INDEX 



441 



Caudal peduncle, 26 



Caudal vertebrae, 164 



Cave-fishes, 232 f., 327 



Caviare, 399 



Cement organs, 332. 



Centrarchidae, 378; see also Sun- 

 fish, Fresh-water Sun-fish 



Centriscidae, 378 



CentriscHs, see Shrimp-fish 



Centrum, 163 



Cephalaspid, 346 



Cephalaspis lyelli, 345 



Cephalic clasper, 295 



Cephalic fins, 105 



Cephalic flexure, 328 



Ceratioid, line and bait, 71, 152; 

 mouth, 112; feeding, 139; tuber- 

 cles, 97; teeth, 129; barbel, 152; 

 nostrils, 183; parasitic males, 

 250 f., 315 f. ; systematic position, 

 380; see also Angler-fish 



Cerebellum, 179, 206 



Cerebral hemispheres, 1 78, 206 



Cerebrum, 178 



Cestoda, see Tape Worm 



Cetacean, 4, 14 



Cetorhimis, see Basking Shark 



Chaetodon, see Butterfly-fish 



Chakoura, 157 



Chanidae, 377 



Channel Cat, 278 



Char, distribution, 267 f. ; sub- 

 species, 368 



Characidae, 274, 377; distribution, 

 273; see also Characin 



Ciiaraciformes, 273 



Characin, Weberian mechanism, 193 



Chauliodus, 130; teeth, food, 134; 

 skull, first vertebra, 165, 166 



Chaunacidae, see Sea Toad 



Cheirodus granulosus, 355 



Chelmo, see Butterfly-fish 



Chiasmodon, 112; see also Great 

 Swallower 



Chilomycterus, see Globe-fish 



Chimaera phantasma, egg-capsule, 319 



Chimaera, gills, respiration, 39; 

 dermal denticles, 88; jaws, 106; 

 tooth plates, food, 127; poison 

 glands, 141; lateral line, 200; 

 claspers, 294; egg-capsule, 319, 

 32 1 ; fossil forms, 353 ; systematic 

 position, 376; see also Rabbit-fish 



China-fishes, 48 



Chinese Sturgeon, anal fin, 57 



Chirostomias pliopterus, 198 



Chisel-jaw, flight, 79 



Chlamydoselachus, see Frilled Shark 



Chologaster, 232 



Chondrosteidae, 355 



Chromatophores, 224 f. 



Chromosomes, 318 



Chub, nests, 304 



Cichlasoma, see Thick-lipped Mojarra 



Cichlid, lips, no; teeth, 135; nos- 

 trils, 182; colours, 210; of soda 

 lakes, 241 ; in brackish water, 273, 

 275; in Madagascar, 273; second- 

 ary sexual characters, 301 ; paren- 

 tal care, 305, 310; of Lake 

 Galilee, 431 



Cichlidae, distribution, 274 



Ciliated scales, 91 



Circulatory system, see vascular 

 system 



Cirrhitid, 76; pectoral fin, 80 



Ciscoe, 383 



Citharinidae, 273 



Cilharinus, see Moon-fish 



Cladistia, 355 



Cladoselache, 56 ; fins, 55, 59 ; system- 

 atic position, 351 



Clarias, see Cat-fish 



Clariidae, 273 



Claspers, 88, 294 f. 



Class, 369 



Classification, 340, 363 f. 



Cleavage, 323 f. 



Climatius, 56; fins, 55 f. ; systematic 

 position, 351 



Climbing Perch, accessoiy respira- 

 tory organs, 46 f., 47; locomotion; 

 46; aestivation, 244 



Cling-fish, 82; pelvic fins, 82; 

 sucker, 82; dermal papillae, 93; 

 care of eggs, 310; systematic 

 position, 379 



Clinidae, 379 



Cloaca, 171 



Clupea harengus, see Herring; C. pal- 

 lasiiy see Pacific Herring; C. 

 sprattus, see Sprat 



Clupeidae, 377; see also Herring 



Clupeoidea, 377 



Coal-fish, food, 130 



Coastal fishes, distribution, 254 f. 



