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Aalesund, 467

Abbeville, 445

Abden Bone Bed, 533
Abdominal arteries, 390
Abdominal cavity, 597, 603
Abdominal Pores, 361,
362, 608
Aberdeen, 482

Ablette see Alburnus
Abnormalities see Ter-
atology

Abramidopsis, 505, 506
Abramis, in aquaria, 377;
embryology, 415; food of,
492; size, 498; hybrids,
505, 506; abnormal fins,
603; buccal occlusion,
604; " Mopskopf," 604;
natural history and oc-
currence, 635
Absorption, 551
Abyssinia, 421
Acantharchus, 373
Acanthias, anatomy, 368;
brain, 385, 386; circula-
tory system, 389, 390;
embryology, 414; eye,
419; head, 500; muscles,
520; nervous system, 524,
527; ovum, 528; in fresh-
water, 552; viviparity,
581; suprarenals, 598;
abnormal dentition, 602;
accessory fins, 603; pel-
vic plexus, 604; proneph-
ros, 608; visceral skele-
ton, 612

Acanthicus, 637

Acanthocephala (parasites),
546

Acanthocephalus, 377

Acanthodei, 398, 458, 617

Acanthodes, 550, 617

Acanthodidæ, 617

Acanthopsidæ, 525
Acanthopteri, 588
Acanthopterygii, 647-661;
anatomy, 369; in aqua-
ria, 373 f; membranous
labyrinth, 380; embry-
ology, 414, 415; fin rays,
458; food, 492, 493;
habits, 499; ova and
larvæ, 572; breeding, 576,
577; sexual dimorphism,
587; skeleton, 590; skull,
593; taxonomy, 647

Acara, 374, 651

FINDING INDEX1

Acaropsis, 651
Accessory branchial or-
gans, 584, 585
Acclimatization -see In-

troduction

Accommodation, 613, 614
Acerina, 375, 507, 550, 610,
648

Acestrorhynchus, 377
Achanarras Quarry, 532
Achirus, 461

Acids, 403, 551, 552, 595;
for preserving, 468
Acipenser, 362, 388, 398,
623; adhesive organ, 363;
mouth, 365; intestine,
366; anatomy, 368, 369;
in aquaria, 373; brain,
385, 387, 388; circulatory
system, 390, 391; albin-
ism, 393; scales, 401,
402; embryology, 411-
414; fins, 460, 461; eco-
nomic uses, 465, 466;
fisheries, 475; food, 492;
heart, 502; lateral line,
511; liver, 512; nerves,
524, 527; olfactory or-
gans, 527; micropyles,
529; pancreas, 543; mi-
grations, 552; culture,
563; breeding habits, 576,
577; respiratory organs,
584; skeleton, 589; skull,
593; spinal cord, 596;
spleen, 597; suprarenals,
597, 598; tactile organs,
599; teratology, 603, 604;
thymus glands, 605; urin-
ogenital system, 609,
610; vertebral column,
611, 612
Acipenserida, 398, 623
Acipenseroidei, 622
Chondrostei

Acqui, 541

Acronurus, 572
Acrotus, 646

Actinopterygii, 401

Actinotrichia, 458

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Adrenal see Suprarenal
Adrenalin, 598

Adriatic Sea, fauna, 448,
449; fisheries, 480, 485;
plankton surveys, 571
Eoliscus, 589

"Aesche" -see Thymallus
Estivation, 363
Etheospondyli, 612

Aëtobatus, 398, 492, 581,
620
Afghanistan, 435
Afognak I., 562

Africa, fauna, 363, 378,
404, 491, 420-423, 491,
580; markets, 468; fish-
eries, 475, 482; fishing,
489, 490; palæontology,
532-542; fishes intro-
duced, 556-559, 564
Africa, British Central, 423
Africa, British East, 421
Africa, French Equatorial,
421

Africa, German East, fauna,

421; palæontology, 536,
540

Africa, German Southwest,
423
Africa,

Portuguese East,
fauna, 421; palæontology,
540

Africa, Portuguese West,
fauna, 423; paleontology,
538

African Lungfish -

topterus

see Pro-

Age, 496 -see also Growth

Agmatine, 595

Agoni, 517

Agonidæ, 658

Agonostomus, 379

Agonus, 375, 415, 496, 529
Agriopus, 369

Ainsty R., 442

Air Bladder, 363, 364;
connection with mem-
branous labyrinth, 380;
veins, 391; relation to
equilibrium, 502; color,
510; relation to nerves,
527; parasites of, 546;

1 Figures refer to the pages of the Subject Index, and those in black type refer to the most
important reference under the subject. Headings of the main divisions of the Morphological Section
are set in black type, words in italics are names of genera and species, all other names are in Roman.

