79 illustrations of fish including: carp, catfish, charr, chub, cigarfish, coalfish, cobia, cod, corsair, cottus, cowfish, crappie, croaker, cunner, dab, dace, darter, dealfish, dogfish, dragonet, and drum

"Is eight to ten inches long, feeds on crustacea, small fish, and marine insects, is often caught with plaice or flounder, but is preferred to either at the table." — Goodrich, 1859

Common Dab

"Is eight to ten inches long, feeds on crustacea, small fish, and marine insects, is often caught with…

"Feeds on worms and other soft substances; spawns in June; is six to nine inches long; is used as bait for pike in trolling, on account of its silvery brightness." — Goodrich, 1859

Dace

"Feeds on worms and other soft substances; spawns in June; is six to nine inches long; is used as bait…

A small fresh water fish of Europe. highly resembling the roach and chub.

Dace

A small fresh water fish of Europe. highly resembling the roach and chub.

A silvery fish commonly used as bait.

Black Nosed Dace

A silvery fish commonly used as bait.

A small fish resembling the common perch.

Darter

A small fish resembling the common perch.

"Four to six feet long, breadth eight inches, thickness one inch; found in the North Atlantic, and has been taken on the British coast." — Goodrich, 1859

Dealfish

"Four to six feet long, breadth eight inches, thickness one inch; found in the North Atlantic, and has…

A fish named for its resemblance of its dead body to a deal.

Dealfish

A fish named for its resemblance of its dead body to a deal.

The prehistoric fish, the Queensland dipnoan or Ceratodus.

Dipnoan

The prehistoric fish, the Queensland dipnoan or Ceratodus.

"Lateral view of dogfish (Scyllium catulus). Note ventral mouth with naso-buccal groove, heterocercal tail, and unpaired fins. gs., Gill-slits; pc., pectoral fins; pv., pelvic fins." -Thomson, 1916

Dogfish

"Lateral view of dogfish (Scyllium catulus). Note ventral mouth with naso-buccal groove, heterocercal…

"Two to three feet long, haunts deep water, and feeds on small fish and crustacea. Found on the British coasts." — Goodrich, 1859

Large Spotted Dogfish

"Two to three feet long, haunts deep water, and feeds on small fish and crustacea. Found on the British…

"Average weight five pounds; found on the European coasts, and celebrated for the delicacy of its flesh. This fish, having a golden spot on each side of it, contends with the haddock for the hnor of bearing the marks of St. Peter's fingers, each supposed to have been that out of whose mouth the apostle took the tribute-money, leaving on its sides in proof of the identity, the marks of his finger and thumb." — Goodrich, 1859

John Doree

"Average weight five pounds; found on the European coasts, and celebrated for the delicacy of its flesh.…

"From one to two feet long, varies greatly in color; is common in the Baltic; also found occasionally on the British coasts." — Goodrich, 1859

Dorse

"From one to two feet long, varies greatly in color; is common in the Baltic; also found occasionally…

It is found in the seas of Europe, and is esteemed very delicate eating. It seldom exceeds 18 inches in length.

Dory

It is found in the seas of Europe, and is esteemed very delicate eating. It seldom exceeds 18 inches…

"Dragonet is a genus of fishes remarkable for having the gill openings reduced to a small hole on each side of the nape, and the ventral fins placed under the throat, separate, and larger than the pectorals. The species are numerous, widely distributed in the temperate seas of the Old World, and generally finely colored."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Cemmeous Dragonet

"Dragonet is a genus of fishes remarkable for having the gill openings reduced to a small hole on each…

"Ten to fourteen inches long; it has a smotoh skin, brilliantly striped and spotted with blue on a yellow ground. It occasionally takes a bait, but it is more frequently caught in nets." — Goodrich, 1859

Gemmeous Dragonet

"Ten to fourteen inches long; it has a smotoh skin, brilliantly striped and spotted with blue on a yellow…

Black Drum fish

Black Drum

Black Drum fish

The maigre or shad-fish (Argyrosomus regius) is a solitary carnivorous drum in the Sciaenidae family.

Maigre

The maigre or shad-fish (Argyrosomus regius) is a solitary carnivorous drum in the Sciaenidae family.

Pogonias chromis, a name of several fish so called from the drumming noise they make, said to be due, in part at least, to the grinding of bones upon each other.

Saltwater Drum

Pogonias chromis, a name of several fish so called from the drumming noise they make, said to be due,…

"Drumfish, or Drum, and other species of the same genus, fishes found on the Atlantic coasts of North America, and so named from the deep drumming sound they make in the water."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Drumfish

"Drumfish, or Drum, and other species of the same genus, fishes found on the Atlantic coasts of North…