Quis, nisi vidisset, pisces sub undas natare crederet. — LINNEZUS. 
CONTENTS 
EDITORIAL PREFACE se deo nd a a a 
PROLOGUE e “«! e! % ee a a “Ge OS Ge we So ce a eS 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE BROWN GOODE ... . 
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION : 
I. THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS . . . . 
(A) General Aspect of American Fish Fauna 
(B) Fresh-water Fishes . 
(C) Salt-water Fishes 
Il. PopuLAR NAMES OF FISHES . 
III. Screntiric NOMENCLATURE 
IV. SysTEMATIC INDEX OF SPECIES . 
(A) Fresh-water Fishes of the Niasiesipps Valley acl Atlan. 
tic Slope. . . é 
(B) Fresh-water Fishes of thie: Pacific Slope F 
(C) Salt-water Fishes of the Atlantic Coast 
(D) Salt-water Fishes of Florida and the Gulf of Mexiso 
(E) Salt-water Fishes of the Pacific Coast 
THE YELLOW PERCH 
THE PIKE PERCHES . 
THE STRIPED BASS... ..... 2. 4 
THE WuitE Bass AND THE YELLOW BAss 
THE WHITE PERCH . 
THE SEA BASSES . . 
THE GROUPERS AND THE JEW FISH 
THE Biack BASSES. . . .... 
THE SUN FISHES AND THEIR ALLIES. . ... . 
SNAPPERS AND RED MouTHS ...... . 
THE SHEEPSHEAD : 
THE SCUPPAUG AND THE Fair MAID 
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