Medium 8vo, 3Q8 pages. 159 Illustrations and two Maps. Price Is, 6d. net. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



Marketable Marine Fishes of the British Islands. 



Prepared expressly for the use of those interested in the Sea-fishing Industries, 



BY 



J. T. CUNNINGHAM, M.A., 



FORMERLY FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD ; 

 NATURALIST ON THE STAFF OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



SlSaitl) Preface Jjp 

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



PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. 

 — ♦ ♦-» » 



CONTENTS. 



PART I.— GENERAL. 



CHAPTER 



I. — History of Modern Investigations of the Subject. 



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

 which they live. 



III. — The Generation of Fishes and their Fecundity. 



IV. — The Eggs and Larvse 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. Tlie Pilcliard or Sardine. 

 The Shads. The Ancliovy. 



The SaLiMon Family : — The Smelt. 



The Eel Family : — The Ed. The Conger 



