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XII I. — Notes on the Fishes of Cayuga Lake Basin. 



BY SETH ?:. MEEK. 

 Read April 16th, 1888. 



During the year 1885-6, as a Fellow in Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., I spent some time in the study of the fishes of 

 Cayuga Lake and vicinity. In the following paper is given a 

 list of the fishes known in this region, together with such notes 

 as seem proper. The material which forms the basis of this 

 paper is chiefly in the museum of Cornell University. Some of 

 tiiis material was collected in former years by Dr. Wilder and 

 Professor Gage_, and by friends of the University ; the rest for 

 the most part by myself, aided by Prof. Gage and Prof. Oom- 

 stock, also by students from time to time ; of these, Mr. Harry 

 Summers and Mr. G. D. Harris deserve special mention. Dr. 

 Wilder employed a fisherman to aid me for a few days. To 

 those students who assisted me, I acknowledge my indebtedness. 

 I am also under many obligations to Dr. Wilder, Prof. Gage, 

 and Prof. Comstock, for their kind assistance and encourage- 

 ment, and especially to the first named for notes and other aids. 

 The completion of this paper has been very much retarded by 

 causes apparently uncontrollable. 



The collecting at the northern end of the Lake, at Cayuga and 

 Montezuma, was delayed until late in the spring of 1886, and 

 until only a few days before I was called away. I was unable, 

 at the time, to make a careful study of that collection. Since 

 then, I have been prevented, either by other duties or by sepa- 

 ration from my notes or specimens, from completing the paper 

 previously to this date. 



It is to be hoped that the following list will be found approxi- 

 mately correct, and that the results of my labors may aid some 

 one to undertake the work and give it a more extended and 

 careful study. It will be a pleasure to me to aid any student 

 who may attempt this research. 



To Dr. Jordan, and especially to Prof. Gilbert, I am indebted 

 for aid in identifying doubtful species. Mr. H. V. Kipp, of 



ANNALS N. Y. ACAD. OF SCI.. IV. Issued March, 1889. 



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