PREFACE 



of the Trieste Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, for the identification of 

 various fishes and for other valuable information he has been kind enough 

 to furnish. 



The Croatian names are entirely new ; they have not hitherto been pub- 

 lished, and I have been at great pains to collect them from a variety of 

 sources too numerous to catalogue. 1 



I am indebted to Mr. H. Thierry and Mr. Bacarcic, of Fiume, for 

 many of those in use on the Hungarian-Croatian littoral, and to Mr. C. I. 

 Kovacevic, late Harbour-master at Spalato, for those in use at his former 

 post. Prof. Anton Korlevic, Professor of Natural History at the Croatian 

 Gymnasium at Fiume, has been good enough to revise the Croatian 

 nomenclature, and Prof. Spiridion Brusina, Professor of Zoology at the 

 University of Agram, has had the kindness en dernier lien to correct and 

 further extend the list. I am particularly indebted to these two gentlemen 

 for their valuable aid. 



In part of the text I have thought fit to introduce, where practicable, 

 the more familiar English names of fishes, in order to render the text 

 more intelligible. 



The invaluable work of Forbes and Godwin-Austen, on the Natural 

 History of the European Seas; "The Sea-fisheries," by E. W. H. 

 Holdsworth, and " Die Bewirthschaftung des Meeres, mit Riicksicht auf 

 den Adriat. Golf," by M. Anton Gareis, have in their turn furnished a 

 variety of information. Nardo's work, " Sulla Coltura degli Animali acqua- 

 tici nel Yeneto Dominio," is my authority on the subject of the lagoon- 

 fisheries. 



In many instances I have quoted my authorities; but it would have been 

 tedious to do so in every case, and I hope I may not be accused of 



1 Since writing these lines I have received, through the kindness of Prof. G. Kolombatovic, 

 his works entitled Pesce della Acqut di Spalato. Spalato: 1SS1 ; and Fische welche in den 



■ tern von Spalato beobachtet und iiberhaupt im Adriatischen Meere registrirt wurden. 

 Spalato, 1882: to these volumes I am indebted for a variety of information concerning the 

 fauna of Spalato and the local Croatian nomenclature. 



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