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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [142] 
  

  

  RECAPITULATION. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  an 
  approximate 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  

   and 
  subspecies, 
  now 
  known, 
  belonging 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  faunal 
  

   areas. 
  No 
  species 
  is 
  counted 
  twice, 
  but 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  species 
  

   which 
  range 
  over 
  several 
  faunal 
  areas 
  each 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  that 
  area 
  

   which 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  properly 
  its 
  home, 
  or 
  to 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  its 
  

   occurrence 
  has 
  been 
  longest 
  known. 
  In 
  regard 
  to 
  many 
  species 
  such 
  

   an 
  assignment 
  is 
  simply 
  arbitrary, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  fact 
  lies 
  the 
  chief 
  ele- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  error 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  list. 
  Thus 
  many 
  Arctic 
  shore 
  fishes 
  

   belong 
  to 
  the 
  Bassalian 
  fauna 
  of 
  New 
  England, 
  while 
  many 
  West 
  In- 
  

   dian 
  species 
  occur 
  northward 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  frequently 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Cape 
  

   Cod. 
  No 
  faunal 
  region 
  on 
  our 
  coast 
  is 
  bounded 
  by 
  sharp 
  lines 
  : 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Bassalian 
  or 
  deep-sea 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  105 
  

  

  Arctic 
  (Greenland) 
  fauna 
  65 
  

  

  New 
  England 
  (Newfoundland 
  to 
  Cape 
  Hatteras) 
  95 
  

  

  South 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  coast 
  (shore 
  fauna) 
  140 
  

  

  West 
  Indian 
  fauna 
  (including 
  Florida 
  Keys 
  and 
  "Snapper 
  Banks" 
  of 
  Pensa- 
  

  

  cola) 
  290 
  

  

  Tropical 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  (Gulf 
  of 
  California, 
  southward) 
  240 
  

  

  Californian 
  fauna 
  (Cape 
  Flattery 
  to 
  Cerros 
  Island) 
  220 
  

  

  Alaska 
  (Cape 
  Flattery 
  to 
  Bering's 
  Straits) 
  90 
  

  

  Pelagic 
  species 
  35 
  

  

  Fresh 
  waters 
  : 
  East 
  of 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  465 
  

  

  Fresh 
  waters 
  : 
  Between 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  and 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  (Great 
  Basin, 
  &c. 
  ) 
  . 
  75 
  

  

  Fresh 
  waters 
  : 
  West 
  of 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  and 
  Cascade 
  Range 
  50 
  

  

  Total 
  1,870 
  

  

  Indiana 
  University, 
  

  

  January 
  1, 
  1885. 
  

  

  