444 



INDEX 



Drum, barbels, 196: systematic 



position, 378; see also Sciaenid 

 Drumming Trigger-fish. 155 

 Drying, 398 f. 

 Dwarf Cod-fish, pelvic fins, 81 



Eagle Ray, 76; median fins, 63; 

 teeth, 122; poison glands, 140; 

 nutrition of embryo, 325; sys- 

 tematic position, 376 



Ear, see auditory organ 



Ear-stone, see otolith 



Eastern Sea Trout, see Phinock 



Ebisu, 433 



Echeneis, see Remora, Shark-sucker 



Echinorhinus, see Bramble Shark 



Ectoparasites, 416 



Edaphodon, 353 



Eel, form of body, 18; fins, 18, 65, 

 71; locomotion, 23; poisonous 

 serum, 145; vertebrae, 164; posi- 

 tion of heart, 172; nostrils, 183; 

 golden variety, 227; effects of 

 heat and cold, 241 ; in gill-cavities 

 of Devil-fishes, 249; eggs, larvae, 

 336 f. ; ancestry, 362; systematic 

 position, 377; as food, 382; see 

 also Fresh-water Eel, Conger, etc. 



Eel-fare, 291 



Eel Pout, see Viviparous Blenny 



Egg, 279, 318 f . ; number produced, 



, 283; of Sea Cat-fishes, 322; size, 

 322; artificial fertilisation, 409 



Egg-pouch in Pipe-fishes, etc., 313 f. 



Elasmobranch, 37; see also Sela- 

 chian 



Elastic spring mechanism, 155 f., 

 156 



Electric Cat-fish, 144; electric or- 

 gans, 146, 149; noises, 157 



Electric discharge, 147 f. 



Electric Eel, 25, 144; locomotion, 

 26; fins, 63; electric organs, 146, 

 148; vent, 171 

 Electric organs, 1 45 f. ; of Cephalaspis, 



347. 

 Electric Ray, 146; see also Torpedo 

 Electricity, fishes sensitive to, 202 f. 

 Electrophorus, see Electric Eel 

 Elephant-fish, see Southern Chi- 



maera 

 Elephant Mormyrid, 110; mouth, 



"5 



Elfin Shark, 124; teeth, 124; an- 

 cestry, 353; systematic position, 



374 



Elopidae, 377 



Elops, see Ten-pounder 



Elver, 291, 338 



Embiotocidae, see Surf-fish 



Embryos, 324 f. 



Emotion and colour changes, 221 



Emperor's Pike, 425 f. 



Enamel, 86, 121 



Endolymph, 192 



Endoparasites, 416, 418 



Endoskeleton, 84, 159 



Endostyle, 331 



Engraulis, see Anchovy 



Engyprosopon^ see Flat-fish 



Environment, effects of, 230 f. 



Eocene period, 253, 256 f. 



Epibulas, skull, 116; mouth, 117 



EpiceratoduSy see Australian Lung- 

 fish, Lung-fish 



Epidermis, 84 



Epinephelus. see Sea Perch 



Epiphysis, see pineal gland 



Equilibrium, 195 



Escolar, 427 



Esox, see Pike 



Etheostominae, see Darter 



Ethiopian region, 270, 276 



Eugaleus, see Tope 



Eugnathidae, 360 



Eugnathus orthostomus, 361 



European Eel, see Fresh-water Eel 



Eurypharynx, see Gulper 



Euselachii, 350, 352, 373 



Eusthenopteron, 357; E. foordi, 357 



Eiistomias, vertebral column, 165, 

 166; E. bituberatus, 198; E. sil- 

 vescens, 198; E. tenisoni, 198 



Evermannichthys, 235 



Evolution, 340, 363; of tail, 62; of 

 cave-fishes, 234 f. 



Excretory duct, 279 



Exocoetidae, 378; see also Flying-fish 



Exoskeleton, 84, 159 



Exostoma, 238 



External gills, 43, 44, 328, 332 



Extinct fishes, 340 f. 



Extrusion of eggs, 282, 320 



Eye, 185 f. ; of oceanic fishes, 187 f.; 

 of hill-stream fishes, 240 



Eyelid, 186 



