CONTENTS. Xlll 



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The Dragonet Family 175 



The Dragonet 175 



The Sucker Family 181 



The Lump-sucker 181 



The Common Sea- Snail 190 



Montagu's Sucker 191 



The Lepadogaster Family ... 195 



The Bi maculated Sucker .... . 195 



The Blenny Family . 200 



The Wolf-Fish ... . .200 



The Butterfly Blenny .... .205 



Yarrell's Blenny ... . .206 



The Shanny 206 



The Gunnel 210 



The Viviparous Blenny .217 



The Sharp-tailed Lumpenus . . 223 



The Grey Mullet Family ... .223 



The Grey or Thin-lipped Mullet 223 



The Lesser Grey or Thick-lipped Mullet . . .224 



The Stickleback Family . . 224 



The Fifteen- spined Stickleback 224 



The Wrasse Family .... 229 



The Ballan Wrasse ... . 229 



The Conner . . 232 

 Jago's Goldsinny 



The Rainbow Wrasse .... . 233 



ORDER II. ANACANTHINI. 



A. ACANTHINI GADOIDEI . . 235 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The Cod Family .... 236 



The Cod 236 



The Haddock 245 



The Bib .253 



The Poor-Cod .... .254 



The Whiting 257 



