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Index 



akadai, ii, 344 



Alaska blackfish, i, 51, 147, 

 290 



figure of, i, 149; ii, 206 

 Alaska cod, ii, 536 

 Alaska grayling, 



figure of, i, 328; ii, 120 

 Alaskan rivers, 



fishes of, i, 304, 305 

 Albacore, i, 210; ii, 136 



figure of, ii, 263 



Goode on, ii, 263 



long fin, ii, 263 

 Albatross, the i, 263, 408; ii, 



60, 130, 138 

 Albatrossia, ii, 541 

 Albula, i, 142, 205; ii, 29, 

 46, 148 



figure of, i, 147; ii, 44 

 Albulidae, ii, 41, 44 

 Alburnus, ii, 167 

 Alcock, i, 244, 408; ii, 290 

 Aldrich, 



photograph by, i, 303 

 Aldrovandi, i, 388 

 Aldrovandia, 



figure of, ii, 138 

 Alectis, i, 202; ii, 276 

 aleihi, ii, 253 

 Alepisauridae, i, 134 

 Alepocephalidae, ii, 60 

 Alepocephalus, 



figure of, ii, 60 

 alewife, ii, 49 



figure of, ii, 50 

 alfonsinos, ii, 251 

 alimentary canal, i, 31 

 alkaloid poisons, i, 182, 184, 



185; ii, 411, 412 

 allantiasis, i, 183 

 alligator-fish, ii, 449, 453 

 alligator-gar, 



figure of, ii, 31 

 allmouth, ii, 545 

 Alopiidae, 



family of, i, 536 

 Alosa, i, 204, 291; ii, 50 

 Alticus, 



figure of, i, 230; ii, 509 

 Alutera, i, 206; ii, 414, 415 

 amadai, ii, 363 

 Amanses, ii, 415 



figure of, ii, 414 

 Amaraecium, i, 477 

 Ambassis, ii, 317 

 Ambassidae, ii, 317 

 amber-fish, ii, 272 



figure of, i, 458; ii, 273 

 amber-jack, ii, 274 

 Amblodon, i, 302 

 Ambloplites, 



figure of, ii, 299 



skull of, figured, ii, 296 



Amblyopsidae, 290; ii, 204 



family of, ii, 200 

 Amblyopsis, i, 220, 314 



figure of, i, 221, 222; ii, 



203 



Amblypterus, ii, 14 

 Amblystoma, i, 78 

 Ameiurus, i, 283, 293, 310, 

 35 6 ; ", 35, l8 3, 185,186, 

 299 



figure of, i, 344, 358; ii, 

 1 80, 181 



parasites of, i, 344 

 American charr, ii, no 

 American fishes, 



Goode on, i, 335 

 Amia, i, 33, 101, 102, 204, 



29 1 , 344, 39 1 , 12 , 62 3; 

 ii, 8,9,11,31,33,36,41, 

 160 



figure of, ii, 33, 35 



lower jaw of, ii, 33 



shoulder-girdle in, i, 86 



tail of, i, 82 

 Amiatus, i, 394 

 Amiidas, i, 290; ii, 4, 34, 35, 36 

 Amioidei, 



Liitken on, ii, 33 

 Amiopsis, ii, 36 

 Amitra, ii, 454 

 Ammoccetes, i, 142 

 Ammocrypta, ii, 306 



figure of, i, 158; ii, 313 

 Ammodytes, ii, 224, 391, 514, 

 522 



figure of, ii, 521 

 Ammodytidae, ii, 215, 520, 



52i 

 Amphacanthi, 



suborder of, ii, 409 

 Ampheristus, ii, 436 

 Amphibia, i, 393, 600, 606 

 Amphibians, ii, 9 



origin of, i, 600 

 Amphiccelian, i, 49 

 Amphiodon, i, 394 

 Amphioxides, i, 483 

 Amphioxus, i, 482, 495 

 Amphiplaga, ii, 243 

 Amphipmoidae, ii, 141 

 Amphipnous, ii, 141 

 Amphiprion, ii, 384 

 Amphisile, ii, 235 

 Amphisticus, ii, 375 

 Amphistiidae, 



family of, ii, 245, 247 

 Amphistium, ii, 485 



figure of, ii, 247 

 Amyzon, ii, 175 

 Anabantidae, ii, 215, 370 



Gill on, i, 366 

 Anabas, i, 91, 103, 163 



figure of, ii, 366 



Anableps, i, 117, 391; ii, 131 



eye of, ii, 194 



figure of, i, 117 



Marsh on, ii, 194 



Nelson on, ii, 196 

 Anacanthini, i, 405 ; ii, 484, 

 485, 499, 5i, 532, 533, 

 538 



order of, 11, 532, 533 

 anadromous fishes, i, 291 

 anadromous salmon, ii, 68 

 anal fin, i, 10 



in Embiotocidae, i, 125 



as intromittent organ, i, 124 



in Pceciliidae, i, 125 



in sword - tail minnow, i, 



124 

 analogy and homology, i, 368, 



369 



Coues on, i, 369 

 Anampses, ii, 300 

 Anarhichadidae, ii, 517 

 Anarhichas, i, 208, 391; ii, 



Si8 



figure of, ii, 517 

 food of, ii, 518 

 Anarchias, ii, 153 

 Anarrhichthys, i, 208, 364; 



ii, 518 



skull of, ii, 517 

 Anarthri, i, 509 

 Anarthrodira, i, 584, 585, 



59 

 Anaspida, i, 573, 622 



order of, i, 579 

 anatomy of tunicates, 



figure showing, i, 472 

 Anchovia, i, 199, 205 



figure of, ii, 54 

 anchovy, 



figure of, ii, 54 

 anchovy, silvery, 



figure of, ii, 54 

 ancient outlet of Lake Bonne- 

 ville, 



photograph of, i, 303 

 Ancylostylos, ii, 45 

 Andaman Islands, 



fishes of, i, 166 

 Andrews, i, 428 

 Anema, ii, 504 

 angel-fishes, i, 547, 549 



figure of, ii, 401, 404 

 angler-fishes, i, 189, 206; ii, 



542-553 . 



carpels of, i, 51 



figure of, i, 52 



Gill on, ii, 543 



habits of, ii, 543-545 



Kent on, ii, 543 

 anglers, 



dorsal fin in, i, 202 

 angling, i, 336 



