JUST PUBLISHED. 



Medium ^vo, 368 pages. 159 Illustratioiis and two Maps. Price 7s. 6d. net. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



Marketable Marine Fishes of the British Islands. 



Prepared by order of the Council of the Marhie Biological Association expressly 

 for the use of those interested in the Sea-fishing Imlustries, 



BY 



J. T. CUNNINGHAM, M.A., 



FORMERLY FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD ; 

 NATURALIST ON THE STAFF OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



QMitI) Preface bp 

 E. RAY LANKESTER, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., 



TROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD; 

 PRESIDENT OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



CONTENTS. 



PART I.— GENERAL. 



CHAPTER 



I. — History of Modern Investigations of the Subject, 



II. — The Characteristics of valuable Marine Fishes and the Regions in 

 which they live. 



III. — The Generation of Fishes and their Fecundity. 



IV. — The Eggs and Larvae and their Development. 



V, — Growth, Migrations, Food, and Habits. 



VI. — Practical Methods of Increasing the supply of Fish. 



PART II.— HISTORY OF PARTICULAR FISHES. 



The Herring Family : — The Herring. The Sprat. The Pilchard or Sardine. 

 The Shads. The Anchovy. 



The Salmon Family : — The Smelt. 



The Eel Family :— The Eel. The Conger. 



