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CONTENTS. 
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Report of the Commissioner ix-xxxix 
Report on the Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and tho Fishing-grounds. By 
Richard Rathbun xli-cvii 
Report upon the Division of Fisheries. By J. W. Collins. cix-cxxi 
APPENDICES. 
1. Report on the Fisheries of the Pacific Coast of the United States. By 
J. W. Collins 3-269 
2. Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States. Pre- 
pared under the direction of J. W. Collins. 271-378 
3. Report of Distribution of Fi«h and Eggs from July 1, 1888, to June 30, 
1889 379-394 
4. Report upon the Investigations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer 
Albatross, for the year ending Juno 30, 1889. By Z. L. Tanner 395-512 
5. Report of Operations at the Laboratory of tho U. S. Fish Commission, 
Wood’s Holl, Mass., during the summer of 1888. By Johu A. Ryder.. 513-522 
6. Notes on Entozoa of Marine Fishes, with Descriptions of New Species. 
By Edwin Linton 523-542 
7. On the Anatomy of Thysanoceplialum crisp urn Linton, a Parasite of the 
Tiger Shark. By Edwin Linton*. 543-556 
8. A Review of the Centrarchidw, or Fresh-water Sunfishcs, of North Amer- 
ica. By Charles H. Bollman . . 557-579 
9. A preliminary Review of the Apodal Fishes, or Eels, inhabiting the 
waters of America and Europe. By D. S. Jordan and B. M. Davis... 581-677 
10 . The Chemical Composition and Nutritive Values of Food-fishes and 
Aquatic Invertebrates. By W. O. Atwater 679-868 
11 . Report upon the participation of the U. S. Fish Commission in the Cen- 
tennial Exposition held at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1888. By J. W. Collins . 869-885 
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