X GLOSSARY. 



Klipfish.— Dried cod. 



Lamellae.— Thin plates. 



Laminate. — Divided into thin plates. 



Lateral. — Pertaining to the side ; refers especially to the line along the sides of 

 some fishes called the lateral line. 



Littoral. — Belonging to the shore. 



Maise or Maese. — A measure of 500 herrings. 



Maxillary- — The front margin of the upper jaw formed by the intermaxillary or 

 premaxillary bone ■which in most fishes bears teeth. It is spread into a flat, 

 triangular projection, on which leans the second bone of the upper jaw — the 

 maxillary. 



Mesially. — Mesial ; a supposed divisional, perpendicular, longitudinal line, dividing 

 the fish into two halves. 



MuciferOUS. — Mucous system, having special reference to tlie lateral line, the 

 scales of which are perforated and exude an oily lubricating fluid. 



Nancy. — A trade term for 40 lobsters. 



Occiput. — The hinder part of the head or skull. 



OflEal. — Trade term for Haddock, Plaice, and Whiting. 



Olfactory. — Relating to the organs of smell. 



Operculum.— Gill-cover. 



Orbit. — The eye socket. , 



Osseous. — Bony tissue. 



Ossicles. — Small bones. 



Palatine. — Relating to the palate bones. The palate properly consists of three 

 bones — 1. The Enteropterygoid, an oblong thin bone attached to the inner 

 border of the palatine and pterygoid, and increasing the surface of the bony 

 roof of the mouth. 2. The Pterygoid or transverse bone joined by suture to 

 the. 3. Palatine, which is generally toothed and joined to the vomer. 



Parr. — The first stage of young salmon. 



Partan. — A Scotch provincial name for the common edible British crab, Cancer 

 l^aguriis. 



Pelagic. — Inhabiting the open ocean. 



Pharynx.— The gullet. 



Pharyngeal. — See " Branchial arches." 



Pink. — Another name for smolt. 



Plicate. — In folds or ridges, or plaits. 



Preoperculum. — A bone with a free margin on the operculum. 



Prime. — Sole, Turbot, Brill, and Cod, trade term. 



Pseudo-hranchiaB. — False gills. In the young st^ge of many fishes they breathe 

 by a gill which becomes sxibsequently disused. It remains in the form of a 

 fifth or false gill in front of the others, but not in all fishes. 



Putt or Putcher. — Wicker-basket nets. 



Rudd, Kidd, or Redd.— Male salmon, and the nest. 



Scutes. — Small bony plates replacing scales. 



Segment. — A division or joint. 



Septum.— A partition. 



Serrated.— Toothed like a saw. 



Setiform. — Shaped like a bristle. 



Shotten. — A female fish from which the roe is just discharged. 



Skegger. — Young salmon. 



Slat. Hee Kelt. 



Smolt. — Young salmon in the very young state after the "Parr" stage, when they 



assume scales and lose the transverse markings. 

 Spinous. — Thorny or with bony spines. 



