Preface 



The great importance of the Ichthyologia Ohiensis in 

 ichthyologic nomenclature, coupled with its rarity, — 

 the existence of but eight copies being certainly 

 known, — makes necessary the republication of the 

 work. In this edition, every fact of value to the 

 bibliographer has been studiously regarded. Our 

 reprint is an exact copy of the original, including all 

 typographic errors, excepting only the style of type. 



We follow the original publication of the Fishes of 

 the River Ohio as presented in The Western Review and 

 Miscellaneous Magazine, a literary journal, published 

 at Lexington, Kentucky, by William Gibbes Hunt, 

 during the years 1819-21. The publication of the 

 papers in question began in December, 18 19, and 

 proceeded at more or less regular intervals until 

 their completion in November, 1820. During the 

 publication of the magazine articles, Rafinesque had 

 the matter arranged in octavo forms, and reprinted 

 from the same type. Owing to the fact that the 

 separate introductory titles to the several articles 

 were omitted in the oversheets thus arranged, the 

 pagination is slightly different, and the page matter 

 is not exactly the same, in the place of original 

 publication and in Rafinesque 's separate edition. To 

 facilitate reference to both editions, the magazine 

 pagination is inserted in its proper place in the text, 

 bracketed and in roman type ; the pagination of the 

 Ichthyologia is likewise inserted, in italic type. 



