CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



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The Fishes of the Brackish Water . . .251 



CHAPTEE XIX. 



The Distribution of Marine Fishes . . .255 



Shore-fishes, Pelagic, and Deep-sea fishes, 255 — List of Shore-fishes, 

 257 — Oceanic arese as determined by Shore-fishes, 259 — Distri- 

 bution of Shore-fishes compared with that of Freshwater-fishes, 

 260 — I. Arctic Ocean, 261 — II. Northern Temperate Zone, 262 

 —Temperate North-Atlantic, 262— with British, 263— Medi- 

 terranean, 264 — and North American districts, 266 — Temperate 

 North-Pacific, 268 — with Kamtschatkan, 269 — Japanese, 270 

 — and Californian districts, 271— III. Equatorial Zone, 272 — 

 with Tropical Atlantic, 278 — Indo-Pacific Ocean, 278 — and 

 the Pacific Coasts of Tropical America, 279 — IV. Southern 

 Temperate Zone, 281 — with the Cape of Good Hope, 283 — 

 South Australia and New Zealand, 283 — Chile, 288 — and 

 Patagonia, 289 — V. Antarctic Ocean, 289. 



CHAPTEE XX. 



Distribution of Pelagic Fishes . . . . 292 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



The Fishes of the Deep Sea . . . . 296 



Deep-sea fishes a recent discovery, 296 — Physical conditions aff"ect- 

 ing these fishes, 297 — Characteristics of Deep-sea fishes, 299 — 

 Their vertical and horizontal distribution, 304 — List of Deep- 

 sea fishes, 305. 



