A history of British fishes

But, without entering into a farther enumeration of the names of other liberal friends who have assisted, it may be sufficient to state, so great has been the success in obtaining species either entirely new, -or new to our coast, and so ex- tensive the resources available in the present instance, that this work contains a greater number of species by one-fourth than has yet appeared in any British catalogue, with an extensive list of well-authenticated localities and local names.Two hundred and twenty-six species are described and figured, several of them in different stages of growth.The number of representations of fishes amounts to two hundred and forty.The drawings in almost every instance have been made under the author's superintendence from the specimens.The best artists, both as draughtsmen and engravers on wood, have been employed, and the representations will be found characteristic of the species, and highly creditable as works of art.Besides the figures of the fishes, there are upwards of one hundred and forty illustrative vignettes sub- servient to the general subject, representing teeth, scales, gill-covers, swimming-bladders, and other viscera, occasion- ally, when interesting in structure, form, or function.The different boats, nets, and apparatus in use at our various fishing stations on the coast, are figured, and the modes of employing them described.The systematic arrangement of Baron Cuvier, as detailed in the last edition of the Regne Animal, has been adheredto ; and the author hopes that the care bestowed on every part of the work will merit the approbation of all lovers of natural history.