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goon), 452

Albula, 594, 626
Albulidæ, 594, 626
Albumin, 528

Alburnus, 635; in aquaria,
377; guanin, 465, 510,
511; hearing, 501; hy-
brids, 506

Alcohol, effects of, 553
Aldabra I., 437

Aldrovandi Coll., 518
Alectis, 572

Alepidosauridæ, 642
Alepidosaurus, 642
Alepocephalus, 594
Aleppo, 439

Aleria, 542

Ales, 540

Alestes, 377, 634

Aleutian Is., 424

Alewife see Pomolobus
Alexandria, 421
Alexandrovsk, 470
Alfaro, 376

Algæ, 560

Algeria, salt lakes, 406;

fauna, 421; fisheries, 462,
475; paleontology, 536,
538, 540; fishes intro-
duced, 556, 558, 559;
pisciculture, 564
Alimentary Canal, 364-

367; connection with air-
bladder, 363; intestine,
365, 366; œsophagus,
365; oral cavity, 365;
pharynx, 365; stomach,
365, 366; parasites of,
403, 404, 545, 546, 548;
abnormalities, 603
Alkaloids, effects of, 552
Alkaline media, 552

Allis Shad see Clupea

alosa

Allotriognathi, 590, 625
Alopecias -see Alopias
Alopias, 366, 390, 496, 575,

604, 619

Alosa (A. sapidissima),
499, 502, 504, 515, 517,
602; embryology, 415;
fisheries, 474, 479; food
of, 492, 493; hybrids,
507; culture, 554, 555,
562, 563, 569; introduc-
tion, 558; breeding habits,
576, 577; skeleton, 589;
natural history and oc-
currence, 626
Alps Mts., 452
Alsace, fauna, 446; fish-
eries, 483; paleontology,
535, 536, 539, 540, 541;
pisciculture, 562, 567
Altai Mts., 436, 438
Altamaha R., 427
Altin, Lake, 438
Altona, 468
Alveoli, 522, 523
Alvordius, 375
Amatitlan, Lake, 431
Amazon R., fauna, 433,

434, 435; fishing methods,
489, 491; marine fishes
in, 552
Ambassinæ, 649
Ambassis, 375, 577; tax-
onomy, 649
Ambi-yaçu R., 433
Ambloplites, 373
Amblyopsida,
643

380, 509,

Amblyopsis, 375, 580, 643;
brain, 385, 387; ear and
hearing, 501, 643; eye,
525, 643
Amblypharyngodon, 377
Amblypterus, 458
Amboina I., 455
Ameloblasts, 397
America - see respectively
Central America, North
America, and South
America

American Fisheries Society,
476

-

American Museum of
Natural History, 519
American Shad - see Alosa
sapidissima
Amia, 365, 369, 381, 395,
401, 559, 624; adhesive
organs, 362, 363; intes-
tine, 366; in aquaria,
373; brain, 385, 387, 388;
circulation, 390, 391;
embryology, 409, 410,
411, 413, 414; fins, 460,
461; economic uses, 465;
food, 492; habits, 499;
lateral line, 511; muscles,
520; nerves, 524, 525,
526, 527; pancreas, 543;
reproduction, 576, 579;

respiration, 582, 584;
skeleton, 589; skull, 592,
593; sense of smell, 594;
spleen, 597; suprarenals,
597; teratology, 603; uri-
nogenital system, 609;
vertebral column, 612
Amiens, 445

Amiatidæ see Amiidæ
Amiidæ, 624, 649
Amioidei, 401, 612
Amiopsis, 624

Amiurus, 364, 366, 370,
409, 415, 498, 499, 509,
512, 553, 589, 596, 605,
606, 609, 637; in aquaria,
378; circulatory system,
389, 391; lateral line,
511; nervous system,
522, 525, 526; introduc-
tion, 556; nests, 579;
suprarenals, 597, 598;
fins, 603
Ammer See, 446
Ammocætes, 365, 511, 543,
605, 606; anatomy, 36;
membranous labyrinth,
380; brain, 385; circula-
tory system, 389; heart,
502; liver, 512; nervous
system, 524, 525, 526;
olfactory organs, 527;
spinal cord, 596; exere-
tory organs, 608; natural
history and metamor-
phosis, 616; adult form
-see Petromyzon
Ammocrypta, 648
Ammodytes, 385, 415, 493,
572, 645; spawning, 577,
578; respiration, 583;
Tobias fish, 605
Ammodytidæ, 645
Amniota, 361

