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UNITED STATES\COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES C ,-, ,,^^ 



THE FISHEEIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



UNITED STATES 



PEEPAEED THEOUGH THE CO-OPEEATION OF THE COMMISSIONEE OF FISHEEIES 

 AND THE SUPEEINTENDENT OF THE TENTH CENSUS 



BY 



GEORGE BROWN GOODE 



ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



AND A STAFF OF ASSOCIATES 



SECTION I 



NATURAL HISTORY OF USEFUL AQUATIC ANIMALS 



WITH AN ATLAS OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTT-SEVEN PLATES 



WASHINGTON 



GOT-EENMENT PRINTING OPPIOE 



1884 



