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Introduction — Classification and Taxonomy , xv 



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I. The Lampreys ...... i 



II. The Sturgeon . . . . .14 



III. The Salmon . . . . , .21 



IV. The Trout . . . . . -54 

 V, Char . . . . . . -73 



VI. Whitefish and the Grayling . . .112 



VII. The Smelt and the Shads . . . .128 



VIII. The Pike . . . . . . .138 



IX. The Eel . . . . . . .152 



X. The Cyprinoids . , . . . .166 



XI. The Burbot, the Perches, and the Grey Mullets 218 

 XII. The Bull-head and the Sticklebacks . . 236 



XIII. The Flounder ...... 252 



XIV. British Freshwater Fishes — their Origin and 



Geographical Distribution . . . 258 



Appendix — The Great Pike of Whittlesea Mere 279 

 Index . . . . . . .281 



