- Recherches sur les poissons fossiles
(1833?1843)
- History of the Freshwater Fishes of Central Europe
(1839?1842)
- Etudes sur les glaciers
(1840)
- Etudes critiques sur les mollusques fossiles
(1840?1845)
- Nomenclator Zoologicus
(1842?1846)
- Monographie des poissons fossiles du Vieux Gres Rouge, ou Systeme Devonien des Iles Britanniques et de Russie
(1844?1845)
- Bibliographia Zoologiae et Geologiae
(1848)
- Principles of Zoology for the use of Schools and Colleges
(Boston, 1848)
- Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation and Animals, compared with those of other and similar regions
(Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850)
- Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America
(Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1857?1862)
- Geological Sketches
(Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866)
- A Journey in Brazil
(1868)