438 



INDEX 



Anabantoidca, 379 



Anabas, see Climbing Perch 



Anableps, see Four-eyed Fish 



Anacanthini, 378; dorsal and anal 

 fins, 66 



Anadromous fishes, 266 f., 283 



Anal fin, 13, 26 f., 71 f. 



Anarrhichadidae, 379 



Anarrhichas, see Wolf-fish 



Anaspida, 344 



Anchovy, migrations, 262 ; eggs, 

 322; incubation period, 329 f. ; 

 canning, 399 



Anemone, association with fish, 246 



Angel-fish, 17; shape, 16; colours, 

 210 



Angler-fish, 223; form of body, 15; 

 line and bait, 71; teeth, 129; 

 feeding, 139; barbel, 152; eye, 

 189; colours, 215; parasitic males, 

 251,315 f.; eggs, 322; larva, 333; 

 systematic position, 379 



Angling, 41 1 f. 



Anguilla, see Eel, Fresh-water Eel; 

 A. anguilla, see European Eel, 

 Common Eel; A. rostrata, see 

 American Eel 



Animal pole, 323 f. 



Anomalops, luminous organ, 151; 

 A. katopron, 150 



Antarctic drift, 259 



Antarctic fishes, 259 f. 



Antarctic Zone, 259 f. 



Antennariidae, 379; see also Frog- 

 fish 



Antennarius, see Frog-fish 



Antiarcha, 348, 350 



Anus, 168, 171 



Aortic bulb, 1 72 



Apodes, 362, 377; see also Eel 



Apogon, see Cardinal-fish 



Apogonichthys, see Cardinal-fish 



Aquaria, 422 



Aqueous humour, 185 



Arabic characters on tail, 214 



Arapaima, 272; size, 424 



Archaean period, 342 



Archer-fish, 135, 136 



Arctic fishes, 241, 261 



Arctic Zone, 261 



Argenteum, 226 



Argentinidae, 377 



Argulus, see Carp Louse 



Argyropelecus, 231; larva, 333 



Ariidae, 271 ; sec also Sea Cat-fish 



Arius, see Cat-fish; A. proops, see 

 Crucifix-fish 



Armoured Bull-head, see Pogge 



Arnoglossus, see Scald-fish 



Artery, 172 f. 



Arthrodira, 348 f. 



Artificial propagation, 404, 409 



Ascidians, 331 



Aspidorhynchidae, 361 



Assimilation, 170 



Associations, 245 f. 



Asteriscus, 192 



Atherines, fresh-water forms, 268 f. 



Atherinidae, 268 



Atlantic region, 256 



Atlantic Salmon, 282, 283, 369 



Atlantic Trout, 266 



Atrium, see Auricle 



Auchenipterus, elastic spring mechan- 

 ism, 156 



Auditory capsule, 160 f. 



Auditory nerve, 180 



Auditory organ, 190 f., 201; con- 

 nection with air-bladder, 192 f. ; 

 for equilibrium, 195; and lateral 

 line, 201 



Auricle, 172 



Australian Lung-fish, 271; pectoral 

 fin, 59; distribution, 270, 271; 

 jaws and teeth, 359; ancestry, 358 



Australian region, 269 f. 



Axillary scale, 99 



Ayu, 389 



Bacillus salmonicida, B. salmonis pestis, 

 414 



Backbone, see vertebral column 



Balao, see Half-beak 



Balistes, see Trigger-fish 



Balistidae, 379 



Balkers, 393 



Baltic Herring, 264 



Barbel (Cyprinidae), food, 138 



Barbels, 152, 196 f. 



Barbus, see Barbel, Mahseer 



Barracuda, 130; teeth, food, 132 f.; 

 systematic position, 379 



Basals, 57 



Basking Shark, gill-clefts, 34; gill- 

 rakers, food, 39, 43; systematic 

 position, 374; size, 424 



