Xli CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



LIFE-HISTORIES OF THE SPECIES. 



CHAPTER VII. 



PAGE 



ORDER I. ACANTHOPTERI . . . .116 



The Perch Family 117 



The Sea-Perch 117 



The Comber 118 



The Red Mullet Family 119 



The Red Mullet 119 



The Bergylt Family 120 



The Norway Haddock 120 



The Sea-Scorpion Family . 122 



The Short-spined Sea-Scorpion 122 



The Long-spined Sea-Scorpion 129 



The Four-Horned Cottus . . .... 132 



The Red Gurnard 134 



The Sapphirine Gurnard 135 



The Grey Gurnard 135 



The Armed Bull-head Family 143 



The Armed Bull-head 143 



The Angler Family 149 



The Angler-Fish . 149 



The Weever Family 156 



The Lesser Wecvcr 156 



The Mackerel Family . .160 



The Mackerel 160 



The Scad Family . .165 



The Horse-Mackerel 165 



The Boar-Fish 166 



The Dory Family 167 



The Dory .... . . 167 



The Goby Family 167 



The Freckled Goby . . . . 167 



The Black Goby 170 



The Doubly-Spotted Goby 172 



Nilssou's Goby 173 



