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Index 



fishes, 



distribution of, i, 237-255, 



435 

 domestication of, i, 149, 



151 



ear of, i, 8, 119-121 

 earliest forms of, i, 443 

 eggs of, i, 125-135 

 electric organs of, i, 25; 



ii, 187 



embryology of, i, 131-151 

 evolution in, i, 223, 435~459 

 exterior of, i, 16-25 

 extinct, i, 224 

 eye of, i, 6, 119 

 eye-stalks of, ii, 466 

 face of, i, 5 

 fins of, i, 9, 10, 24 

 flight of, i, 167 

 flow of blood in, i, 107 

 as food for man, i, 320-339 

 food of, i, ii, 29 

 form of, i, 4 

 fossil, i, 422-428 

 fresh-water, i, 250 

 gall-bladder in, i, 26 

 generalized forms of, i, 224 

 gills of, i, 92 

 growth of, i, 30, 144 

 habits of, i, 152 

 hearing of, i, 8, 119 

 heart of, i, ii, 28, 106 

 herbivorous, i, 30, 155; ii, 



364 



hermaphrodite, i, 124 

 homologies of bones in, i, 



34 



hybridism in, i, 144 

 instincts of, i, 154 

 intestines of, i, 33 

 intromittent organ in, i, 124 

 with jugular fins, i, 456 

 kidneys of, i, n, 28 

 killed by earthquakes, i, 



356 



Labyrinthine, ii, 365 

 larval forms, i, 142, 620, 



621 



lateral line of, i, 9 

 life cycle of, i, 3-5, 152 

 lowland, i, 291 

 luminous organs of, i, 188- 



190 



lungs of, i, 98 

 measurements of, i, 19 

 migration of, i, 160 

 monstrosities among, {,151 

 mortality among, i, 357 

 mountain, i, 291 

 mouth of, i, 29 

 muscles of, i, 25 

 mythology of, i, 359 

 naturalization of, i, 150 



fishes, 



nerves of, i, 12, 14, 109, 

 113; ii, 368 



nests and nest-building of, 

 i, 15, 167, 128; ii, 184, 

 229-231 



noises of, i, 121, 168 



nostril of, i, 6 



nuptial colors in, i, 155, 156 



nutrition organs of, i, 29 



organs of, 



locomotion, i, 24 

 phosphorescence, i, 194 

 reproduction, i, 28, 124- 



13 



sense, i, 115-123 



sight, i, 6, 116 



smell, i, 115 



taste, i, 121 



touch, i, 122 

 ovaries, i, 26 

 oviparous, {,125 

 ovo viviparous, i, 125 

 pain, sense of, in, i, 123 

 parasites of, i, 340-344 

 parasitic, i, 198 

 pectoral limb of, i, 50 

 pelagic, i, 156 

 pineal eye in, i, in 

 poisonous, i, 180-185, 236; 



ii,i77.4",4i342i,433. 



436, 5 26 



post-embryonic develop- 

 ment, i, 132 

 posterior limbs of, {,53 

 preservation of, i, 431 

 problem of highest, i, 383 

 protection of young by, i, 



128 



pugnacity of, i, 162 

 recognition marks in, i, 7, 



232, 236 



records of, i, 433 

 scales of, i, 20 

 sensitiveness to change, i, 



15 

 sexual modifications in, i, 



129 



shoulder-girdle of, i, 50, 52 

 skeleton of, i, 10, 214, 215 

 specialization in, i, 219, 



220, 224, 249; ii, 438 

 spinal cord of, i, 112 

 spineless, {,25 

 spiral valve in, i, 32 

 tail of, i, 49 

 teeth of, i, 5, 29 

 tenacity of life in, i, 146, 



I4 7. 

 timidity of, i, 166 



tongue of, i, 6, 31 



upland, i, 291 



variety in tropics, i, 333 



fishes, 



viscera of, i, 26 



viviparous, i, 125; ii, 376 



voices of, i, 121 



where found, i, 158, 159 



Zeoid, ii, 245 

 fishes as food, i, 320-339 

 fishes of Panama, 



Evermann on, i, 274 



Fischer on, i, 275 



Giinther on, i, 272, 273 



Hill on, i, 277 



Upham on, i, 276 



Wright on, i, 275 

 fish faunas, 



genera in, i, 262, 263 



Indian, i, 267 



of Japan, i, 255, 256, 259 



of Mediterranean, i, 259 



of Panama, i, 267 



separated by barriers, i, 



255-281 



fish fighting, i, 162 

 fish god of Japan, 



figure of, ii, 343 

 fish guano, i, 538 

 Fish -Hawk, the, i, 408; ii, 147 

 fishing, 



apparatus for, i, 335 



for ayu, i, 333 



for tai, figured, i, 338 



with cormorants, i, 333, 



335 



methods of, i, 334 

 fishing-frog, i, 202; ii, 542 

 capture of prey by, i, 169 

 figure of, i, 18; ii, 545, 550 

 fish-like vertebrates, i, 34 

 fish of Paradise, ii, 369 

 Fistularia, i, 85, 393; ii, 233, 



39 



shoulder-girdle of, ii, 227 

 Fistularidae, ii, 227 



family of, ii, 233 

 Flammeo, ii, 254 

 flashers, ii, 331 

 flatfish family, i, 177; ii, 48 

 flatheads, ii, 441 

 Flesus, ii, 493 

 Fleurieu's whirlpool, ii, 242 

 flier, ii, 297 

 flight of fishes, i, 157 

 Floeberg, ii, no 

 Florida jewfish. 



figure of, ii, 323 

 Florida lion-fish, 



figure of, ii, 433 

 flounder, i, 117, 178, 203, 

 440; ii, 483-485, 488, 



493, 494 



development of, i, 144 

 diamond, ii, 493 

 eel-back, ii, 493 



