INDEX 



aal-mutter, ii, 144 



Abbott, i, 415, 419, 422; 



ii, 307, 534 

 on perch, ii, 307 

 abdominal fishes, ii, 39 

 Abdominales, i, 393; ii, 38, 



39 



Abeona, ii, 375 

 Abramis, ii, 167 



figure of, ii, 168 

 Aboma, 



figure of, ii, 462 

 abundance of food-fish, i, 329 

 abura-ainame, ii, 440 

 abura-bodzu, ii, 323 

 aburazame, i, 524 

 Acantharchus, ii, 297 

 Acanthistius, ii, 323 

 Acanthobatis, i, 553 

 Acanthocephala, i, 344, 351 

 Acanthocepola, ii, 363 

 Acanthoclinidae, ii, 516 

 Acanthoclinus, ii, 516 

 Acanthocybium, ii, 266 

 Acanthodei, i, 65, 437, 447, 



5i3 5i9 545. 5i 



Dean on, {,517 



families of, i, 516 



order of, i, 514 



Woodward on, i, 514 

 Acanthoessidae, i, 515, 516 

 Acanthoessus, i, 446, 510-513 



figure of, i, 515 



scales of, figured, i, 521 

 Acantholabrus, ii, 387 

 Acanthonemus, ii, 286 

 Acanthopteri, ii, 157 

 Acanthopterygian, ii, 39, 293 

 Acanthopterygii, i, 391; ii, 



189, 208-214 

 Acanthostracion, i, 377 

 Acanthuridae, i, 206; ii, 405, 

 407, 410, 411 



family of, ii, 407 

 Acanthurus, i, 268, 271; ii, 



407, 409 

 Acanus, ii, 330 

 Acara, ii, 381 

 Acentronura, ii, 236 

 Acerina, ii, 241, 309 

 Acentrophorus, ii, 23 



Achirinae, ii, 495 

 Achirus, 



figure of, ii, 496 

 Acipenser, i, 291, 332, 391, 

 452; ii, 18, 19, 20, 22 



figure of, ii, 19, 20 



larva of, figured, i, 141 

 Acipenseridae, i, 290; ii, 18 

 Acipenseroidei, i, 382 

 Acraniata, i, 484 

 Acrocheilus, ii, 169 

 Acrogaster, ii, 252 

 Acrognathus, ii, 34 

 Acropoma, ii, 317 

 Acropomidae, ii, 317 

 Acrotidse, ii, 285 

 Acrotus, ii, 285 

 Actinistia, i, 602 



order of, i, 604 

 Actinopteri, i, 451, 507, 599, 



610; ii, i, 2, 4, 5, 208 

 Actinopterygii, i, 462 ; ii, i 

 Actinosts, ii, i, 33 

 actinotrichia, i, 80 

 Adaptation of fishes, i, 177- 



225 

 adaptive radiation, 



law of, i, 296 

 adder-fish, ii, 501 

 Adelfisch, ii, 65 

 Adelochorda, i, 461 

 Adinia, ii, 199 

 adipose fin, i, 25 

 ./Egeonichthys, ii, 549 

 yEoliscus, 



figure of, ii, 235 

 jErolepis, ii, 14 

 ^Ethalion, ii, 41 

 jEthospondyli, ii, 24, 29 

 y^thoprora, 



figure of, i, 188 

 Aetobatis, i, 557 



figure of, i, 558 

 African catfish, 



figure of, i, 457; ii, 185 

 Agassiz, A., i, 405 

 Agassiz, L., i, 419, 428, 614; 

 ii, i, 39, 183, 486 



on dispersion, i, 284 



on Embiotocidae, ii, 378, 

 379 



Agassiz, L., 



on embryology of garpike, 



ii, 3 1 

 on fish fauna of N. E., i, 



302 



on fossil fishes, i, 404 

 on ganoids, ii, 9 

 on high and low forms, i, 



38i 



on Lepidosteus, ii, 5 

 on Onchus, i, 530 

 portrait of, i, 399 

 pupils of, i, 405 

 questions raised by, i, 284 

 sketch of, i, 404 

 Age of fishes, i, 144-146 

 agency of ocean currents, i, 



243 



Agnatha, i, 508 

 Agonidae, i, 208; ii, 3, 185, 



45 2 , 453, 45 



family of, ii, 449 

 Agonoid fish, 



figure of, i, 221; ii, 453 

 Agonostomus, ii, 107, 222 

 Agonus, i, 219; ii, 453 

 Agrammus, ii, 440 

 Ahl, i, 394 

 aholehole, ii, 304 

 air-bladder, i, ii 



air-duct, i, 12 



Aristotle on, 95 



Borelli on, i, 95 



of Carp, i, 93; ii, 159, 160 



in Ccelacanthus, i, 604 



defined, i, 92, 93 



De Fosse on, i, 97 



Delaroche on, i, 95 



figure of, i, 93, 604 



function of, i, 94 



in ganoids, i, 101 



gases in, i, 94 



in Labyrinthici, i, 91 



an organ of hearing, ii, 159 



origin of, i, 98 



position of, i, 35 



Sorensen on, i, 97 



Tower on, i, 95 



use of, i, 12 



wanting in sharks, i, 506 



Weber on, i, 96 



555 



