358 MITCHILL ON THE FISHES OF NEW-YORK. 



The species thus are : 



Bony fishes, 116 



Cartilaginous, 31 



147 



Amounting to one hundred and forty-seven species of fishes embraced in 

 my memoir. 



To these I add some memorable varieties, which present themselves 

 to the eye of every observer, and ought to be noticed by the naturalist. 

 Among the more distinguishable forms of these are, 



Of the Common Cod, 



or dorse, 



2 varieties 



Tomcod, 





5 



Flounder, 





2 



Tautog, 





3 



Bergall, 





1 



Weakfish, 





1 



Rock fish, 





2 



Pike gudgeon, 





3 



19 varieties. 



Amounting to nineteen well-defined varieties of the New- York fishes. 



The enumeration now stands thus : 



Species of New-York fishes, 147 



Varieties of the same, 1 9 



Species and varieties, 166 



I have had before me, during my inquiries, the Leyden copy of the 

 Museum Icthyologicum, by L. T. Gronovius, 1754, fol. ; Castel's 

 French edition of Bloch's Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, Paris, 10 torn. 

 12mo. 1801; Gmelin's edition of Linne's Systema Natures, with Tdr- 



