UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES.

PART XVI.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR 1888

[JULY 1, 1888 TO JUNE 30, 1889]

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1892.

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Contents and List of Illustrations.

Report of the Commissioner IX - XXIX

Report on the Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and the Fishing-grounds. By Richard Rathbun. XLI-CVII

Report upon the Division of Fisheries. By J. W. Collins. CIX-CXXI

APPENDICES.
1. Report on the Fisheries of the Pacific Coast of the United States. By J. W. Collins 3-269 ***Illustrations

2. Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States. Prepared under the direction of J. W. Collins 271-378

3. Report of Distribution of Fish and Eggs from July 1, 1888, to June 30, 1889 379-394

4. Report upon the investigations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, for the year ending June 30, 1889. By Z. L. Tanner 395-512

5. Report of Operations at the Laboratory of the U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Mass., during the summer of 1888. By John A. Ryder. 513-522

6. Notes on Entozoa of Marine Fishes, with Descriptions of New Species. Part 2. By Edwin Linton 523-542

7. On the Anatomy of Thysanocephalum crispum Linton, a Parasite of the Tiger Shark. By Edwin Linton 543-556 <>/a>

8. A Review of the Centrarchidae, or Fresh-water Sunfishes, of North America. By Charles H. Bollman 557-579

9. A preliminary Review of the Apodal Fishes, or Eels, inhabiting the waters of America and Europe. By D. S. Jordan and B. M. Davis. 581-677

10. The Chemical Composition and Nutritive Values of Food-fishes and Aquatic Invertebrates. By W. O. Atwater

11. Report upon the participation of the U.S. Fish Commission in the Centennial Exposition held at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1888. By J.W. Collins. 869-885.

Index to Appendices

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