GENEKAL INDEX. 



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Lota vulgaris, 82—85; characters of, 82 — 84; 

 illustration of (Fig. 30), 83; size of, 84 ; dis- 

 tribution and habitat of, 84, 85 ; spawning 

 of, 85 ; monstrous form of, ih. ; distribution 

 of, ih. 



Lucioperca, 38—44 ; characters of genus, 38. 



Sandra, 39 ; tin formula, ib. ; description 



of, 39, 41 ; variation in size of scales of, 40 ; 

 illustration of (Fig. 14), ib. ; colour of, 

 41 ; weight of, ib. ; distribution of, ib. ; 

 local names of, ib. ; habitat and habits of, ib. ; 

 time and mode of spawning, 42 ; use of roe 

 as food, ib. ; mode of capture of, ib. ; value 

 as a food-fisb, 42 ; artificial culture of, ib. ; 

 voracity of, ib. ; diseases of, ib. 



volgensis, 43, 44 ; description of, 43 ; 



distribution of, ib. ; size of, ib. ; illustration 

 of (Fig. 15), ib. 



Luciotrutta, 332 ; characters of genus, ib. 



leucichthys, fin formula of, 332 ; distribu- 

 tion of, ib. ; description of, ib. 



Misgurnus, 245 — 248 ; characters of, 245. 



fossilis, 245 — 248 ; fin formula, 245 ; 



description of, 245 — 247 ; illustration of 

 (Fig. 140), 240 ; colour of, 247 ; size of, ib. ; 

 Badham on habits of, ib. ct scq. ; flesh of, 

 248; food of, ib.; eggs of, ib.\ distribution 

 of, ib. 



Mugil, 68—73; characters of genus, 68, 69; 

 L)r. Giinther on mode of feeding of, 68 ; 

 distribution of, 69. 



auratus, 7 1 . 



capito, 69, 70 ; fin formula, 69 : distribu- 

 tion, 69, 70 ; description of, ib. ; food of, 70 ; 

 spawning of, ib. ; capture of, ib. 



cephalus, 70, 71; fin formula, 70; dis- 

 tribution of, ib. ; description of, 7 1 ; weight 

 of, ib. 



chelo, 71, 72 ; fin formula, 71 ; distribu- 

 tion of, ib. ; description of, 71, 72. 



saliens, 71. 



septentrionalis, 72, 73 ; fin formula, 72 ; 



description and distribution, 72, 73. 



Mugilidie, 19, 68—73. 



Murtenidte, 22, 372—380. 



Nemachilus, 248 — 251; characters of, 248; 

 distribution of, ib. 



barbatulus, 249—251 ; fin formula, 249 ; 



origin of common name, ib. ; locul names of, 

 ib. ; illustration of (Fig. 141), ib.; characters 

 of, ib. ct seq. ; colour of, ib. ; habitat of, 

 ■ib. ; habits of, ib. ; food of, ib. ; suiailness of 

 air-bladder of, 251; spawning of, ib.; dis- 

 tribution of, ib. 



Osmerus, 332 — 336 ; characters of genus, 332, 

 333 ; distribution of, 333. 



eperlanus, 333 — 336 ; fin formula, 333 ; 



origin of popular name, ib. ; locdl names of, 

 ib. ; distribution of, ib. ; YaiTell on spawn- 

 ing of, ib., 334 ; rivers, etc., it abundantly 

 affects, 334, habits of, ib. ; i^rejudices against, 

 ib.\ size of, 335; description of, ib., 336; 



captm-e of, 336 ; natui-alisation of, ib. ; 

 Huxlev on ovaries of, ib. 



Paraphoxinus, 186 — 188 ; characters of genus, 

 186. 



alepidotus, description of, 186, 187 ; illus- 

 tration of (Fig. 100), 186 ; pharyngeal teeth 

 of (Fig. 101), 187; absence of scales upon, 

 ib. ; colour of, ib. ; distribution of, ib. 



croaticus, description of, 187, 188; fin 



formula, 187 ; distribution of, 188 ; local 

 names of, ib. 



Pelecus, 242—244; characters of, 242; distri- 

 bution of, ib. 



cultratus, description of, 243, 244; fin 



fonnula, 243 ; illustration of (Fig. 138), ib. ; 

 pharyngeal teeth of (Fig. 139), 244 ; size of, 

 ■ib. ; colour of, ib. ; distribution of, ib. 



Perca, distinctive characters of genus, 23 ; 

 distribution of, ib. 



fiavescens, 25. 



fluviatilis, 23—28 ; fin formula, 23 ; de- 

 scription of, 23— 25 ; illustration of (Fig. 10), 

 24 ; colour of, ib. ; varieties of, 25, 26 ; size 

 of, 26 ; habits of, ib. ; habitat of, ib. ; food 

 of, ih. ; modes of capturing, 27 ; slowness of 

 growth in, ib. ; weight of, 27 ; flesh of, ib. ; 

 as a food-fish, ib. ; manufacture of isinglass 

 from skin, ih. ; defoi-mities in, 28 ; diseases 

 of, ih. ; distribution of, iJ). ; origin of common 

 name, ib. 



italica, 26. 



vulgaris, 26. 



PerCHrina, 30 ; characters of genus, ib. ; dis- 

 tribution of, ib. 



demidottii, description of, 31, 32; fin 



formula, 31; illustration of (Fig. 11), ih.; 

 colour of, 32 ; distribution of, ih. 



Percidte, 19, 23—32. 



Petromj zon, 420, 429 ; distinctive characters of 

 genus, 420, 421 ; Giinther on genera of, 421. 



branchialis, description of, 427 — 429; dis- 

 tribution of, 427 ; illustrations of, adult 

 (Figs. 209, 210), 428; larval form of (Fig. 

 211), 429; spawning of, 428, local names of, 

 ih. ; distinctive characters of larvse, 428, 429 ; 

 colour of, 429 ; food of, ih. 



fluviatilis, 424 — 427 ; local names of, 424 ; 



distribution of, ih. ; illustration of (Fig. 207), 

 ib. ; value for bait, ib. ; food of, ib., 425 ; 

 description of, 425, 426 ; head of (Fig. 208), 

 425 ; colour of, 426 ; habitat of, ib. ; spawn- 

 ing of, ih; distinctive characters of young, 

 426, 427 ; method of capture in Germany, 427. 



marinus, 421 — 424; local names of, 421 ; 



distribution of, ib. ; habits and habitat of, 

 origin of popular name of, ih. ; food of, 421, 

 422 ; description of, 422, 423 ; illustration of 

 Fig. 205), 422 ; head of (Fig. 206), ib. ; colour 

 of, 423 ; spawning of, ih., 424. 



wagneri, 427. 



Petromyzontidte, 22, 420. 



Physostomi, 2, 90—380. 



Pleiu-onectes fiesus, 85-87 ; fin formula, 85 ; 

 distribution of, 85, 80 ; habits of, 86 ; adap- 

 tation of colour and locality, ib. ; spawning 

 of, ib.: eggs of, ib. : description of, 87. 



