UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF PISH AND FISHEEIES 



THE FISHEEIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



UNITED STATES 



PEEPABED THEOUGH THE CO-OPEEATION OP THE COMMISSIONER OP FISHERIES 

 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TENTH CENSUS 



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 OP TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN PUTES 



TEXT 



WASHINGTON 



WOVBBNMENT FEINTING OPFIOB 



1884 



