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Sarcodictyon catenata, (15) 163. 
Sardine. See a/so Pilchard, 
—— age of, (8) 374. 
—— development of reproductive organs 
of, (8) 373. 
—— eggs of, (8) 373; (9) 418, 420; (10) 
161. 
—— fecundity of, (9) 418. 
—— fishery in Gulf of Marseilles, (9) 
419. 
—— food of, (7) 390; (8) 372. 
—— growth of, (8) 374. 
—— movements of, (10) 161. 
—_— researches on, (9) 418, 420. 
—— Spanish, report on, (10) 160. 
—— spawning of, (8) 372. 
—— trade of, in Galicia, (8) 371. 
Sars, Professor G. O., (6) 15; (19) 92. 
—— on development of cod, (3) 53. 
—— discovery of the floating eggs of the 
cod by, (16) 88. 
Sarsiella capsula, (20) 475. 
Saury pike. See Pike, saury. 
Sauvage, Dr H. E., (7) 384, 390; (9) 
7s (3) UG: 
Saxicava rugosa, (6) 231; (15) 128; (20) 
496. 
Saaicavella plicata, (15) 128. 
Sead. See Horse-mackerel. 
Sceurgus cirrhosa, (15) 114. 
Scalaria, (20) 510. 
Scaldback. See Scald-fish. 
Seald-fish (Arnoglossus (Platophrys) 
laterna), (17) 94; (18) 286, 357. 
eggs of, (17) 83, 84, 94, 96, 106. 
food of, (20) 487, 524. 
in Scottish waters, (21) 511. 
Scales of fishes, lines of growth in, (23) 
125: 
Scallop. See Clam. 
Scaphander lignarius, (15) 115. 
Scapholeberis cornuta, (9) 275, 290. 
mucronata, (9) 277, 290, 296; (13) 
250; (14) 239, 242; (15) 321; (17) 141, 
160, 184, 191. 
Schistocephalus solidus, (9) 273. 
Schistomysis arenosa, (15) 134. 
ornatus, (15) 134; (16) 158, 209 ; (17) 
268 ; (20) 491, 516, 522, 536. 
spiritus, (16) 158, 163, 209 ; (20) 491, 
493, 516, 519, 523. 
Schizopoda as herring-food, (4) 123. 
of Firth of Forth, (16) 158. 
distribution of, (16) 164. 
of Loch Fyne, (16) 262. 
Schizoporella wnicornis, (15) 156. 
Schizotherus nuttalli, (7) 341. 
Sclerochilus contortus, (6) 245; (15) 145. 
Scolecithrix abyssalis, (15) 310, 311, 313. 
brevicornis, (20) 449, 452. 
hibernica, (15) 146; (17) 248; (19) 
238 ; (20) 451. 
pygmea, (17) 249. 
Scomber scomber. See Mackerel. 
Scombresox saurus. See Pike, saury. 
Scopelocheirus crenatus, (7) 319. 
Scopthalmus norvegicus. See Topknot, 
Norway. 
unimaculatus. See Topknot, one- 
spotted. 
Scorpion, sea- (Cottus scorpius), (4) 212, 
232; (15) 109. 
eggs of, (3) 59; (4) 206. 
—— eggs and young of, (14) 181. 
fecundity of, (9) 248. 
—— feeding on sprats, (4) 206. 
food of, (20) 486, 489. 
— rate of growth of, (12) 333. 
parasites of, (19) 138, 139. 
—— post-larval forms of, (7) 309. 
—— spawning period of, (4) 244 ; (7) 197. 
volume of eggs of, (16) 141. 
Scotland, direction of currents on east 
coast of, (15) 346. 
Scott, Mr Andrew, (9) 269, 281; (10) 
244; (11) 197; (12) 231; (18) 165, &e. 
—— Dr Thomas, (4) 231; (6) 225, 232; 
(7) 11, 171; 183, 222);°(8)) Tales 2s; 
230, &e. 
Scottia browniana, (9) 281, 282. 
Scottish Fishery Acts, (10) 172. 
lobster fishery, the, (6) 9, 189. 
mackerel fishing, (12) 16. 
Scottocheres elongatus, (16) 278. 
Scottomyzon gibberum, (15) 155. 
Scrobicularia piperata, (7) 328. 
prismatica, (20) 510. 
Scutellidium fasciatum, (4) 154; (10) 
258 ; (15) 158. 
tisboides, (10) 258 ; (18) 396. 
Scyllium canicula. See Dog-fish, lesser 
spotted. 
catulus. See 
spotted. 
Sea-birds, destruction of fish by, (8) 20. 
Sea Fisheries Committee of Lancashire, 
(14) 8. 
Parliamentary Committee on, (12) 
384, 
—— (Scotland) Amendment Act, (5) 
43. 
Sea-fowl swallowed by cod, (4) 134. 
Sea-horse (Hippocampus antiquerum), 
(18) 289. 
Sea-lamprey  (Petromyzon 
spawning period of, (4) 254. 
‘«Sea-mouse ” (Aphrodite), (6) 231. 
Sea-ponds at Dunbar, (10) 10. 
Sea-Scorpion. See Scorpion, sea-. 
Sea-snail, common, or sucker (Cyclogaster 
liparis), (4) 232; (15) 110; (18) 279. 
change of colour in, (3) 69. 
Sea-trout. See Trout, sea-. 
Sea-water, methods for determining the 
specific gravity of, (4) 192. 
Sea, west of Lewis, physical observations 
in, (6) 349. 
Seals, damage. to fisheries by, in Den- 
mark, (9) 412. 
Seasonal changes in fishes, (12) 291. 
Sebastes marinus. See Haddock, Norway. 
norvegicus. See Haddock, Norway. 
Seine-net, action of, in herring fishery, 
(18) 242. 
in herring fishery, introduction of, 
(18) 242. 
—— fishing for herrings, suppression of, 
(18) 243. 
fishing for herrings at Ballantrae, 
(11) 15; (12) 18; (13) 18; (14) 14. 
Dog-fish, larger 
marinus), 
