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able to obtain of this genus, is from a series of figures * 
“©. in the plates of Brown, who quotes eec for the 
genus. 
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ART X — — DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FISHES OF THE 
ER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. By Jaren P. 
irse Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in 
the Medical College of Ohio, at Cibcinnadi. Commu nicated Sep- 
"— 1839, and afterwards.* 
* 
T Cleveland, Sept. 20th, 1839. 
To the Boston Society of Natural. History. 
During my connexion with the Geological Board 
of Ohio, in the capacity of Zoologist, I directed some 
attention to the fishes of the Western waters. The 
legislature of our state, changing its policy, discon- 
tinued our operations before any of the members of 
the Board had perfected his labors. 
“In the report I was unexpectedly called upon to 
make, I included a list of seventy-two species of 
Fishes, as inhabiting the waters of the Ohio River 
and Lake Erie, and their tributaries, within the 
bounds of the State of Ohio. 
Further investigations have enabled me to correct 
* The Publishing Committee of the Society take great pleasure in 
stating, that they have already received descriptions, accom mpanied 
with plates, of fifty species of Western fishes. It is their intention to 
publish all these, together with such others as Dr. Kirtland may be 
enabled to furnish, in this work ; thus presenting a full Ichthyology | 
of the Western waters. The descriptions will be published in BA F 
order in which they have been received, as they are not yet comp | 
This will at once explain, why all the different species are nol com- ; 
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