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 OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY AND OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 



AND 



BARTON WARREN EVERMANN, PH. D., 



ICHTHYOLOGIST OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



PART II. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



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