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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [2] 
  

  

  1 
  have 
  also 
  indicated 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  each 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  signs 
  : 
  

  

  B. 
  — 
  Bassalian 
  or 
  deep-sea 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic. 
  

  

  BC. 
  — 
  Bassalian 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific. 
  

  

  G. 
  — 
  Arctic 
  (Greenland) 
  fauna. 
  " 
  

  

  N. 
  — 
  Shore 
  fauna 
  of 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  

  

  S. 
  — 
  Shore 
  fauna 
  of 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  States. 
  

  

  W.— 
  West 
  Indian 
  fauna 
  (including 
  Florida 
  Keys). 
  

  

  P. 
  — 
  Tropical 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  (Gulf 
  of 
  California 
  to 
  Ecuador). 
  

  

  C— 
  California 
  shore 
  fauna 
  (Cape 
  Flattery 
  to 
  Cerros 
  Island, 
  &c). 
  

  

  A. 
  — 
  Alaskan 
  shore 
  fauna. 
  

  

  Y. 
  — 
  Alaskan 
  fresh-water 
  fauna 
  (Yukon). 
  

  

  T. 
  — 
  Fresh-water 
  fauna 
  of 
  region 
  west 
  of 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  aud 
  Cascade 
  Range 
  (Trans- 
  

   montane). 
  

  

  R. 
  — 
  .Fauna 
  of 
  region 
  between 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  and 
  Sierra 
  Nevada. 
  

  

  V. 
  — 
  Fresh-water 
  fauna 
  of 
  region 
  east 
  of 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  (again 
  subdivided 
  into 
  

   Vn, 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  range 
  ; 
  Vs, 
  the 
  southern 
  ; 
  Vsw, 
  the 
  southwestern, 
  &c.) 
  

  

  E. 
  — 
  Europe. 
  

  

  O. 
  — 
  Pelagic 
  species. 
  

  

  Ana. 
  — 
  Anadromous 
  species. 
  

  

  Ace. 
  Accidental 
  visitants. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  paper 
  I 
  have 
  adopted 
  as 
  the 
  southern 
  boundary 
  of 
  temperate 
  

   North 
  America 
  the 
  Tropic 
  of 
  Cancer, 
  or 
  a 
  line 
  connecting 
  Key 
  West 
  with 
  

   Brazos 
  Santiago 
  and 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  conventional 
  Mex- 
  

   ican 
  boundary. 
  

  

  Indiana 
  University, 
  

  

  January 
  1, 
  1885. 
  

  

  