CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



PAGE 



Fish defined — Ichthyology defined . . . . 1 



CHAPTER I. 



History and Literature 



Aristotle, 2— Belon, 4— Salviani, 5— Rondelet, 6— Faunists and 

 Anatomists of the Seventeenth Century, 7 — RayandWillughby, 

 8 — Artedi, 9 — Linnsus, 10 — Gronow and Klein, 12 — Pupils 

 and Successors of Linnseus, 12 — Bloch, 13 — Lacepede, 15 — 

 Anatomists and Faunists preceding Cuvier, 16 — Cuvier, 17 — 

 Agassiz, 20— J. Miiller, 22 — Discovery of Ceratodus, 25— Recent 

 publications on Fishes, 26— Latest systematic works, 33. 



CHAPTER II. 



Topographical description of the External Parts of 



Fishes ......•• 35 



Form of the body, 35— External parts of the head, 36— Trunk and 

 Tail, 39— Fins ; their structure, position, and function, 40— 

 Skin and Scales, 45. 



CHAPTER III. 



Terminology and Topography of the Skeleton . 51 



Axial portion, 51 — Vertebra and its parts ; terms defined, 51— 

 Skull ; bones topographically enumerated, 53 — Bones of the 

 limbs, 59 — Synonymic list of bones, 59. 



