FISHES OF NEW YORK i 



The number of fishes included in this catalogue is 375, of which 

 371 are named, and the following four, which have onh^ recently 

 l)een discovered in the state, should be added to the list: no. 76.V 

 bullhead minnow, no. 91^ silver-jawed minnow, no. 94J silver 

 chub, no. 255J northern darter. Of these species 217 are marine, 

 141 fresh-water, and 17 anadromous. The number of intro- 

 duced species is 15, and the number whose occurrence in New 

 York waters is doubtful is 18. The small number of fresh- 

 water species would be remarkable but for the fact that no 

 ^'xtensive investigations have recently been made of the fresh 

 waters of the interior of the state, and the catalogue is in that 

 a-espect simply incomplete. 



The anadromous species are the following: no. 1 sea lamprey, 

 no. 35 common sturgeon, no. 37 short-nosed sturgeon, no. 101 

 eel, no. 112 hickory shad, no. 113 branch herring, no. 114 glut 

 Iterring, no. 115 shad, no. 130 quinnat salmon, no. 131 Atlantic 

 salmon, no. 134 steelhead, no. 137 rainbow trout, no. 143 smelt, 

 no. 170 10-spined stickleback, no. 171 two-spined stickleback, 

 no. 260 striped bass, no. 261 white perch. Besides these, the 

 following marine species occasionally run up into fresh water 

 for shorter or longer distances: no. 158 silver gar, no. 223 blue- 

 iish, no. 224 crab-eater, no. 321 naked goby, no. 346 tomcod, 

 mo. 368 hogchoker. 



The introduced species are: no. 71 tench, no. 74 golden ide, 

 no. 99 goldfish, no. 100 carp, no. 130 quinnat salmon, no. 131 At- 

 lantic salmon, no. 132 landlocked salmon, no. 133 Lake Tahoe 

 trout, no. 134 steelhead, no. 135 brown trout, no. 136 Lochleven 

 trout, no. 137 rainbow trout, no. 138 Swiss lake trout, no. 141 

 saibling, no. 142 golden trout. 



The fishes whose pertinence to the New York fauna is doubt- 

 ful are the following: no. 73 Leuciscus mar gar it a, 

 no. 162 longbeak, no. 208 amberfish, no. 226 small dolphin, no. 262 

 w^reckfish, no. 263 spotted grouper, no. 265 coachman, no. 290 

 Zenopsis, no. 301 globefish, no. 302 hairy bowfish, no. 303 bur- 

 fish, no. 317 sea poacher, no. 327 shanny, no. 328 blenny, no. 329 

 snakefish, no. 337 red gurnard, no. 356 cusk, no. 359 rough dab. 



