Index 



parasitic fungi, i, 353 

 parasitic worms, 



acanthocephala, i, 344 



cestodes, i, 344 



an article of food, i, 351 



nematodes, i, 344 



trematodes, i, 344 

 Paratrachichthys, i, 439; ii, 



2 95 



figure of, ii, 253 

 Paraxus, i, 517 

 Pareioplitae, ii, 426-458 

 parental affection in fishes, i, 



1 66, 167 



Parexoccetus, ii, 214 

 parent-stream theory, ii, 81 

 Parequula, ii, 287 

 pargo criollo, i, 324; ii, 335 

 pargo de lo alto, ii, 336 

 pargo guachinango, ii, 335 

 pargos, ii, 333 

 Park, i, 393 



Parker, i, 90, 428, 594; ii, 

 1 60, 482 



on Chimaeras, i, 563 



on hearing of fishes, i, 121, 

 122 



optic nerve of flounder, iii, 

 482, 483 



on soles, ii, 483 

 Parnell, i, 410 

 Parophrys, ii, 493 

 Parr, ii, 91 

 Parra, i, 396 

 parrot -fish, i, 21; ii, 56, 360, 



385. 39, 393 

 figure of, i, 330; ii, 392, 



394, 395 

 jaws of, figured, i, 30; ii, 



39 * 



pharyngeals of, i, 47, 48; 



ii, 393 



parts of skeleton, i, 35 

 paru, ii, 405 

 Pataecidae, ii, 516 

 Pataecus, ii, 514 

 patao, ii, 348 

 Patten, i, 428 



on Ostracophores, i, 569 

 pesce re, ii, 218 

 peacock flounders, ii, 488 

 pearlfish, i, 84, 159; ii, 522 



figure of, i, 522, 523 

 pe"che pretre, ii, 429 

 Peck, i, 419 

 pecten, ii, 6 

 pectoral fin, i, 10, 521 



of Chiloscyllium, i, 66 



of codfish, i, 66 



figure of, i, 57, 66 



Gegenbaur on, i, 66, 67 



pectoral fin, 



of Heptranchias, i, 5 7 



origin of, i, 67 

 pectoral limb, i, 50 



of Dipnoan, i, 60 



figure of, i, 85 



Kerr on, i, 61 



in shark, i, 60 

 peculiar, 



jaws and teeth, i, 201 



larval forms, i, 142 

 pediculates, i, 51, 206, 207, 

 405; ii, 40, 499 



order of, ii, 542-553 

 Pegador, 



figure of, i, 197; ii, 468 

 pegapega, ii, 468 

 Pegasidae, ii, 240 



family of, ii, 239 

 Pegasus, i, 393; ii, 240 

 peixe rey, ii, 216 

 pelagic fishes, i, 245 



vertebras in, i, 209 

 Pelamis, i, 364 

 Pelargorhynchus, ii, 136 

 Pelates, ii, 342 

 Pelecanus, i, 345 

 Pelecopterus, ii, 34 

 pelican, 



fish parasites in, i, 345 

 pelican-eel, ii, 156 

 Pellegrin, i, 412 



on poisonous fishes, i, 182- 



184 



Pelor, i, 180; ii, 434 

 Peltacephalata, i, 568 

 pelvic girdle, i, 42 

 Pempheridae, ii, 288 

 Pempheris, ii, 289 



figure of, ii, 289, 290 

 penfishes, ii, 344 

 Penella, i, 242 

 Pennant, i, 396 



on parental affection in 



fishes, i, 1 66 

 Pentacerotidae,* ii, 333 

 pentadactyle limb, i, 79 

 Pentapus, ii, 341 

 Peprilus, ii, 285 



figure of, i, 18; ii, 284 

 Perca, 391; ii, 307, 315, 367 



brain of, i, in 



figure of, ii, 308 

 Percalates, ii, 320 

 Percarina, ii, 310 

 Percesoces, ii, 157, 208, 228, 

 290, 360, 370, 521, 522 



order of, ii, 215 

 perches, i, 21, 209, 290, 304; 

 ii, 1 68, 258, 304, 307, 

 310 



perches, 



brain of, figured, i, 1 1 1 



European, ii, 307 



everglade pigmy, figured, 

 ii, 295 



white, ii, 304 



yellow, ii, 307, 308 

 Percichthys, ii, 320 

 Percidae, i, 209, 248, 290, 

 406; ii, 171, 258, 294, 

 304, 309, 320 



family of, ii, 304 

 Percilia, ii, 320 

 Percina, ii, 306, 310 



figure of, ii, 311 

 Percis, ii, 453 

 Percoidea, ii, 293-315 

 Percoidei, ii, 398 

 percoid fishes, ii, 293-315 

 Percomorphi, ii, 258271, 



365, 397, 398, 426 



suborder of, ii, 258 

 Percophidae, ii, 502 

 Percopsidae, i, 290; ii, 241 



family of, ii, 241 

 Percopsis, i, 316; ii, 296 



figure of, ii, 241 

 periblast, i, 136 

 Periophthalmus, i, 117; ii, 



465, 5* 

 figure of, i, 118; ii, 466 



Peristediidae, i, 208; ii, 457 



Peristedion, i, 219 



figure of, i, 299; ii, 457 



peritoneum, i, 32 



Permian, ii, 14, 23 

 sharks from, i, 517 



Perugia, i, 412 



pescado azul, ii, 382 



pescadillo del red, ii, 354 



pescado bianco, i, 328; ii, 



216 

 figure of, i, 217, 329 



pescado del rey, ii, 216 



pesce rey, ii, 216 



Petalodontidae, i, 531 

 family of, i, 554 

 teeth of, figured, {,555 



Petalodus, i, 554 



Petalopteryx, ii, 26, 458 



Peters, i, 411 



peto, ii, 266 



Petromyzon, i, 132, 142, 357, 



372, 391, 490, 618 

 figure of, i, 491 

 mouth figured, i, 492 

 head of, figured, i, in 



Petromyzonidae, i, 290, 373, 



49 



Petroscirtes, ii, 509 

 pez ciego, ii, 524 



*This family should stand as HistiopteridtE,the name Pentaceros, Pentacerotidte, being used earlier 

 for starfishes. 



