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index: 



N-B. — Eefei'ences are made to the families in a darker type, and where details 

 are given the page mxmerals are of the same character. . 



An asterisk distinguishes those fishes figured in the work. 



A 



Abdominales, 6. 

 Acanthias, 25, 93. 

 Acanthoclinus, 12. 

 Acanthoptcrygii, 6, ll, 20, 30, 37, 



50, 57, 73. 

 Acclimatization of fishes, 150. 

 Acrania, 3. 



Acrodus, teeth of, 10. 

 Acronuridse, H, 17. 

 Agassiz, M. Louis, Classification of 



Fishes, 3. 

 Agenor modestus, 15. 

 Air-bladder, 5 ; in deep-sea fishes, 5 ; 



gas of, 5 ; ofiice of, 5 ; sometimes 



has the character of a lung, 5 ; 



sometimes wanting, 5. 

 Alopecias, 25, 92. 

 Ambassis, 14. 

 Ammotretis, 12. 

 Anacanthini, 21, 30, 75. 

 Anarrhicas lupus, 27. 

 Anatomy of Fishes, 3-10. 

 Anchovy, 11. 

 Anema, 12. 



Angel-fish, or shark, 93, 98. 

 Angler-fish, see Lophius, 

 Anguilla australis, 88, 107, 138. 

 Anomalies, apparent in Austi'alian 



Fish Fauna, 10. 

 Anthias, 13. 

 Antennarius, 18, 26. 



• marmoratus, 18. 



striatus, 18. 



pinniceps, 18. 



coccineus, 18. 



Atherinidae, 20. 



* Anthias longimanus, 12, 14, 33. 

 Apharius roseus, 15. 

 Aploactis, 11. 

 milesii, 16. 



Apodes, 7. 



Apogon, 12. 



fasicatus, 14. 



guntheri, 14, 107. 



novae-hollandiae, 107. 



Aristeus fluviatilis, 19. 



■ lineatus, 19. 



Arripis, 12. 



trutaceus, 36. 



georgianus, 14. 



* salar, 15, 35 ; poisonous, 36. 



Arius, 22. 



* Astacopsis, 125. 

 Atherina, 20. 

 Atypus, 15. 



* Aulopus purpurissatus, 11, 22, 80. 

 Australian Fishes, number of, 2 ; ex- 

 clusively, 12. 



Auxis ramsayi, 18. 



B 



Barracouta, 56. 

 Batrachus, 12. 

 Bat-fish, 18. 



Batrachidae, 18. 



* Beardy, N.S.W., 21, 74. 

 Bellows-fish, 11. 

 Belone, 22, 83. 



* feros, 22, 83. 



gracilis, 22. 



BerycidsB, ii, 17, 56. 



* Beryi affinis, 17, 50, 51. 



* Black-fish, 11, 21, 105. 



BlenniidaB, ii, 19, 27. 



Biennius, 19, 27, 28. 



unicornis, 19. 



castaneus, 19. 



Blenny, 27. 



Blood of Fishes, 3. 



Bonito, 64. 



Bony Bream, 23, 106. 



