38 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



tensive work in the study of variation, faunal relations, etc., in 

 the future. In the case of species not represented by specimens 

 I have confined the account to a Hne or so of sahent diagnosis 

 with pertinent remarks. The vernaculars employed are those 

 compiled from the various authors who have written on New 

 Jersey fishes, together with such as I have gathered from fisher- 

 men, sportsmen, anglers and others. In the case of each species 

 nearly complete references, or at least as far as I am now able 

 to determine are given, so that one may have a complete knowl- 

 edge of each as now known from our waters. 



To the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia I am 

 under great obligations for the use of its unexcelled collection 

 of New Jersey fishes. It was in the laboratory of that institution 

 that all of the species represented by specimens were drafted. 

 Though the collecting of New Jersey fishes began in Le Sueur's 

 time early in the last centur}^ there are none of his specimens in 

 the Academy at present. The next and most complete collections 

 were made by Samuel Ashmead at Beesley's Point, the famous 

 rendezvous for many of the older naturalists of the Academy. 

 Most of the Ashmead collections are still extant and embrace 

 many more species than found by Spencer F. Baird in 1854. 

 However, some of Baird's specimens are also in the Academy. 

 The collections of Dr. Charles C. Abbott, from near Trenton, 

 are important and illustrate fairly well the fauna of that region. 

 Subsequently Edward D. Cope visited the pine-barrens streams 

 in the southern part of the state and made collections. Finally 

 the writer has collected in many parts of the state with success, 

 such as the Saddle River in Bergen County, various points along 

 the Delaware River, Crosswicks Creek near Trenton, Rancocas 

 Creek, Sea Isle City, Anglesea, Stone Harbor, Cape May, Ocean 

 City, Great Egg Harbor River, Wading River, Atlantic City 

 and elsewhere. Many notes were made in the field which are 

 used in this report, especially those with reference to the color of 

 fresh or living examples. 



The writer is indebted to the State Museum of New Jersey 

 and its able Curator, Mr. Silas R. Morse, for assistance in 

 facilitating the work of the present report. To Dr. Charles C. 



