Table of Contents:
- Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
- "Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific ... by the U.S. Fish commission steamer ʻAlbatross, ʼ from August, 1899, to March, 1900 ... XVI."
- "Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific ... by the U.S. Fish commission steamer ʻAlbatross, ʼ from October, 1904, to March, 1905 ... XXVII."
- "Published by permission of George M. Bowers, U.S. commissioner of fish and fisheries."