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INDEX 



menhaden 185, 1S6 



Menidia 203 



Menticirrlnis 247, 250, 251 



Merluccius 292 



mermaid's fish line 82, 83 



merman's shaving brush 79, 80, 129 



Mesichthys 180-181, 196-202 



Metacrinus 128 



Metridium 96, 103 



Microciona 91, 93 



Microgadus 293, 294 



Micropogon 249, 250 



Microspatlwdon 254 



midshipman 285, 285 



milkfish 183-184, ISJ 



Millepora 95, 97, 255 



miller's thumb 276 



mimicry 45-46 



Mirounga 314 



Mneniiop.sis 121 



Mobula 175 



mojarra 73, 241, 245-246, 245 



Molgula 131, 131 



Mollusca 22, 48-49, 119-126 



molly miller 280, 287 



Monachus 314 



monkfish 160, 161, 161, 300 



Monocanthus 268 



moonfish 218 



Morone 225 



moss animal 106-107 



moss-bunker 185 



mountains, oceanic 10, 10 



movements, bony fish 177-179; and chumming 67; 



invertebrate 46-49, 86-131; shark and ray 138- 



139, 161-162 

 mud-belly 259 

 mud line 22 

 Mugil 204 



mullet 35, 36, 184, 204, 204 

 Mutlus 208 



Muraenidae 73, 193-195 

 Miirex 120, 121 

 mussel 21, 123, 124 

 Musteliis 152 

 mutation 69-70 

 muttonfish 236 

 mutualism 38-39, 91, 95 

 Mya 124 



Mycteroperca 229, 230 

 Myliobatis 174 

 Myoxocephaliis 277 

 Mysticeti 316-317 

 Mytilus 123, 124 

 Myxine 135 



Nassa 120, 121 



Nalica 120, 121 



natural selection 70 



Naucrates 214 



nauplius 1 12, 11} 



nautilus, chambered 19 



Nebalia in, 116 



needlefish 197-198 



nekton 18, 32 



Nematistius 219 



nematocyst 63, 94, 95, 99, 100, 103, 122 



Nemertea 105, 106 



Neotliunniis 210 



Neptune's cup 91 



Nereis 48, 48, 63, 107, 108, 109 



Nereorystis 82, 83 



Nerila 120 



neritic province 10, 20-22 



nerve fiber, giaitt 125 



nervous system (see behavior 46-52) 48, 93-94, 



132 

 niche 28, 33 



nictitating membrane 152 

 nitrogen 3 

 Noctihica 88, 88 

 nohu, black 272 

 Nomeics 220 

 Notidanoidea 144-145 

 Noturus 195 

 nudibranch 91, 122 

 nuisance 253 

 numbers, and deep sea 35, 36, 36; of individuals 



27, 33, 36; pyramid of 36, 37; of species 27; 



and temperature 17 

 niuTibfish 168 

 Nymplwn 118 



oarfish 19 



Ohelin 95, 96 



oceanic province 10, 18-20 



ocean sun fish 19 



ocellus 48 



octopus 18, 21, 39, 40, 43, 44, 48, 49. 63, 66, 100, 



125-126 

 Oryurus 208, 237 

 Odontoceti 317-321 

 Ogcoceplialus 302 

 oldwife 216, 259, 266 

 olfactory sense, fishes 48, 50, 140 

 OligapUtes 213 

 Oliva 120 



omnivore 33, 34, 310 

 Oncorhynchus 187, 188 

 ooze 9, 19, 89, 122 

 opaleye 246 

 Ophichthys 192, 193 

 Ophidioidei 284, 290-291 

 Ophiodon 276 

 Ophiurida 127 

 Opsaniis 284 

 Orcinus 321 

 Oreaster 127, 129 

 Ortliopri.stes 242 

 Osmerus 189 



Ostariophysi 180, 195-196 

 Osteichthyes 73 

 Ostracion 270 

 Ostracoda 113, 113 

 Ostracodermi 266 

 Ostrea 123. 124 

 Otariidae 311-313 

 Otophidium 291 

 oviparous 139 

 ovoviviparous 139 

 oxygen 4-5 

 Oxylebius 276 

 Oxyulis 257 



oyster 18, 22, 31, 48, 64, 72, 123, 124 

 oyster drill 120, 121 

 'oysterfish 255 



Padina 82, 83 



paguala 261 



Pagurus 114 



palometa 216, 217 



Palometa 222 



Panulirus 114, 117 



papagallo 219 



Paratahrax 16, 225 



Paratirlitliys 296 



parallelism 71 



Paranthus 232 



parasitism 35, 39, 115, 132-133 



I'arexocoetus 199 



