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INDEX 



Bleak, the (Alburnus lucidus), origin 

 of name, habits, appearance, and 

 distribution, 156; the uses of, 



157-159 



Bony-framed fishes, the. See Teleostei 

 Bothriocehpalus latus^ 93 

 Bottling. See Chub 

 Rranchice. See Gills 

 Branchiostegals, the, 24 

 Branchiostoma lanceolatum, 29 

 Bream (Abramis brama), appearance, 



150; origin of name, distribution 



and habits, 151 ; as food, 152 ; 



angling for, 152, 153; size and 



weight, 153, 154 

 Bream group, the, 150-159 

 Bream, Pomeranian, 129, 155 

 Bream flat (Abramis blicca), 154, 155 

 Breathing apparatus of fishes, 22-24 

 Broad-nosed eel. See Grig 

 Brook-trout. See Brown trout 

 Brook-trout of North America. See 



Salve linus fontir.alis 

 Brown trout (Salmo fario), origin of 



name, 258 ; varieties, 259-267 ; 



food of, 268 ; fishing for, 268, 269 ; 



artificial propagation, 270 

 Bullhead. See Miller's thumb 

 Bull-trout (Salmo eriox\ 248-251 

 Burbot (Lota vulgaris), origin of name, 



89 ; appearance and habits, 90 ; 



distribution, 91 

 Burn trout, 257 

 Butt. See Flounder 



Calderwood, W. L., 200-204, 241-243 



Corless, W., 135 



Couch, 185, 1 86, 249, 260, 295, 301, 



303 

 Cuvier, 81, 151 



Colley. See Loach 



Carassius auralus. See Gold-fish 



Carassius gibelio, 1 1 2 



Carassius moles, 1 1 2 



Carassius oblongus, 112 



Carassius vulgaris. See Crucian carp 



Carp (Cyprinus carpio), origin of name, 

 100; habits, 101, 105 appearance, 

 102 ; size, 103 ; distribution, 104 ; 

 angling for, 107 



Carp family, the, 99-162 



Carp, the golden. See Gold-fish 



Caudal fin, 15-18 



Char (Salmo alpinus), origin of name, 



272 ; distribution, 272, 274 ; habits, 



273 ; angling for, 276 ; as food, 277 

 Chavender. See Chub 



Chevin. See Chub 



Chironomus, 1 12 



Chondropterygii, 34 



Chondrostei, 34-39 



Chub (Leuciscus cephalus), as food, 134 ; 

 size and weight, 135 ; distribution 

 and habits, 135, 136; angling for, 



136, 137 



Classification, 3 

 Clupea, 288-291 

 Clupea alosa. See Allis shad 

 Clupea finta. See Twait shad 

 Clupea pontica, 289 

 Clupeidcs, 288-291 

 Cobitidina, 159-162 

 Cobitus tcenia. See Spined loach 

 Cochivies. See Salmon-trout 

 Cod family, the, 4, 14, 55, 89-93 

 Cod, the Great Murray, 4 

 Colour in fishes, the sense of, 28 

 Coney-fish. See Burbot 

 Coregonus, 281-285 

 Coregonus clupeoides. See Powan 

 Coregonus pollan. See Pollan 

 Coregonus vandesius. See Vendace 

 Cornish trout. See Salmo cornubiensis 

 Cottidce, 73-79 

 Cotto-scombriformes, 73 

 Coitus gobio. See Miller's thumb 

 Craniata, 1 1 



Crowger. See Crucian carp 

 Crucian carp (Carassius vulgaris}, 1 10- 



112 



Cull. See Miller's thumb 

 Cyclostomata, the, 299-304 

 Cyprinidce. See Carp family. 

 Cyprinus carpio. See Carp 