Amaba mucicola (parasiet),

550

Amole (fish poison), 459
Amphioxididæ, 615
Amphioxides, 367, 615
Amphioxus, 365, 366, 375,
381, 382, 383, 385, 387,
416, 418, 458, 499, 500,
512, 515, 527, 553, 575,
577, 596, 599, 606, 615;
anatomy, 367; circula-
tory system, 389, 391;
embryology, 409-413;
hermaphroditism, 504:
muscles, 520; nervous
system, 522, 523, 524,
526; oögenesis, 529; re-
spiratory organs, 584,
585; spinal cord, 596;
urinogenital system, 607;
notochord, 611; visceral
skeleton, 612
Amphipnoidæ, 590
Amphipnous, 389, 585, 593
Amphiprion, 395
Amphiptyches

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'Amphirhinie," 527

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Amphistylic skull, 592
Ampullæ, of labyrinth, 380;
of Lorenzini, 511; of Savi,
511

Amsterdam, 467, 518
Amur, fauna, 438; Amur

R. fisheries, 473, 480

Amylase, 403

Amyzon Beds, 538
Anabantidæ, 370, 646
Anabas, 415, 580, 646; in
aquaria, 379; climbing,
512, 513

Anableps, 376, 499, 582,
642; eye, 418
Anabolism, 551

Anacanthini, 369, 375, 415,
588, 589, 646, 647; food,
493; ova and larvæ, 572
Anadromous fishes, 515
Anæmia, 545, 549
Anamnia, 361, 596
Anarrichadidæ, 369, 499,
660

Anarrhichas, 366, 399, 609,
660

Anarrichthys, 593
Anaspida, 664

Anatomy and Morphol-

ogy, 367 f.

Anchovia, 415

Anchovy -

Ancona, 518

see Engraulis

Andaman Is., 437

Andean Catfish -see Arges

Andes Mts., 434, 435

Andorra, 439

Aneboda, 470, 568

Anecdotes, 495

Angara R., 480

Angler- see Lophius
Angling, 370 f., 381; ex-
hibits, 466, 467

Angola, 423
Angora, 439
Angoulême, 536
Anguilla, 388, 503, 595,
637-641; air-bladder,
364; anatomy, 369; in
aquaria, 375; blood, 383,
384; circulatory system,
391; color, 393, 394;
scales, 402; reproduction,
410, 576, 638, 639; eye,
419; fisheries, 471, 490;
food of, 492, 493, 639;
growth, 497, 498, 638;
habits, 499, 637-641;
hearing, 501; sex, 503,
504, 602, 639; skin, 509,
510; overland migra-
tion, 513; medical use,
514; nerves, 526; dis-
eases, 547, 548; intro-

duction, 558, 565, 569;
culture, 561, 567, 568;
skeleton, 589; skull, 593;
spinal cord, 596; spleen,
596; suprarenals, 598,
599; teratology, 602; tax-
onomy, 641; larval forms
see Leptocephali
Anguillidæ, 637–641
Anguilliform fishes, 493
Anjou R., 445
Anlopus, 415

Annobon I., 422

Anomalopidæ, 649
Anomalops, 513, 514
Anoplopoma, 658
Anostomus, 377

Antarctic, fauna, 396, 420,
571; palæontology, 405,
538

Antennariidæ, 661; nests,
579

Antennarius, 379, 499, 579,
661
Anthianini, 648
Anthrax, 404
Antiarchi, 664
Anticosti I., 425
Antigoniidæ

see Caproi-

dæ, 590, 650
Antigua, fauna, 430; pa-
læontology, 538
Antioch, Lake, 439
Antwerp, 542
Anus, 366, 603

Aorta, 390, 597

Aosta Valley, 448

A peltes, 415

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Aphya, 474

Apiosoma (parasite), 550
Aplanatism, 419

Apodes, 589, 590, 637-641;
anatomy, 369; skull, 593
Apogon, 375, 579, 601
Apogonichthys, 395
Apomotis, 373, 647, 648
Apophyses, 612
Apparatus, deep-sea, 395;

fisheries, 463; piscicul-
ture, 554, 555, 564; re-
search, 600, 601
Appendices pyloricæ, 366
Appendix digitiformis, 366
Aprion, 649

