442 



INDEX 



Cobitidae, 377; see also Loach 



Cobitis, see I.oach. 



Coccosteus, 349 



Cochliodontidae, 376 



*'Cock and Hen Paddle," see 

 I.ump-sucker 



Cod, 64; number of individuals, 6; 

 386; tail, 61 ; dorsal and anal fins, 

 64, 72; pelvic fins, 80; teeth, 128; 

 food, 138 f. ; vertebrae, 164; brain, 

 178; barbel, 196; sense of smell, 

 184 f. ; otolith, 191; spawning, 

 280, 281, 283; hermaphrodite, 

 279; eggs, 283; systematic posi- 

 tion, 378; as food, 382; salting, 

 396 



Cod liver oil, 400, 427 



Coelacanthidae, 357 



Coelacanthus, 357 



Coffer-fish, see Trunk-fish 



Coition, see Copulation 



Cold, effects of, 240 f., 329 



Cold storage, 395 



Collection offish in British Museum, 

 422 f. 



Coloration, 207 f. ; in two sexes, 299 f. 



Colour changes, 219, 226 f. 



Colour perception, 190 



Comb-toothed Shark, pectoral fin, 

 3; gill-clefts, 35; suspension of 

 jaws, 106; teeth, 123; vertebrae, 

 164; antiquity, 353; systematic 

 position, 373 



Commensalism, 246 f. 



Common Eel, see Fresh-water Eel 



Common Goby, nest, 3 1 1 



Common Sole, systematic position, 



369 

 Communities, 365 

 Compressed body, 15 

 Concealing colours, 209 f. 

 Conditions of life, 230 f. 

 Conger, sounds, 154; feeling, 203; 



larva, 336 

 Congiopodus, see Horse-fish 

 Connective tissue, 159 

 Conodonts, 120 

 Conscious actions, 205 f. 

 Consumption of fish by man, 38 1 f. 

 Continental Shelf, Slope, 254 

 Convergence, 14 

 Copepods, 416 f. 

 Coprolites, 171 



Copulation, 294 f. 



Coral reef fishes, colours ; 212 f. 



Coregonus, see White-fish ; C. pennantiif 



see Gwyniad ; C. pollan, see Pollan ; 



C. vandesius, see Vendace 

 Cormorant, fishing with, 389 

 Cornea, 185 

 Cosmine, 88, 89 

 Cottidae, 379 

 Cottus, see Bull-head; C. gobio, see 



Miller's Thumb 

 Courtship, 294, 301 f. 

 Cow-fish, see Trunk-fish 

 Cow Shark, see Comb - toothed 



Shark 

 Cranial flexure, 328 

 Cranial nerves, 180 f. 

 Cranium, 159 f. 

 Cratoselache, 350 

 Crenulated scales, 91 

 Cretaceous period, 270, 275 

 Crossopteiygii, 353, 356, 376 

 Crucian Carp, in hailstone, 431 

 Crucifix-fish, 432 f. 

 Crustacean parasites, 416 f. 

 Ctenoid scales, 90 

 Cuban Blind-fishes, 233, 268 

 Cuchia, 48; accessory respiratory 



organs, 48 

 Cuckold, see Trunk-fish 

 Cuckoo Wrasse, secondary sexual 



characters, 299 

 Cultivation, 408 f. 

 Curing, 395 f. 

 Cutlass-fish, form of body, 1 8 ; eflfect 



of cold, 243; systematic position, 



379 

 Cutter, 389 

 Cycloid scales, 90 



Cyclopium, 96; adipose fin, 67; mouth, 

 locomotion, 238; C. marmorata^ 

 238 

 Cyclopteridae, 379 

 Cyclopterus, see Lump-sucker 

 Cyclostome, 6; gills, 37; mouth, 

 1 03 f. ; teeth, 1 20 ; alimentary canal, 

 1 68 ; spiral valve, 1 70 ; brain, 1 78 ; 

 optic nerves, 180; nostril, 182; 

 pineal gland, 190; eggs, 318; sys- 

 tematic position, classification, 



344 f-, 373 

 Cynodon, teeth, 134; C. scomber aides ^ 

 130 



