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INDEX 



razorfish 257, 2^1 



red fish 249, 256 



red tai 243 



red tide 63. 88 



reef, atoll 24, 2'i; barrier 24, 25; fringing 24, 25 



reef fish 254, 255 



regeneration (see autotoiny) 89, 104-105 



remora, shark 282, 2S2 



Renilla 9), 106 



repellent, shark 142 



Reptilia 303-309 



respiratory system, 108, 112, 122, 137, 304 



rhabdocoel 105, 105 



Rhacochilus 252 



Rhegnopteri 205-206 



Rhineodon 150 



Rhinobatoidea 164-165 



Rlunohatos 164 



Rliinoptera 174 



Rliizophora 22 



Rhizopoda 89 



rhizostome 99-100 



Rhodophyta 83-85, S5 



Rliodymenia 84, 85 



ribbonfish 19, 42, 251 



Rissola 291 



robalo 223 



Roccus 225 



rock beauty 263 



rock cod 273 



rockfish 17, 225, 229, 230, 272-275 



rockling 294 



rock trout 275 



rock weed 21, 80, 82 



Roncador 249, 250 



ronco 72, 238-242, 241 



roosterfish 218, 219 



rosefish 273 



Rossi a 12) 



Rotifera 106, 106 



rudderfish 215, 246 



runner 44, 214, 216 



Ryplicus 233 



sabalo 181 



Sabellidae 111 



Saccnlina 113, 115 



Sagitta 105, 106 



sailfish 39, 44, 212, 212 



sailors choice 240, 241, 242, 245 



sailor's purse 165 



salenia 244 



salinity 3, 14, 32 



Salmo 187-188 



salmon 187-188, 187, 188 



salmon herring 184 



Sal pa 131 



salts 3-4 



sand bug 21, 116; dab 297, 297; dollar 127-128, 



128; fish 233, 282. 285; launce 206-207, 206 

 Sartodina 89 

 Sarda 210 



sardine 72, 184, 185 

 Sardinella 185 

 sardincra 230 



Sargasso Sea 7, 12, 13, 22-23, 191, 192 

 sargasso weed 1, 21, 45, 80, 80, 83, 268 

 Sargassum 22, SO, 83 

 sargassum fish I, 23, 45, 301 

 sargo 242, 245 

 saurel 215 

 saury 198-199 

 sawfish 65, 16}, 163-164 

 scabbard fish 211 

 scad, 214, 215 



scale, placoid 136 



scallop 48, 49, 125, 124, 294 



scaly-fin fishes 261-265 



scamp 229 



Scaphopoda 122 



Scarus 259, 260 



scattering 53-54 



Schilbeodes 195 



schistosome 104, 105 



schoolmaster 236 



Sciaena 249, 250 



Sciaenops 249 



scissors 198-199 



Sclerodermi 266 



Scoliodon 156, 157 



Scomber 209 



Scomberesocidae 198-199 



Scomberomorus 209, 210, 220 



Scorpaeria 274, 275 



Srorpaeniclttliys 276 



scorpion fish 40, 41, 45, 63, 272-275, 274 



sculpin 17, 40, 43, 275, 276-277, 277 



scungill 120, 121 



scup 243 



Scyliorliinus 146 



•Scyllis 108, 109 



Scyphozoa 99-100 



sea, origin of 26; and plasma 27; size of 2 



sea basses 223-234; beaver 310; colander 82, 83; 

 cow 314, 514: cucumber 128, 130; fan 101, 102; 

 feather 96, 103, 130, 195; gooseberry 104, 104; 

 hare 122; horse 22, 45, 201-202; lettuce 78, 

 79; lily 130; lion 66, 311-313, 512; moss 38, 

 78, 79, 84, 85; mouse 108, 109; otter 83, 309, 

 310, 510, 321; palm 80, 83; pansy 96, 103; pen 

 100, 103; plume 102, 264; pumpkin 80, 83 

 purse 165; raven 277: robin 278-279, 278 

 serpent 192; slug 34, 40, 43, 44, 46, 91, 122 

 snail 17; spider 23, 91, 118, 118; squab 266 

 squirt 18, 119, 131; stridcr 118; toad 299 

 turtle 32, 66, 282, 304-308; trout 247-248 

 248, 275; urchin 21, 22, 47, 63, 66, 127-129 

 128; walnut 104, 104; wasp 96, 99; weed 76-85 

 whip 98, 102, 195 



seabather's eruption 104 



seal 35, 66, 309, 311-314, 515, 514 



Scbaslodes 17, 273-274 



selection (see evolution 68-73), 29 



Selene 218 



sennet 204 



senorita 257 



senses (see behavior 46-52) 138, 179 



Sepia 44, 125 



Sepioteiithis 126 



sergeant fish 220, 223 



sergeant major 43, 253 



Seriola 213, 214, 215 



Seriphus 248 



Scrranidae 223-234 

 . Serrano 234 



shad 185, 245 



shadow elimination 41 



shagreen 1 36 



shark 51, 64, 139-161; angel 160-161; basking 

 19, 34, 66, 149, 149-150; bay 156; black-tipped 

 141, 155; blue 141, 154, 154; bone 149 

 bonito 148; bonnet IfS, 158-159; brown 156 

 bull 155; cat I4t)-I47; comb-toothed 144 

 cow 144, 144; cub 155; fox 151; frilled 19 

 Clreenland KiO; griset 144; ground 141, 155- 

 156, 156; gurry 160; hammerhead 139, 141, 

 158-159, 319: horned 144; Lake Nicaragua 

 155; lemon 141, 155; leopard 141, 142, 152, 

 155; mackerel 139, 140, 147-149; mako 41, 

 141, 147, 148; man-eater 140, 148; mud 144; 



