456 INDEX 



Remora, 70; sucker, 70 f. ; colours, 



227; habits, 245 f. ; systematic 



position, 379; fishing with, 389; 



myth of ship-holder, 427 

 Replacement, of scales, 102; of teeth, 



121 f., 128 

 Reproductive organs, 279, 281 

 Respiration, 33 f. ; in hill-stream 



fisheS; 239 f. 

 Resting, position adopted, 204 

 Retina, 185 



Reversal of coloration, 227 

 Reversible evolution, 67 

 Reversusy 427 f. 

 Rhina, see Guitar-fish 

 Rhineodon, see Whale Shark 

 Rhinobatidae, 376 

 Rhinobatus, antiquity, 353; see also 



Guitar-fish 

 Rhipidistia, 356 

 Rhizodontidae, 357 

 Rhodeus, see Bitterling 

 Rhombosolea, pelvic fin, 82 

 Rhombus, legends, 228; see also Brill, 



Turbot 

 Rhynchobatus, see Guitar-fish 

 Rhynchoceratias, nostrils, 183 

 Rhyncholepis parvulus, 345 

 Rib, 164 

 Ribbon-fish, 17; form of body, 18; 



swimming, 23; dorsal fin, 65; anal 



fin, 7 1 ; mouth, 117; systematic 



position, 378 

 Rigor mortis, 394 

 Roach, tenacity of life, 44; scales, 



91 ; lateral line, 100; colours, 209; 



effects of heat and cold, 241; 



breeding, 293 

 Rock Perch, 379 

 Rock Salmon, 385 

 Rock Turbot, 385 

 Rockling, rate of breathing, 43; 



dorsal fin, 66 

 Roe, 173, 279; poisonous property 



of, 145 

 Round fish, 384 

 Round-tail, 370 

 Round-tailed Sun-fish, 18 

 Round Worms, 419 

 Rousette, 376 

 Rudd, locomotion, 22 

 Rudder-fish, association with jelly- 

 fish, 246 f. ; systematic position, 379 



Rutilus, see Roach 

 Ruvettus, see Escolar 



Saccobranchus, see Cat-fish 



Saccopharynx, see Gulper 



Sacculus, 191 



Sagitta, 192 



Sail-bearer, 64 



Sail-fish, 12; dorsal fin, 69; jaws, 

 113 f. ; vertebrae, 166; larvae, 

 334 f. ; systematic position, 379 



Sailor's purse, 320 



St. Paul Island, fishes, 259 



Saithe, see Coal-fish 



Salanx, see Ice-fish 



Salmincola, see Gill Maggot 



Salmo, see Salmon, Trout; .S*. micro- 

 stoma, 267; S. albus, see Phinock; 

 S. cambricus, see Sewen; S. fario, 

 see Brook Trout ; S.ferox, see Great 

 Lake Trout; S. levenensis, see Loch 

 Leven Trout; S. nigripinnis, see 

 Black-finned Trout; S. stomachius, 

 see Gillaroo; S. {Oncorhynchus) gar- 

 buscha, see Humpback Salmon; 

 S. (0.) keta, see Dog Salmon; 

 S. (O.) masou, see Masu; S. (0.) 

 milktschitsch, see Silver Salmon; 

 S. (0.) nerka, see Blue-back 

 Salmon; S. (0.) tschawytscha, see 

 Qjainnat 



Salmon, 31; head of adult male, 

 282; speed, 29; leaping, 30; 

 gills, 36; dorsal fin, 66; pelvic fin, 

 80; scales, 91; compared with 

 Trout, 98 ; axillary scale, 99 ; scale 

 reading, 102; development of 

 skull, 161; flesh, 167; pyloric 

 caeca, 169; distribution, 266 f. ; 

 spawning, 284 f.; eggs, 322; 

 development, 326, 328; fry, 329; 

 hybrids, 339; systematic position, 

 377; as food, 381 f. ; fisheries, 412; 

 diseases, 414; parasites, 416 f. 



Salmon disease, 414 



Salmon Trout, 370 



Salmonidae, distribution, 266 f. ; 

 hybrids, 339; systematic position, 

 377; introduction, 409 f. 



Salmonoidea, 377 



Salmopercae, 378 



Salting, 396 f. 



Salvelinus, see Char 



