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ICHTHYOLOGY. 



Index, from one great central reservoir to another, and thus the fices to account for the general diffusion of certain species, Index. 

 ^"^"^^ rivers of half a continent may be put in possession of spe- and still less for the narrow restriction of others equally ^-^'Y'^ 

 cies unknown before ; — but this supposition scarcely suf- exposed to the chances of that aerial flight.' (t.^) 



INDEX. 



Page. 



Abramis 198 



ACANTHOPTERY- 



GII 166 



Acanthurus 190 



Acerina 169 



Achirus 221 



Acipenser 230 



Ageneiosi 202 



Agriopus 174 



Alepocephalus 200 



Aleuteres 229 



Alosa 21.5 



Ambassis 168 



Amia 216 



Ammodytes 227 



Ammocaetes 237 



Amphiprion 176 



Amphisile 197 



Anabas 190 



Anableps 199 



Anacanthus 235 



Anarrhichas 193 



Anastomus 212 



Anchor)/ 216 



Ancylodon 176 



Angel-Jish 234 



Anguilla 223 



Anguilliformes 223 



Anthius 168 



Apistiis 174 



Apogon 168 



Argentina 212 



Argyreyosus 186 



Aspidophorus 174 



Aspredo 203 



Aspro 168 



Astrodermus 187 



Atherina 192 



Aulopus 213 



Aulostoma 197 



Auxis 183 



Auxinurus 190 



Bagrus 202 



Balistes 229 



Baloon-fish 228 



Barbel 198 



Barbus 198 



Batrachus 195 



Becher 177 



Belone 200 



Benticles 175 



Bergylt. 174 



Bervx 170 



Bk'ak 199 



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Blcnnius 192 



Bleimy 192 



viviparous 193 



Blepharis 186 



Bonito 198 



Boops 178 



Braize 177 



Brama 180 



Bream 177 



common 198 



Mack ......177 



little 198 



sea 177 



Spanish 177 



Brill 220 



Brocket 168 



Brosraius 219 



Brotula 219 



BuCCiE LOKICATiE 172 



Bull-head. ,.173 



Buffalo-fish 179 



Butirinus 216 



Callionymus 194 



Callorhynclius 230 



Cantharis 177 



Capros 189 



Caranx 186 



Carapus 226 



Carcharias 232 



Carp. 197 



common 197 



golden 198 



CARTILAGINOUS 



FISHES 229 



Cataphractus 203 



Catastomus 198 



Cat-fish 202 



Centrarchus 169 



Centrina 233 



Centriscus 197 



Centrolophus 187 



Centroporaus 168 



Centropristis 169 



Cephaloptera 236 



Cepola 189 



Cestracion 233 



Chaetodon 178 



Chalceus 212 



Char 208 



Characinus 212 



Chatoessus 215 



Chauliodus 200 



Cheilinus 195 



Cheilodactylus 176 



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Chelmon 178 



Chimaera 230 



Chirocentrus 216 



Chironectes 195 



Chironemus 169 



Chirus 194 



CHONDROPTERY- 



GII 229-231 



WITH FREE BRAN- 



CHi« 2.30 



WITH FIXED BRAN- 



CHi« 231 



Chorenemus 186 



Chromis 196 



Chrysophris 177 



Cirrhibarbus 192 



Cirrhites 169 



Citharinus 213 



Clepticus 196 



Clinus 192 



Clupea 214 



Clupid* 214 



Coal-fish 218 



Cobitis 199 



Cod 217 



Colisa 190 



Comephora 194 



Coregonus 211 



Coricus 196 



Corvina 175 



Coryphaena 186 



Cottus 173 



Crenilabrus 195 



Curimata 212 



Cybium 183 



Cychla 196 



Cyclopterus 221 



Cyclostomi 236 



CvPRINIDiE 197 



Cyprinodon 199 



Cyprinus 197 



Dab 220 



Dactylopterus 173 



Dascyllus 176 



Datnia 169 



Deal-fish 189 



Dentex 177 



Devil-fish 234 



Diagramma 176 



Diodon 228 



Diploprion 168 



Dipterodon 180 



Discoboli 221 



Dog-fish 233 



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Dolphin 187 



Doras 202 



Dorse 218 



Dory 188 



Dragonet 194 



gemmeous 194 



sordid 194 



Drums 176 



Dules 169 



Echeneis 222 



Eel 223 



common 223 



conger 224 



electric 225 



sand 227 



Egyptian herring 201 



Elacate 186 



Eleotris 194 



Elops 196-216 



Emperor of Japan 179 



Enchelyopus 226 



Engraulis 216 



Enoplosus 168 



Ephippus 179 



Eques 176 



Equula 189 



Erythrinus 216 



EsociD^ 199 



Esox 199 



Etelis 168 



Exocetus 201 



Fan-fish 184 



Father lasher 174 



Fishes. 



Definition of. 151 



Form and character of 153 



Osteology of 154 



Muscles and motions of 1 56 

 Nervous system of.... 157 



Senses of 157 



Nutrition, manduca- 

 tion, and degluti- 

 tion of 159 



Circulating system of. 160 



Respiration of. 161 



Swimming bladder of.l61 

 Rank in the animal 



kingdom 162 



Classification of. 163 



Tabular view of the 

 Cuvierian system... 165 

 Fistularia 196 



FlSTULARID^ 196 



' Consult M. Gaimard'3 Memnirc iitr la Distribution Geographique des Poiisons ; an Essay on Geography considered in relation to 

 natural history, in the seventh volume of the Diction. Classiqite cTHist. Nat. ,• and our lUiulrctions of Zoologij, letter-press preceding 

 plate XX. 



= The author of the preceding treatise has to acknowledge his obligations to Sir AVilliam Jardine, Bart., for the use of his notes 

 on the Salmonida?, — to Professor Traill, for assistance in relation to the Apodal Malacopterygian, and Chondropterygian tribes,— 

 gnd to Dr Allan Thomson, for bis aid in drawing up the history of the Clupidse, and of the Sub-brachian Malacopterygians. 



