2 FISHES OF NORTH CAHOLINA. 



report, the latter is not without much new and original matter which has been 

 supplied by the author and by many associates and correspondents. 



In the preparation of this report, the author has had the generous assistance 

 and advice of associates in the Bureau of Fisheries, particularly Dr. Barton W. 

 Evermann, assistant in charge of scientific inquiry; Dr. W. C. Kendall, Mr. E. L. 

 Goldsborough and Mr. T. E. B. Pope, scientific assistants; Mr. S. G. Worth, 

 superintendent of the Edenton station; Dr. Caswell Grave, late director of the 

 Beaufort laboratory; Dr. Robert E. Coker, late custodian of the laboratory; and 

 Mr. H. D. Aller, present custodian. 



The Bureau of Fisheries has permitted free access to the collections and 

 records of the Beaufort laboratory; this material has been invaluable, and has 

 contributed more than anything else to the knowledge of the salt-water fishes of 

 the state. The Bureau has also permitted the copying of many of the cuts of 

 fishes, the use of photographs illustrating the fisheries, and the compilation of 

 special statistics of the North Carolina fishing industry. 



Special acknowledgments are due to Dr. Coker for much detailed informa- 

 tion regarding the abundance, habits, and commercial importance of the fishes 

 of Beaufort and vicinity. 



To Dr. Kendall the writer is under obligations for the use of his manuscript 

 notes on fishes'. of various parts of the North Carolina coast, and for material 

 assistance in studying several collections of small fishes received from the Beau- 

 fort laboratory and other sources. 



The material for the historical and descriptive account of fish culture in 

 North Carolina has been furnished by Mr. S. G. Worth, who, as former fish com- 

 missioner of North Carolina and present superintendent of the government 

 fish-cultural work in the state, is better qualified to discuss the subject than any 

 other person. Mr. Worth has also supplied many interesting notes and speci- 

 mens from the region of Beaufort and vicinity. 



The authorities of the National Museum have given access to the fish records 

 and collections, and have permitted the making of many illustrations of fishes 

 from cuts belonging to that institution. Mr. Barton A. Bean, of the department 

 of fishes, has furnished every facility for the examination of the extensive series 

 of fishes from North Carolina in the museum, and has also supplied data based on 

 his own collections and observations. 



Mr. William P. Seal, of Delair, N. J., has supplied very useful information 

 concerning the fishes of the Wilmington region, and has forwarded a number of 

 specimens therefrom which represented species not previously known from the 

 state. 



Dr. Theodore Gill, associate in zoology of the Smithsonian Institution, has 

 given valuable advice and suggestions. 



Useful information, valuable specimens, and various courtesies and assist- 

 ance have been received from local fishermen, fish dealers, fishery operators, and 

 others in the State, their service extending over many years and being shown 

 either directly to the author or to his associates at the Beaufort la,boratory. 



