﻿XXIV. 
  -A 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  KNOWN 
  TO 
  INHABIT 
  THE 
  

   WATERS 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA, 
  NORTH 
  OF 
  THE 
  TROPIC 
  OF 
  

   CANCER, 
  WITH 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  SPECIES 
  DISCOVERED 
  IN 
  1883 
  

  

  AND 
  1884. 
  

  

  By 
  David 
  Starr 
  Jordan. 
  

  

  The 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  by 
  David 
  S. 
  Jordan 
  

   and 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Gilbert 
  (Bulletin 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  No. 
  

   16), 
  was 
  finished 
  in 
  September, 
  1S82, 
  and 
  was 
  issued 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  

   about 
  April 
  1, 
  1883. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  that 
  work 
  an 
  active 
  study 
  of 
  North 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  fishes 
  has 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  maDy 
  species 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  Synop- 
  

   sis, 
  and 
  has 
  shown 
  various 
  errors 
  in 
  the 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  species 
  already 
  

   known. 
  The 
  additions 
  are 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  Bassalian 
  or 
  deep-sea 
  fauna 
  

   of 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Florida 
  Keys, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   fresh-water 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  determined 
  to 
  issue 
  these 
  addenda 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  an- 
  

   nual 
  supplements 
  to 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  but 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  supplement 
  

   for 
  1883 
  having 
  been 
  delayed 
  till 
  January, 
  1885, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  thought 
  

   best 
  to 
  unite 
  the 
  lists 
  for 
  1883 
  and 
  1884, 
  and 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  matter 
  in 
  the 
  

   present 
  form. 
  

  

  I 
  have, 
  therefore, 
  given 
  a 
  list 
  representing 
  the 
  present 
  state 
  of 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  found 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Tropic 
  of 
  Cancer, 
  in 
  American 
  

   waters. 
  In 
  all 
  cases 
  where 
  a 
  species 
  is 
  included 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  

   Synopsis, 
  or 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  name 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  work, 
  different 
  from 
  

   that 
  here 
  adopted, 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  an 
  explanation, 
  reference 
  or 
  description 
  

   in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  foot-note. 
  Species 
  already 
  fully 
  described 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   publications 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  are 
  not 
  redescribcd 
  here. 
  

  

  In 
  matters 
  of 
  nomenclature 
  and 
  classification 
  I 
  have 
  followed, 
  in 
  this 
  

   list, 
  the 
  arrangement 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  unless 
  important 
  reasons 
  for 
  de- 
  

   viation 
  have 
  appeared. 
  In 
  such 
  cases 
  I 
  have 
  endeavored 
  to 
  avoid 
  pre- 
  

   mature 
  changes, 
  and 
  the 
  substitution 
  of 
  one 
  doubtful 
  opinion 
  for 
  another. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  list 
  the 
  families, 
  genera, 
  and 
  species 
  are 
  numbered 
  consecu- 
  

   tively 
  from 
  the 
  first. 
  These 
  numbers 
  necessarily 
  differ 
  from 
  those 
  in 
  

   the 
  Synopsis. 
  The 
  numbers 
  used 
  in 
  that 
  work 
  arc 
  here 
  placed 
  in 
  

   parentheses 
  after 
  the 
  names. 
  

  

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