440 



INDEX 



Brill, scales, 92 

 Brine salting, 396 

 Brisling, 399 



British fisheries, 386, 388 f. 

 British fresh-water fishes, distribu- 

 tion, 277 f. 

 Broad-nosed Pipe-fish, 314 

 Brook Trout, 366, 409 

 Brotulid, 379; Cuban blind forms, 



233» 327 



Brotulidae, 268 



Brown Trout, 217, 267; introduc- 

 tion, 410 



B rye on, 273 



Buccal incubation, 310 



Buckler, 86 



Bulldog-nosed Trout, 419 



Bull-head, sound - production, 155; 

 colour changes, 220; distribution, 

 268; care of eggs, 310 f.; system- 

 atic position, 379 



Bull-headed Shark, fin-spines, 63; 

 suspension of jaws, 106; teeth, 

 126; poison gland, 141; egg- 

 capsules, 320; antiquity, 353; 

 systematic position, 376 



Bull Trout, 370 



Bummalow, 149; phosphorescence, 

 150; as food, 399 



Bumper, see Carangid 



Burbot, 179, 268, 277 



Burr-fish, spines, 98 



Burrowing, 32 



Butter-fish, 379; see also Stroma- 

 teoidea. Gunnel 



Butterfly-fish, form of body, 16; 

 mouth, 110, 115; colours, 212 f. 



Butterfly Ray, nutrition of embryo, 



325 

 By-products, 400 f. 



Caenozoic era, 342 



Calamoichthys, 355 



Californian Chimaera, egg-capsule, 



321 

 Californian Hag-fish, egg-capsule, 



319 

 Callichthys, see Hassar 

 Callionymus, see Dragonet 

 Callomystax, sound-production, 155 

 Callorhynchus, see Southern Chimaera 

 Cambrian period, 342 

 Campostoma, see Stone Roller 



Candiru, 249 f. 



Cannibal fish, 129 f. 



Canning, 399 



Capitane, see Cyclopium 



Caproidae, 378 



Capros, see Boar-fish 



Carangidae, 378; association with 

 jelly-fishes, 246 f. ; see also Pam- 

 pano 



Caranx, see Pampano 



CarassiuSy see Gold-fish, Crucian Carp 



Carcharinidae, 376 



Carcharinus, see Blue Shark 



Carcharodon, see Great White Shark 



Cardinal-fish, dorsal fin, 64, 67; 

 association with mollusc, 248 f. 



Care of eggs and young, 304 f. 



Caribe, 130, 131, 184 



Carnero, see Candiru 



Carp, fins, 65, 67, 74, 80; scales, 90, 

 99 ; domesticated forms, 93 ; lateral 

 line, 100; lower pharyngeals, 129; 

 food, 138; sense of hearing, 194; 

 Weberian mechanism, 193; palatal 

 organ, 196; colours, 209; hiberna- 

 tion, 243 f. ; breeding, 292 f. ; as 

 food, 389 f, ; culture, 408 f. ; intro- 

 duction, 410; longevity, 425 



Carp Louse, 417 



Carpet Shark, 211; form of body, 

 15; colours, 15, 214; systematic 

 position, 374 



Cartilage, 160 



Cartilage bones, 107, 161 



Cascadura, see Hassar 



Castor-oil Fish, 427 



Catadromous fishes, 265 f. 



Cat-fish, 29 ; swimming upside down, 

 30; accessory breathing organs, 

 48; adipose fin, 67; fin-spines, 66, 

 77; skin, 84; dermal papillae, 93; 

 scutes, 94; poison glands, 141; 

 sound-production, 155 f. ; eyes, 

 188; barbels, 196; Weberian 

 mechanism, 193; marine forms, 

 273; nests, 304, 306; breeding 

 habits, 304, 310; see also Wolf- 

 fish 



Catopteridae, 354 



Catostomidae, 377; see also Sucker 



Caudal fin, 13, 59 f., 72 f.; types of, 

 26, 74, 75; in locomotion, 26; 

 structure, 59 f. 



