SMITIJSONIAIST INSTITUTION. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



No. 4,7. 



THE FISHES 



OF 



NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA: 



A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE SPECIES OF FISH-LIKE VERTEBRATES FOUND IN THE 

 WATERS OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. 



DAVID STARR JORDAN, Ph.D.. 



PRESIDENT OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, 

 AND 



BARTON WARREN EVERMANN. Ph. D., 



ICHTHYOLOGIST OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



PART I. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1896. 



