Index 



poison glands, 



Giinther on, ii, 527, 528, 



5 2 9 

 poisonous fishes, ii, 325, 335 



diseases arising from, i, 183 



varieties of, i, 180, 182, 183 

 Polistotrema, 



figure of, i, 489 

 Pollachius, i, 209; ii, 537 

 pollack, 



figure of, ii, 537 

 Pollard, i, 595, 600 

 Polycentridae, ii, 358 

 Polyclinidae, i, 477 

 Polydactylus, 



figure of, ii, 225 



shoulder-girdle of, i, 89; ii, 



225 

 Polygnathus, 



figure of, i, 486 

 Polymixia, i, 122; ii, 257 

 Polymixiidae, 



family of, ii, 256 

 Polynemidae, i, 122; ii, 215, 



224 



Polynemus, i, 393 

 Polyodon, i, 199, 253, 302, 



45 2 > 534, 5 66 , 62 2, 62 3; 

 ii, 22 



figure of, ii, 22 

 Polyodontidae, i, 290; ii, 20, 



21, 22 

 Polyospondyli, i, 509, 530, 



56i 



Polypteridae, i, 602, 605 

 Boulenger on, i, 608 

 Polypterus, i, 76, 79, 88, 89, 

 204, 450, 600, 601, 603, 

 606, 616; ii, 2 

 figure of, i, 79, 602, 607 

 shoulder-girdle of, figured, 



i, 600 



Polyrhizodus, i, 555 

 Polystylidae, i, 476 

 Pomacanthus, ii, 403, 405 



figure of, ii, 403 

 Pomacentridas, i, 206, 209; ii, 



380,381,382 

 organs of smell in, i, 115 

 Pomacentrus, i, 235; ii, 383 

 figure of, ii, 382 

 species of, ii, 383 

 Pomadasis, ii, 341, 342 

 Pomatomidas, ii, 278 

 Pomatomus, ii, 278 



figure of, i, 324 

 pomfret, ii, 286 

 Pomolobus, i, 300; ii, 49, 53 



figure of, i, 455; ii, 50 

 Pomotis, i, 302; ii, 379 

 Pomoxis, i, 302; ii, 297 

 figure of, ii, 297, 298 

 pompon, ii, 341 



pond-skipper, 



figure of, i, 1 18 

 pond-smelt, ii, 124 

 poolfishes, i, 159 

 pope, ii, 309 

 poppy-fish, ii, 283 

 Popular Science Monthly, 



reference to, ii, 69 

 porbeagle, i, 537 

 pore des rivieres, ii, 369 

 porcupine-fish, i, 19, 197; ii, 

 422, 423 



figure of, {,17; ii, 422 

 porgy, i, 239; ii, 342 



varieties of, ii, 344 

 Porichthys, i, 121, 190, 191, 

 192; ii, 526 



figure of, i, 23; ii, 526 



Greene on, i, 190; ii, 526 



luminous organs of, i, 172 



phosphorescent organs of, i, 



191 

 porkfish, ii, 341 



figure of, ii, 341 

 portal vein, i, 108 

 Portheus, ii, 48 



skeleton of, ii, 47 

 Port Jackson shark, 



eggs of, figured, i, 128, 



527 



portugais, ii, 405 

 Portuguese man-of-war, 



figure of, i, 160 

 Porcus, ii, 183 

 postembryonic development 



of fishes, i, 132 

 posterior limbs, i, 53 

 posterotemporal, i, 90 

 post-temporal, i, 88, 90 

 Potamorrhaphis, ii, 211 

 Powrie, i, 424 

 predatory fishes, i, 116; ii, 



164 

 premaxillary, 



figure of, i, 55 

 preopercle, i, 45 

 preservation of fishes, 



Giinther on, i, 431 



methods of, i, 431, 432 

 Priacanthidae, ii, 333 

 Priacanthus, ii, 333 



figure of, ii, 331 

 Pribilof sculpin, 



figure of, ii, 446 

 Priem, i, 427 

 priestfish, 



figure of, ii, 430 

 Prime, 



on crab-eater as game fish, 



ii, 282 

 primitive fishes, 



brain of, i, 112 



skeleton of, i, 54 



primitive herring-like fishes, 



i, 454 

 primitive sharks, i, 511 



orders of, i, 513 

 Prionace, i, 542 

 Prionodus, i, 488 

 Prionodes, ii, 329 

 Prionotus, i, 246; ii, 283 



figure of, ii, 456 

 Prionurus, ii, 409 

 Priscacara, ii, 381 

 Pristipoma, i, 375 

 Pristididas, i, 549 

 Pristodontidae, i, 555 

 Pristiophoridae, 



family of, i, 548, 549 

 Pristiophorus, i, 199 



figure of, i, 201, 548 

 Pristis, i, 199, 548 



figure of, i, 200 

 Pristiurus, i, 70 

 proach, ii, 445 

 Proantigonia, ii, 400 

 Proballostomus, ii, 201 

 problem of highest fishes, 



Gill on, i, 383 

 problem of Oatka Creek, i, 



282 

 process of natural selection, 



i, 297, 302 

 Prochanos, ii, 45 

 Prognathodes, ii, 404 

 Progymnodon, ii, 423 

 Prolebias, ii, 201 

 Promethichthys, ii, 267 

 Promicrops, ii, 323 

 pronephros, i, 619; ii, 5, 8 

 Pronotocanthus, ii, 157 

 Propristis, i, 550 

 propterygium, i, 58, 511, 



512, 523 



Prosarthri, i, 509, 526 

 proscapula, i, 89 

 prosencephalon, i, 109 



figure of, i, 1 1 1 

 Protamia, ii, 36 

 Protaulopsis, ii, 233 

 protection, 



through poisonous flesh, i, 

 182 



of young, i, 128 

 protective, 



coloration, i, 226 



markings, i, 228 

 Proteus, i, 600 

 Protocatostomus, ii, 56 

 protocercal tail, i, 81, 598 



Wyman on, i, 81 

 Protochordata, i, 460-466 

 Protonotacanthidae, ii, 157 

 Protopterus, i, 82, 85, 100, 

 204, 450, 613, 616, 617 



figure of, 1,622 



