last century, there are none of his specimens in 
the Academy at present. The next and most complete collections 
were made by Samuel Ashmead at Beesley’s Point, the famous 
rendezvous for many of the older naturalists of the Academy. 
Most of the Ashmead collections are still extant and embrace 
many more species than found by Spencer F. Baird in 1854. 
However, some of Baird’s specimens are also in the Academy. 
The collections of Dr. Charles C. Abbott, from near Trenton, 
are important and illustrate fairly well the fauna of that region. 
Subsequently Edward D. Cope visited the pine-barrens streams 
in the southern part of the state and made collections. Finally 
the writer has collected in many parts of the state with success, 
such as the Saddle River in Bergen County, various points along 
the Delaware River, Crosswicks Creek near Trenton, Rancocas 
Creek, Sea Isle City, Anglesea, Stone Harbor, Cape May, Ocean 
City, Great Egg Harbor River,.Wading River, Atlantic City 
and elsewhere. Many notes were made in the field which are 
used in this report, especially those with reference to the color of 
fresh or living examples. ; 
The writer is indebted to the State Museum of New Jersey 
and its able Curator, Mr. Silas R. Morse, for assistance in 
facilitating the work of the present report. To Dr. Charles C. 
