Medium 8vo, 3G8 pages, 159 Illustrations and two Maps. Price Is. 6d. net. 



THE NATURAL HISTORY 



OF THE 



Marketable Marine Fishes of tlie British Islands. 



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



BY 



J. T. CUNNIXGHAM, M.A, 



FOKMERLY FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD ; 

 NATUHALIST ON THE STAFF OF THE MAKINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



tSEirl) Preface bp 

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



PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. 



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CONTENTS. 



PART L— GENERAL. 



CHAPTER 



I. — History of Modern Investigations of the Subject. 



II. — The Characteristics of vahiable Marine Fishes and tlic Regions in 

 which they live. 



I IF. — The Generation of Fishes and their Fecundit3\ 



IV. — The Eggs and Larvte and tlieir Development. 



V,-^Growth, Migrations, Food, and Habits. 



VI. — Practical Methods of Increasing the supply of Fi.sli. 



PART II.— HISTORY OF PARTICULAR FISHES. 



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

 The Shads. Tlic Anchovy. 



The Salmon Family : — Tlic Smelt. 



The Eel Family :— The Eol. The Conger. 



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