INDEX 



323 



Ophidium, iji, 294 



Orcymis, 13, 271, 282 



Orkneys, Opah caught off the, 285 



Orthagorisciis, 7, 13, 21, 272, 297 



Ortmann, Arnold, quoted, 26 f.n. 



Otoliths, 20 



Otter-trawl, 69, 70 



owenii, 114, 125 



Ovvl-ray, 108 



Ox-ray, 105, 112 



oxyrhynchtis, 105, 108 



Oyster, 2 



Pacific, Fishes of the South, 161 



Padstovv, Bearded ophidium taken near, 

 294 



fagancllus, 155, 159 



Paganellus, 155, 159 



Pagdlus, 35, 114, 122, 125 



Pagrus, 21, 31, 32, 114, 125 



Painted goby, 155, 159 

 ,, ray, 105, 108 



Palacky, J., quoted, 26 f.n., 35 



Palermo, Bass at, 121 



palloni, 190, 195 



Pammclas, 1 96, 270, 271, 2S6 



Pandora, 114, 122, 125 



Parasites of the lumpsucker, 165 



■parnelli, 155, 159 



Parnell's goby, 155, 159 



pasiinaca, 105, 1 1 1 



Patterson, Mr., on the colour of flat- 

 fishes, 216 



Payton, Mr. C. A., on catching herrings 

 at Calais, 203 



Pearlsides, 272, 296 



Pectinaria, 220 



" Peculiar" fishes, 36 



Pediculati, 36, 271 



Pelagic eggs, 39 



Pelamys, TTji, 283 

 pelamys, 271, 283 

 pelbfcida, 155, 160 



Pennant on the nature of whitebait, 204 

 pejinantii, 272, 296 



Penzance, Ray's bream taken near, 

 285 ; Pammelas taken near, 287 



Perca, 303 



Perches, 36, 37 



Percida, 36, 114, 271 



perciformis, 271, 286 



Periodicity of the hake, 258 



Peristetlais, 35, 145, 151 



Petersen on the size of mature plaice, 

 219; on eels, 308 



p ho lis, 155, 170 



Phycis, 272, 292, 293 



Pickard-Cambridge, Mr., on a new 

 British goby, 254 



Picked dog-fish, 86, 100, 284 



picius, 155, 159 



Piel, Sole spawning in captivity at, 236 



Pike, Isolated position of, 36 



Pilchard, 15, 23, 28, 31, 46, 48, 54, 201, 

 204, 241 



pilchardus, 20 r, 204 



Pilot-fish, 271, 286 



pingelii, 276 



Pipe-fishes, 13, 17, 21, 36, 155, 173, 174 



Piper, 145, 149 



piscatoriiis, 271, 278 



Plaice, 6, 7, 11, 16, 39, 47, 48, 211, 212, 

 217-221, 241 



Plain bonito, 271, 283 



platessa, 215, 217 



Platophrys, 231 f.n. 



Plectognathi, 296 



Pleuronecies, 6, 7, 11, 16, 39, 44, 48, 

 50, 215, 217 



Plcuronectidce, 215 



Plummeting, 61, 88 



Plymouth, Pollack and whiting at, 10; 

 plaice spawning at, 47 ; trawlers, 

 57i 69, 77; mature plaice at, 79; 

 laboratory, loi ; spinous shark at, 

 102; names of sea-bream at, 121 ; 

 malformed bream at, 123; sea- 

 scorpion scarce at, 146 ; conger 

 studied at, 180, 181, 183; young 

 mullet at, 186; pilchard studied 

 at, 205 ; eggs of sprat at, 206 ; 

 sole spawning in captivity at, 236; 

 Norway pout at, 294 



Pole-dab, 225 



Pollachius, 302 

 pollachius, 245, 253 



