LIST 



OF 



FISHES OF MAHYLAITD, 



BY 



r. K. UHLEll AND OTTO J.UGOEK. 



A list of tliu lishesofoiir State, to be complete, should em- 

 brace the names of all the kinds which exist in all the streams, 

 basins and bays of the region, and of the ocean along; its 

 shores. But us no systematic survey has yet been made of 

 its various hydrographic basins, such a list cannot at present 

 be composed. Much, however^ has been done toward recog- 

 nizing the prominent fishes of this territory, and the results 

 of this knowledge are given in the following pages. 



It will be seen that tlie greater number of species Most 

 esteemed for ibod in the eastern and central portions of the 

 State belong to the Perch, Shad and Salmon groups. The 

 first comprises in itself about one-half of all the kinds of fish 

 most commonly ofl;ercd for sale in the markets of Baltimore 

 and the smaller cities. While these supply a source of re- 

 venue to all the tide-water districts of the State, a few forms 

 such as the Shad and Herring, are now, or have been, ike 

 great source of wealth to the fishermen and owners of fish- 

 cries on the lower Totomac, Susq^uehanna, rivers of the 

 northern part of the Eastern Shore and principal streams of 

 the Western Shore. Until within a very few years. Shad and 

 JT«rring apj)eaie(l in considerable numbers in the Bush, Gun- 



