'Dr. J. 8. Nbwberrt, State Geologist .' 



Dbak Sir : The following report, which I have the honor to submit to you, contains 

 descriptions of all the fishes known to inhabit the waters of the State of Ohio, with 

 notes on the habits, distribution, and value of eaoh species. 



I desire to acknowledge my obligations to Professor Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and to Professor G. Brown Goode, Curator of the United 

 States National Museum, for the privilege of examining the various collections made in 

 Ohio by Professors Baird, Putnam, Milner, and others, and preserved in the National 

 Museum, To Professors Theodore Gill and E. D. Cope, I am indebted for various useful 

 auggestions, and to Dr. John Sloan, Mr. J. H. Elippart and others, for specimens of rare 

 fishes. I am also indebted to my former colleague, the late Professor H. E. Copeland, 

 for many valuable observations, especially on the EtheostomatidcB, and to my assistant, 

 Mr. Chas. H. Gilbert, for various aids. 



Very respectfully yours, 



DAVID S, JORDAN. 

 BOTLEK University, Irvington, Ind., December 10, 1878. 



