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Excerpt from The Zoology of the Voyage of Beagle Under During the Years Captain, Vol. 4
The number of species of Fish described or noticed in the following Part of the Zoology of the Beagle, amount to 137. It is right to observe that, judging from Mr. Darwin's manuscript notes, relating to what he obtained in this department, this is probably not more than half the entire number which he collected. Unfortunately a large portion of the valuable collection sent home by him arrived in this country in too bad condition for examination, and was necessarily rejected.
The localities visited by Mr. Darwin, and at every one of which more or fewer species of fish were obtained, were the Cape Verde Islands, - the coast of Brazil, including the mouth of the Plata, together with several inland rivers and streams in that district, - the coasts of Patagonia, and the Santa Cruz river, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands, - the Archipelago of Chiloe, - the coasts of Chile and Peru, - the Galapagos Archipelago, - Tahiti, - New Zealand, King' George's Sound in Australia, - and, lastly, the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. The great bulk of the Species, however, are from the coasts, east and west, of South America.
The particular locality assigned to each species respectively in the following work may be relied upon as correct pains having been taken by Mr. Darwin to affix a small ticket of tin, with a number stamped upon it, to each specimen, and to enter a note immediately in the manuscript catalogue, having the same number attached. In only three or four instances these tickets were found wanting, on the arrival of the collection in this country.
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