CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER X. 



PHYSOSTOMI. 



The Argentine Family . 



The Argentine ...... 



The Garfish Family 



The Garfish 



The Skipper 



The Herring Family 



The Anchovy 



The Herring ...... 



The Pilchard 



The Sprat ... 



The Allis Shad 



The Twaite-Shad ... 



The Eel Family 



The Eel . 



The Conger 



Concluding Remarks upon the Mursenoids 



i'AO E 



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SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF THE EGGS OP MARINE FISHES . 

 APPENDIX. Instructions for the Transmission of Living pelagic 



and other Eggs of bony fishes to the Laboratory . 



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PLATES I. to XX., with explanations, 

 INDEX 



. to follow 4C8 

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FRONTISPIECE . 



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