SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



THE FISHES 



NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 



A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



SPECIES OF FISH-LIKE VERTEBRATES FOUND IN THE 



WATERS OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF 



THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. 



BY 



DAVID STARR JORDAN, PH. D., 



PRESIDENT OK THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, 

 AND 



BARTON WARREN EVERMANN, PH. D., 



ICHTHYOLOGIST OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



PART I. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



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