Excerpt from The Fishes of the West Coast of Peru and the Titicaca Basin
While engaged in 1907 and 1908 under the auspices of the Peruvian Government in an investigation of the fisheries and fishery resources of Peru, Dr. Robert E.Coker embraced the opportunity to make collections of the fishes inhabiting the streams and coastal waters of that country.
The principal localities in which collections were made are Ancon, Eten, Callao, Capon, Chimbote, Chincha Island, Guanape North Island, Lake Titicaca, Lima market, Lobos de Afuera, Lobos de Tierra, Mollendo, Pacasmayo, Paita, Rimac River, Santa Rosa Island, Tumbes and Tumbes River, and Ballestas Island. The largest number of species (28) was obtained at Lobos de Afuera.
These collections were turned over to the present writers for study and the preparation of a report thereon. They represent, in the aggregate, the largest and most important collection of fishes ever obtained in those waters. The total number of specimens somewhat exceeds 500. The number of species represented is 120, of which 12 appear to be new.
In the present report the authors have included not only the species represented in Doctor Coker"s collections, but all others previously actually recorded from the Pacific coast and drainage of Peru and from the Titicaca Basin. This brings the total number of species known from Peruvian waters to 187.
Through the generosity of the Peruvian Government the authors are able to include illustrations from original drawings of 40 of the species.
The collections are now deposited in the United States National Museum. The original drawings were made by Mr. Kako Morita and Miss Violet Dandridge.
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