FISHES OF CHESAPEAKE BAY 
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By SAMUEL F. HILDEBRAND, Director, U. S. Fisheries Biological Station, Beaufort, N. C., 
and WILLIAM C. SCIIROEDER, Assistant Aquatic Biologist, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries 
CONTENTS 
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Introduction 8 
Literature on fishes of Chesapeake Bay 10 
General character of the fauna 11 
Distribution of species 12 
General statistics and remarks on fisheries of Chesapeake Bay 13 
Buchanan Brothers’ fishery 17 
Systematic catalogue of the fishes of Chesapeake Bay 32 
Interpretation of descriptions 32 
Use of keys ___ 33 
Key to the families 33 
Class Leptocardii 42 
Order Amphioxi 42 
Family I — Branchiostomidae. The lancelets 42 
1. Branchiostoma virginiae 42 
Class Marsipobranchii 43 
Order Hyperoartia 43 
Family II — Petromyzonidae. The lampreys 43 
2. Petromyzon marinus 43 
Class Elasmobranchii « 44 
Subclass Selachii 44 
Order Euselachii 44 
Family III — Orectolobidse. The nurse sharks 44 
3. Ginglymostoma cirratum 45 
Family IV — Lamnidae. The mackerel sharks and the man-eater sharks 45 
4. Carcharodon carcharias 46 
Family V — Galeidae. The gray sharks 46 
5. Mustelus mustelus 47 
6. Carcharhinus milberti 4g 
7. Scoliodon terrae-novae 49 
Family VI — Sphyrinidae. The hammerhead sharks 49 
8. Sphyrna zygaena »_ 50 
9. Sphyrna tiburo 51 
Order Tectospondyli 51 
Family VII — Squalidae. The dogfishes 51 
10. Squalus acanthias 52 
Family VIII — Squatinidae. The angel sharks 54 
11. Squatina dumeril 54 
Order Batoidei 55 
Family IX — Pristidae. The sawfishes 55 
12. Pristis pectinatus 55 
Family X — Rajidae. The skates 55 
13. Raja diaphanes : __ 56 
14. Raja eglanteria 58 
15. Raja stabuliforis 59 
16. Raja erinacea 60 
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