Apsheron Penin., 541
Apure R., 435
Aquaria, 372, 373; jour-
nals, 373; exhibits, 466,
467; photography, 601
Aquarisère," 554
Aquarium Fishes, 373 f.;
behavior, 381; age, 497;
hybrids, 506; luminous
fishes, 513; sex-ratio,

586

Arabia, 435; ancient Ara-
bic writings, 504

Aral Sea, 438
Aramaic, 600
Arapaima, 576, 580, 582

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ory, 432

Archipterygium, 417, 460
Archosargus, 593, 650
Arctic, fauna, 396, 420;
490;

fishing methods,
food of fishes, 493
Arcualia, 610-612
Ard, Loch, 565
Area-curves, 493

Areolar tissues, 587, 588
Argenteum, 510, 511
Argentina, 361, 572, 633
Argentina, fauna, 432, 433;

fisheries, 479; palæon-
tology, 533, 540, 542;
fishes introduced, 557,
558; pisciculture, 570
Argentininæ, 633

Arges, 434, 435, 637; climb-
ing, 513

Arginase, 403

Argulida (parasites), 544

Argulus (parasite), 544

Argyropelecus,

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Astrape, 408

Astronesthes, 513
Astronotus, 651

Astroscopus, electrical or-

gans, 407; burrowing
habits, 500; nares, 527
Asymmetron, 367, 610, 615
Asymmetry, in caudal fin,
459; in flatfishes, 654
Asyntaxis, 412
Atelaxia, 661
Ateleaspidæ, 663
Ateleaspis, 663
Ateleopodidæ see Poda-
tellidæ, 660

Atherina, 415, 529, 645;

in fresh-water, 552, 645;
"Mopskopf,"604; persist-
ence of pronephros, 609
Atherinichthys, 379, 559
Atherinidæ, 645

Atherinopsis, 415, 589
Athi R., 421

Atitlan, Lake, 431

Atlanta, Ga., 466

Atlantic Ocean, fauna, 396,
420, 571; Fisheries Dis-
pute, 468; migrations,

515; plankton surveys,
571, 572

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Auditory Organs, 379 f.,
591; ear, 379, 396, 501,
502, 549; membranous
labyrinth, 380, 501; We-
berian apparatus, 380,
381; nerves, 525, 604
Aulastomatomorpha, 594
Aulichthys, 589
Aulorhynchidæ, 589, 644
Aulostomidæ, 589
Ausonia, 653
Aust Cliff, 534
Austral Is., 457
Australia, 363, 405; aquaria,

372; fishing, 372, 489,
490; fauna, 453, 454,
513, 580, 582; fisheries,
488; museums, 517;
palæontology, 531-534,
536, 538, 540, 542; fishes
introduced, 557, 558,
559; pisciculture, 570
Australian Bass - see Per-
calates
Austria-Hungary, 505, 508;
fauna, 439, 440, 506;
fisheries, 466, 469, 474,
480; markets, 468; mu-
seums, 517; palæontol-
ogy, 531, 534, 537-542;
fishes introduced, 557,
558; pisciculture, 565;
vernacular names, 600
Autogeny -see Regenera-
tion, 575
Autostylic skull, 592
Autun, 534

Auximetameric skull, 591
Auris, 572
Avesa, 539
Avilliers, 566

Avon R., England, 442
Avon R., New Zealand, 457
Axillary arteries, 390
Axillary hearts, 597
Axis cylinder, 523
Azores Is., fauna, 440;
fisheries, 480
Azov, Sea of, 440
Azygos fins, 417
Azygos veins, 598

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Balaton, Lake, 543, 556;

fauna, 440; fisheries, 480
Balbiani, nucleus of, 529
Balearic Is., 440
Bali I., 456

Balistes, 662; skeleton, 590;
sense of smell, 594; sound,
594

Balistidæ, 395, 402, 449,
574, 661, 662
Balkash, Lake, 438)
Baltic Provinces, fauna,
450; fisheries, 487; pis-
ciculture, 568

Baltic Sea, 506, 515, 543,
559, 564; fauna, 440,
446; fisheries, 471, 480,
490; food of fishes, 493;
plankton surveys, 571
Baltringen, 541
Baluchistan, 435, 479
Banda Is., 455
Banff, 534

