Index 



593 



sleeper-shark, i, 547 

 sleepy Argentine, ii, 134 

 slippery Dick, ii, 388 



figure of, i, 297; ii, 180, 



396 



Sloane, i, 389 

 small-mouthed bass, 



figure of, i, 325; ii, 303 

 smear-dab, ii, 494 

 smelt, ii, 66, 91, 120-138 



figure of, ii, 123 

 Smerdis, ii, 310, 330 

 Smith, i, 416, 419, 608 



on Arctic species, i, 317 

 Smitt, i, 410 

 snailfish, ii, 455 

 snake-blennies, ii, 512 

 snake-eels, ii, 150 



figure of, i, 233 

 snake-headed China-fish, ii, 



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figure of, i, 150; ii, 371 

 snake-headed mullets, ii, 370 

 snapper, ii, 333, 335, 338 



diamond, ii, 337 



gray, ii, 334, 335 



lane, ii, 336 



mahogany, ii, 337 



mangrove, ii, 335 



mutton, ii, 335 



red, ii, 335 



silk, ii, 336 



true, ii, 337 



yellow-tail, ii, 337 

 snipe-eels, ii, 151 

 snipefishes, ii, 234 

 Snodgrass, i, 422; ii, 423 

 snooks, ii, 282, 320 

 snowy grouper, 



figure of, ii, 329 

 Snyder, i, 418, 420 

 Snyderina, 



figure of, ii, 437 

 soapfishes, ii, 330 



figure of, ii, 330 

 sobaco, ii, 413 

 sockeye, ii, 69 

 soft -rayed fishes, i, 204; ii, 



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soi, ii, 429 

 soldados, ii, 253 

 Solander, i, 395 

 soldier-fish, ii, 315 



family of, ii, 253 



figure of, ii, 254 

 Solea, i, 327; ii, 487, 496 

 Soleidse, i, 290; ii, 495, 



499 



Soleinae, ii, 496 

 Solenostomidae, 



family of, ii, 236 

 Solenostomus, i, 128; ii, 236 



figure of, ii, 237 



soles, ii, 495 



broad, ii, 495 



Day on, ii, 496, 497 



European, ii, 496 



Gill on, ii, 496 



habits of, ii, 496 



hog-choker, ii, 498 



Parker on, ii, 483 

 Sonnerat, i, 395 

 Sorensen, 



on elastic spring, i, 97 

 sounds of fishes, i, 168-170 



Bowring on, i, 168 

 soup-fin sharks, 



figure of, i, 541 

 southern zone, i, 253 

 spadefish, ii, 400 



figure of, i, 325; ii, 401 

 Spaniodon, ii, 43 

 Spaniodontidas, ii, 47 

 Spanish-flag, ii, 323, 429 

 Spanish-mackerel, i, 64, 210, 

 322 



figure of, i, 322; ii, 264 



Goode on, ii, 264, 265 



Mitchill on, ii, 264 

 Sparidae, i, 206; ii, 342, 344, 

 346, 372 



family of, ii, 342 

 Sparisoma, i, 268; ii, 352, 

 391, 392, 396 



figure of, ii, 392 



jaws figured, i, 30 

 Sparnodus, ii, 347 

 Sparus, i, 259, 263, 391; ii, 



346 



Spathiurus, ii, 36 

 Spaulding, ii, 84 



marking of fry by, ii, 84 

 spawning-grounds, 



return to, ii, 82 

 spawning of salmon, i, 160 

 special creation impossible, 



i, 295. 



spearfish, i, 199; ii, 469 

 specialized fishes, i, 249 

 species, i, 371 



absent through barriers, i, 

 238 



changed through natural 

 selection, ii, 239 



characters of, i, 292 



conditions favorable to, i, 

 301 



extinction of, i, 239 



meaning of, i, 293, 379 



special creation, i, 295 



transfer of, i, 312 

 speckled flounder, ii, 488 

 speckled hind, ii, 324 



figure of, ii, 325 

 speckled trout, 



figure of, i, 326; ii, no 



Spengel, 



on Enteropneusta, i, 464 

 Spengelia, i, 465 

 Spengeliidae, i, 465 

 Sperling, ii, 123 

 Sphaerodon, i, 268 

 Sphagebranchus, ii, 151 

 Sphagepaea, i, 565 

 sphenial, i, 606 

 Sphenocephalus, ii, 252 

 Spheroides, i, 206; ii, 419- 

 421 



figure of, i, 420 

 Sphyraenidae, i, 206 



family of, ii, 222 

 Sphyraena, ii, 221 



figure of, ii, 223 

 Sphyraenodus, ii, 266 

 Sphyrna, i, 543 



figure of, i, 544 

 Sphyrnidae, i, 543 

 Spicara, i, 260; ii, 347 

 Spinacanthidae, ii, 415 

 Spinacanthus, ii, 415 

 Spinachia, ii, 232 

 spinal cord, i, 112 

 spineless trunkfish, 



figure of, i, 378; ii, 417 

 spines of catfish, i, 1 79 

 spiny eels, ii, 157 

 spiny-rayed fishes, i, 21, 206- 

 208; ii, 39, 208, 307 



skeleton of, figured, i, 214 

 spiracle, i, 92 

 Spiraculis, i, 393 

 spiral valve, i, 32 

 splenial, i, 43 

 split-tail, ii, 169 

 Spondyliosoma, i, 260, 267; 



ii, 348, 350 

 spookfishes, i, 564 

 spot, ii, 356 

 spotted trout, ii, 105 

 spotted trunkfish, ii, 416 



figure of, i, 377; ii, 417 

 spotted weakfish, 



figure of, ii, 353 

 sprat, i, 204; ii, 50, 123 

 spring salmon, ii, 80 

 Squalidae, i, 531, 543, 545, 



546, 566 



Squaloraja, i, 566 

 Squalorajidae, i, 566 

 Squalus, i, 391 



figure of, i, 545 

 Squamipinnes, ii, 209, 411 

 Squamipinus, ii, 397-410 

 square-tails, ii, 291 

 Squatina, i, 548 



brain of, figured, i, 547 



pectoral fin figured, i, 



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Squatinidae, i, 549, 554 



