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Index 



pez del rey, 



figure of, ii, 218 

 pez de pluma, ii, 344 

 pez puerco, ii, 413 

 Phaebodus, i, 522 

 Phanerodon, ii, 375 

 Phaneropleuron, i, 612 



figure of, i, 613 

 Phanerosteon, i, 580 

 Phareodus, ii, 56, 57 



figures of, ii, 57-59 



fossils of, ii, 58, 59 

 pharyngeals, i, 5, 48 



figure of, i, 47 



of Italian parrot-fish, ii, 391 



of parrot-fish, figured, ii, 



39.1 



use in voice, i, 121 

 pharyngeal teeth, 



figured, ii, 175 

 Pharyngognathi, i, 405; ii, 



2 59. 38. 396 

 suborder of, ii, 384 



Philippi, i, 415 



Philypnus, ii, 459 

 figure of, ii, 460 



Pholidophoridae, ii, 26, 29, 

 36, 4i 



Pholidophorus, ii, 28 

 figure of, ii, 29 



Pholidurus, ii, 22 



Pholis, i, 209; ii, 512 

 figure of, ii, 512 



phosphorescent groups, i, 187 



phosphorescent organs, 



artificial stimulation of, i, 



191 



chemical action in, i, 196 

 cross-section of, i, 193 

 Greene on, i, 194, 196, 197 

 Lendenfeld on, i, 194, 195 

 of Porichthys, i, 194 



photophores, i, 187, 189 



Phoxinus, ii, 167 



Phractolatmidae, ii, 48 



Phrynorhombus, ii, 488 



Phtheirichthys, ii, 469 



Phthinobranchii, i, 227-240 



Phyllodus, ii, 396 



Phyllolepida?, i, 584 



phylogeny, i, 63, 79 



Phylopteryx, ii, 238 



Phylyctaenaspis, i, 586 



Physoclysti, i, 405; ii, 39, 

 209 



physostome, ii, 10 



Physostomi, i, 405; ii, 39, 40 



picarel, ii, 347 



pickerel, i, 4; ii, 147 



pigfish, ii, 342 



pigmentation, i, 226 



effect of spirits on, i, 235 



pigmy sunfishes, ii, 296 



pike, i, 209, 239, 250, 290, 

 304, 328, 440; ii, 190 



figure of, i, 203, 328; ii, 

 191 



skeleton of, i, 203 

 pike-perch, ii, 309 

 pilchard, ii, 50 

 pilot-fish, i, 63; ii, 272 



figure of, ii, 273 

 Pimelodus, ii, 183, 186 

 Pimelometopon, ii, 388, 389 



figure of, ii, 389 

 pineal organ, i, 1 1 1 



Dean on, i, 112 



figure of, i, in 

 pine-cone-fish, 



figure of, i, 16; ii, 257 

 pinfish, ii, 344 

 ping, ii, 91 



Pinguipedidae, ii, 363, 499 

 pink, ii, 72 

 pintado, ii, 266 

 pipefish, i, 64, 128, 440 



family of, ii, 236 

 pirate-perch, i, 290; ii, 294 



figure of, ii, 295 

 Pisces, i, 393, 588 



characteristics of, i, 506 

 Piso, i, 389 

 placoderm, i, 462, 584, 590, 



59i 593 



Placodermi, i, 568, 622, 623 

 placoid scales, i, 21 

 Placopharynx, ii, 174 



lower pharyngeal figured, 



ii, 171 



Plagioscion, ii, 354 

 Plagiostomi, i, 507 

 Plagiuri, i, 392 

 Plagyodontidae, ii, 134, 136 

 Plagyodus, ii, 136 



figure of, ii, 135 

 plaice, ii, 487, 493 

 plaice tribe, ii, 492 

 plakat, ii, 370 

 Platacidae, ii, 398, 400, 401 

 Platax, i, 240, 268; ii, 243, 



245. 39 8 . 4oi 

 Platophrys, 



figure of, i, 174, 175 



larval form, i, 174 

 Platichthys, ii, 482, 493 



figure of, ii, 495 

 Platophrys, ii, 481, 482, 488 



larval stages of, figured, ii, 



484 

 Platycephalidaa, i, 267 



family of, ii, 441 

 Platycephalus, ii, 441 

 Platycormus, ii, 283, 284, 485 

 Platyglossus, ii, 390 

 Platyptera, ii, 506 

 Platysomidae, ii, 4, 14, 15 



Platysomus, ii, 15 

 figure of, i, 452 

 Platystacus, i, 128; ii, 184 

 Platyurus, i, 364 

 Playfair, i, 416 

 Plecoglossus, i, 260; ii, 62, 



"5. "7 



figure of, i, 321; ii, 116 

 plectognath fishes, i, 206 

 Plectognathi, ii, 9, 40 



series of, ii, 411 

 Plectognaths, ii, 291, 411 

 Plectorhynchus, ii, 341 

 Plectospondyli, ii, 40, 161, 



162 



plectospondylous, i, 48 

 Plectromus, ii, 253 

 Plectropoma, ii, 323 

 Plesiops, ii, 330, 359 

 Plethodus, ii, 44 

 Pleuracanthus, i, 65, 66, 204, 



.437, 5 10 , 5 1 . 1 , 5^3 

 diphycercal tail of, i, 80 

 figures of, i, 74, 519, 520 

 headbones and teeth of, 



figured, i, 520 

 Pleurocanthidae, i, 519, 520, 



522, 566 

 Pleurogrammus, i, 209 



figure of, i, 328; ii, 439 

 Pleuronectidae, i, 290 



family of, ii, 485 

 Pleuronectinae, ii, 492 

 Pleuronectes, i, 391; ii, 493 

 Pleuronichthys, i, 206, 257; 



". 493 



figure of, i, 441 

 Pleuropholis, ii, 29 

 Pleuropterygii, i, 513, 514, 



5i8 



Plioplarchus, ii, 304 

 Plotosidae, ii, 184 

 Plotosus, ii, 184 

 Plumier, i, 389 

 Pneumatosteus, ii, 32 

 Podopteryx, ii, 457 

 Podothecus, ii, 453 

 pond-skipper, 



figure of, i, 1 18; ii, 466 

 Pcecilia, ii, 199 

 Poeciliidae, i, 22, 125; ii, 194, 

 198, 199, 201, 213 



figure of, i, 126 

 Poscilodus, i, 531 

 Poey, i, 376, 415 



portrait of, i, 413 

 Pogonias, i, 595; ii, 354, 357 



figure of, ii, 358 

 Pogonichthys, ii, 169 

 poison fishes, i, 180-185, 2 3^ 



figure of, i, 229; ii, 436 

 poison glands, ii, 177, 527 



in catfishcs, ii, 182 



