Xviii LIST OF PLATES. 



Page. 

 '■i-i'J. Tlio Coiniiion Eel, AngiiiUa rnUjarh Tnrton 030 



Driiwius byn. L. TcjiM, from Xo. 20i70, U. S N:i(innal Mllteuni, collected at H.ilyoke, MassiicliuseHs, 1870, by U.S. 

 Fish Cumnii.s^ion. 



240. The Conger Sea Eel, Lriilixxphalm conger (E.) J. & G (356 



Drawin.ii- liy 11, L. Tuilil, lium No. iwn, U. S. Nalinnal Museum, collected at Noauk, Connecticut, Octoljer 10, 1874, by 

 ,J. U. Lai ham. 



241. The Bowfin or Mudfish, Amia cn/caL 6.59 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 6702, U. S. National Museum. 

 The Sliott-nosed Gar Pike. Lepidosteits plalijslouius IJaf -. 664 



Drawing by 11. L. Todd, from No. 3241, U. S. Niitional Museum, collected at Cb-veland, Ohio, by Professor S. F. Baird. 



242. The Paddle-lish, Poh/odon spatula (Walb.) .J. & G 600 



Under view. Drawing by II. L. Todd, from No. 12235, U. S. National Mu.seiim, collec^ti/d at Ciucienati, Ohio, by J. W. 



MUner. 

 Side view. Drawin;^ by H. L. Todd, from No. 12235, U. S. National Museum, collected at Cincinnati, Ohio, by J. W. 



Milner. 



243. The Cni union Sturgeon, Acipeiif:er sinrio L. (^ A. oxifvlignc-lufs) _. 660 



Drawing by H. L. Tudd, from No. 22^95, U. S. National Museum, collected in Potomac River by "William Woltz. 



The Shoit-nosed Sturgeon, Acipensir bmirostris Le Sueur 660 



Drawn from a photograi>b of a specimen collected at Wood's Holl, Massaeluisetts, 1S71. 



344. The Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser ruhicundiis Le Sueur _ 661 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from !No. 10252, U. S. National Museum, collected at Ecor se, Michigan, by J. W. Milner. 



The Shovel-nose Sturgeon, Scaphirhynuhopa plalijrUiinclius (Raf. ) Gill 663 



Drawing by II. L. Todd, from No. 22159, U. S. National Museum, collected at Mount Carmel, IhiBois, 1878, by Pobert 

 Eidgway. 



245. The Southern Sting Kay, Triiyon aaHiia Le Sueur , 665 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, fiom No. 31043, U. S. National Museum, collected at Galveston, Texas, by Professor D. S. 

 Jordan. 



246. The Baru-door Skate, Ilaia ^ui-i-. Jlitehill 667 



Drawan.^^ by H. L. Todd, from Nu. 21577, U. S. National Museum, collected at Gloucester, Massachnsetts, October, 1878, 

 liy U. S. Fish Commission. 



247. The Torpedo, Torpvdo occideutaUs Storer 667 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from cast of specimen in U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, 

 1671, by U. S. Fish Commission. 



248. The Sawfish, Pristin peHinulus Latham 668 



(Side view.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 30G78, U. S. National Museum, colb cted at Pensacola. Florida, by Silas 



Stearns. 

 (Under view.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 30678, U. S. National Musenor, collected at Pensacola, Florida, by 



Silas Stearns. 



249. The Basking Shark or Bone Shark, Ceior/itii «,? maxiniu.9 (L.) Blainville 66S 



Copied by H. L. Todd, from Plate 0, Annales du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Vol. 18. 

 The Mackerel Shark, Lamna corvulnca (Giuel.) Fleming 670 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27368, U. S. National Museum, collected at Santa Cruz, California, 1880, by Jordan 

 & Gilbert. 



250. The Thrasher Shark, Alnpian rulpes (Gniel.) Bonap 672 



Drawing by II. L. Todd, from No. 25902, U. S. National Museum, collected at Easter-n Point, Newport, Ehode Island, 

 August 11, ISSO, by Captain Kockliff. 



The Horned Dogfish, Sqnahis acanthias L g73 



Drawing by U. L. Todd, from No. 22316, U. S. National Museum, collected at Gloucester, Massachnsetts, 1878. by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



The Tope, or Oil Shark, Galeorhiiius galeus (L.) Blaiuville gyg 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 20973, U. S. National Museum, collected at Monterey, California, ISSO, by Jordan cfc 

 Gilbert. 



251. The Sea Lamprey, Pvlromyzon marinus L g^y 



Drawing by II. L. Todd, from No. 10654, U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, by Vrnal N. 

 Edwards. 



The Alaska Brook Lamprey , Ammocvete.s aureus Bean 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21524, U. S. National Museum, collected at Tulion Eiver, Alaslia, by L. M. Turner. 



252. The Slime Eel or Hag, Mijxbie glu'Anosa L gSl 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 23466, U. S. National Museum, collected at sea, by Captain E. L. Morrison. 



253. The Short-finned Squid, Ommastrephes ilUc(d)rosiis (Le S. ) Verrill g87 



Drawing of young m.ale from Proviucetown, Massachusetts. 

 The Giaut Squid, Architeulhis iirinceps Verrill g87 



Drawing by Professor A. E. Verrill, from specimen obtained at Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, December, 1874. 

 Common Squid, Loligo healei (LeS.) g87 



Drawing of female from Vineyard Sound, Massachusette. 



