Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 5: 1882
This series of publications was commenced in 1878, with volume I, under the title Proceedings of the United States National Museum, by the authority and at the expense of the Interior Department, and under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.
The present volume, constituting the fifth of the series, has been pre pared under the editorial supervision of Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, curator of the department of fishes.
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