BULLET I N OF THE ESSEX: in^rsTiTTJTE. Vol. 11. Salem, Jan., Feb., Mar., 1879. Nos. 1, 2, 3. • • A Catalogue of the Fishes of Essex Count]/, Massachu-setts, i7iduding the fauna of Massachusetts Bay and the contiguous deep waters. By G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean. PREFATORY NOTE. The following catalogue has been prepared at the request of the officers of the Ess x Institute as an aid to the arrangement and study of the Institute collection^ of local species. It is believed to be com-plete to the date of publication, and, through the courtesy of Prof. Baird, includes the latest additions made to the fauna by the U. S. Fish Commission in its explorations from the summer stations at Gloucester (1878), Salem and Halifax (1877), Portland (1873), and Eastport (1872). The field is by no means an untrodden one, having been well trav-ersed during the half-century past by Wheatland, Storer, Agassiz, and Putnam. The improved methods of deep sea research and the zeal of the Gloucester fishermen have, however, been instrumental in add-ing many new species to the list. Too much cannot be said in com-mendation of the captains and crews of the ofi'-shore fishing fleet, who have talien an active part in the scientific exploration of the fishing banks, and who have brought in during the past eight months several thousand natural history specimens in alcohol, besides making impor-iThe scientific collections of the Essex Institute are deposited in the museum of the Peabody Academy of Science. ESSEX INST. BULLETIN. XI 1
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