CONTENTS. 



Bearing on their Physiology and Habits :- 



Process of Development in Fishes 



Oviparous . . 



Viviparo-acotyledonous 



Viviparous 



Marsupial Fishes 



Obstetrical 



Parental Care of Fishes 



Fishes" 1 Nests 



Colours and Varying Colours of Fishes 



Parasitic Fungi in Fishes 

 Economic Use of Fish : — 



Demand and Supply 



Artificial Hatching 



Chinese Method 



Transportation of Fish and Fry 



Naturalization of Fresh- water Fish 



Migratory Fishes 



Salt-water Fishes 



Fish Preserves ; their Stocking . 



Ditto, in Ancient and Modern Times 

 The Gentle Art 



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NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES. 

 Arrangement . . . . .121 



FIRST SERIES. OSSEOUS FISHES. 



FIRST SUBDIVISION. OSSEOUS FISHES WITH SPINOUS RAYS. 



Order I. Spinous-finned Osseous Fishes. Acanthop- 



terygii ..... 



I. FAMILY OF PERCHES. PERCID^S. 



Gen. 1. Perca ..... 



Sp. 1. P. fluviatilis. The Perch. Plate I. 

 Gen. 2. Labrax ..... 



Sp. 2. L. lupus. The Basse or Sea- Perch. PI. I. 



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