Bangweolo, Lake, 423
Banka I., 455
Banks Coll., 517
Barbados, 430, 479
Barbasco (fish poison), 490
Barbel see Barbus
Barbels, 498, 575, 599, 602
Barbus, 394, 415, 506, 549,
558, 574, 582, 595, 602,
609, 635; in aquaria,
377, 378; B. mosal, size,
498

Barca R., 421
Barcoo R., 454

Barents Sea, 420, 571
Barilius, 378

Barometer-fish

bitis, 381

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Bass, 556, 569, 647 f.

see also the various
genera

Bassozetus, 385

Batfish -see Malthe
Bath, England, 517
Bathophilus, 572
Bathylychnus, 572
Batjan I., 455

Batoidei, 388, 403, 515,
586, 620, 621; anatomy,
368; dentition, 396, 398;
scales, 400; embryology,
414; fins, 461, 603; eco-
nomic use, 465, 466;
muscles, 520; ova, 528;
in fresh-water, 552; re-
production, 580, 581,
608; jaws, 592; spinal
cord, 596; suprarenals,

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Batrachidæ, 659, 660
Batrachops, 651

Batrachus see Opsanus
Batticaloa, 595
Batu Is., 456

Bavaria, fauna, 446; fish-
eries, 462, 483; palæon-
tology, 535, 536, 537,
539, 540; whitefish in-
troduced, 558; piscicul-
ture, 567
Bawean I., 455
Bay d'Along, 436
Bayonne, 444
Bayreuth, 535

Bdellostoma, 362, 365, 368,
500, 502, 510, 543, 577,
586, 596; brain, 385, 388;
circulation, 389, 391;
embryology, 411, 413;
eye, 418; nerves, 524,
525, 526; egg cases, 528;
voracity, 575; gills, 585;
skull, 592; suprarenals,
598; excretory organs,
606, 607; thyroid gland,
606; reproductive organs,
607; taxonomy, 616
Bdellostomatidæ, 368, 616
Beam trawl, 463
Bear I., 420

Bear Lake, 569

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Beaufort, N. C., 429, 469
Becherzellen," 509, 510
Bechuanaland, 421
Bederkesaer See, 446
Behavior, 381, 382
Belfast Lough, 443, 481
Belfaud, 566

Belfort, 483

Belgium, 517, 543, 554,
556; fauna, 440; fisheries,
462, 466, 480; palæon-
tology, 515, 531, 533,
537, 539, 540, 542; pisci-
culture, 565
Belly R., 536

Belone, 499, 574, 575, 645;

color, 393; embryology,
411, 415; ova and larvæ,
572

Belonesox, 376
Belonorhynchidæ, 623
Belonostomus, 624
Benaco - see Garda
Bengal, 406, 436, 479
Bengal, Bay of, 437
Beraun R., 439
Bergamo, 567

Bergen, 462, 467, 470
Beri-beri, 403

Bering Sea, 396, 424

Berlin, 467, 518

Bermuda, 392, 602; fauna,
430; markets, 468; fish-

eries, 479

Bern, 467

Bernburg, 535

Berycidæ, 647

Berycoidea, 590

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Lake of

Bienne, Lake of, 452, 487
Big-eyed Herring see
Elops

Bighorn Mts., 530

Bile, 403, 512, 547, 595;
chemical composition,
388

Billingsgate market, 468,
481

Billiton I., 455
Bintang I., 456
Biogenetic law, 416
Bionomics, 405, 462
Biotacus, 651
Bipolarity, 404

Birket el Qurun (Lake), 421
Birmingham, 442

Biscay, Bay of, 444, 572
Biscayne Bay, 569

Bismarck Archip., 456, 490
Bitterling -see Rhodeus
Biwa Lake, 437

Blackband Ironstone, 533
Black Bass -see Microp-

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lobes, 387; from artesian
wells, 406; skin, 509;
optic nerves, 525; blind-
ness caused by parasites,
547 see also Amblyop-

sis, Gronias, Trogloglanis,
Typhlogobius

Blood, 383, 384, 403, 555,
597, 601, 605; circulatory
system, 389 f.; blood
pressure, 392; parasites
and diseases of, 545,
548, 549; physiology, 552
Blood islands," 383
Blood vessels, 509; of eye,
419; of central nervous
system, 523; regenera-
tion, 575

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