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INDEX 



Leptocercal tail, 6i 



Leptolepidae, 362 



Leucomaines, 144 



Light, production of, 149 f. 



Ligula, 418 



Limanda, see Dab 



Liner, 388, 394 



Ling, dorsal fin, 66; number of eggs, 



283 

 Lingual teeth, 120, 128 

 Lining, 394 

 Linnean system of nomenclature, 



371 



Linophryne arborifer, 72 



Lion-fish, see Scorpion-fish 



Lion-head Gold-fish, 420 



Lip, 109 f. ; of hill-stream fishes, 

 237 f. ; o^ Ammocoetes, 331 



Lipactis, nostrils, 183 



Liparis, see Sea-snail 



Lirus, see Rudder-fish 



Littoral fishes, 253 f. ; colours, 

 212 



Liver, 1 70 ; oil, 400 



Lizard-fish, 377 



Loach, respiration, 45; sound-pro- 

 duction, 154; systematic position, 



377 

 Loch Leven Trout, 366 

 Locomotion, 19 f. 

 Long lines, 394 

 Longevity, 425 f. 

 Long-nosed Gar Pike, 112 

 Lophiidae, 379 

 Lophius, see Angler, Common 



Angler 

 Lophobranch, 40 

 Lopholatilus, see Tile-fish 

 Lorenzini's ampullae, 200 

 Loricaria, see Mailed Cat-fish 

 Lota, see Burbot 

 Lower pharyngeals, 128, 138 

 Luciferase, 152 

 Luciferin, 152 



Lucifuga, see Cuban Blind-fish 

 Luminescence, 149 f,, 152 

 Luminous organs, 149 f. 

 Luminous teeth, 129 

 Lump-sucker, 82; pelvic fins, 81; 



tubercles, 92; eggs, 311, 322; 



parental care, 311 f. ; systematic 



position, 379 

 Lung, 50 f. 



Lung-fish, nostrils, 40, 182; rate of 

 breathing, 43; pectoral fin, 58, 

 59, 77; air-bladder, 50; scales, 

 98; vertebrae, 164; spiral valve, 

 171; heart, 172; optic lobes, 179; 

 sense-organs of mouth, 196; aesti- 

 vation, 244; distribution, 271; 

 parental care, 305; segmentation 

 of egg, 323 f.; larvae, 332; an- 

 cestrv, 358 f. ; systematic position, 



358 ; 



Lutianidae, 378; see also Snapper 

 Lymphatic system, 1 73 

 Lyomeri, 377; see also Gulpcr 



Maccaroni piatti, 418 



Mackerel, 11; form of body, 9; loco- 

 motion, 2 1 ; dorsal and anal fins, 

 13, 67; caudal fin, 74; pelvic fins, 

 80; scales, 91; flesh, 167; pyloric 

 caeca, 169; colours, 210, 222, 

 224; migrations, 262; hermaphro- 

 dites, 279; systematic position, 

 379; as food, 381 f. 



Mackerel Shark, 2; dorsal fin, 57; 

 systematic position, 374 



Macropodus, see Paradise-fish 



Macropoma, 357 



Macrorhamphosidae, 378 



Macrorhamphosus, see Snipe-fish 



Macruridae, 378; see also Grenadier 



Mad Tom, 77, 278; see also Stone 

 Cat 



Madagascar, 270, 273 



Mahseer, scales, 91 



Maiden Salmon, 285 



Mail-cheeked Fishes, viviparous 

 forms, 327; systematic position, 



379 



Mailed Cat - fish, 73, 95 ; respira- 

 tion, 45; adipose fin, 67; scutes, 

 96; mouth, 104, 109; intestine, 

 170; naked forms of Andes, 238; 

 secondary sexual characters, 300 



Malacichthyes, 379 



Malacocephaius, see Grenadier 



Malacopterygians, 63, 65 



Malacosteus niger, 231 



Malformations, 419 



Malopterurus, see Electric Cat-fish 



Mandibular arch, 106 



Man-eater, see Great White Shark 



Man-eater Sharks, 125 



