INDEX 



Maskinonge, 173 



Mahaseer, the, 118 



May-fish. See Allis shad 



Meaker. See Minnow 



Mennot. See Minnow 



Miller's thumb, the (Coitus gobio), 74 ; 

 appearance, 75 ; distribution and 

 habits, 76 ; angling for, 78 



Minnim. See Minnow 



Minnin. See Minnow 



Minnow, the (Leuciscus phoxinus\ 

 origin of name, 141 ; appearance, 

 141 ; habits, 142, distribution, 142, 



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Mort. See Salmon-trout 

 Mud-lamprey. See Pride, 304 

 Muranidce, the, 13, 291-299 



Nursey, Walter, 173 



Nasal sac in fishes, the, 30, 31 

 Nemachilus barbatulus. See Loach 

 Nine eyes. See Lampern 



Osmond, C. H., 182, 183 



Olfactory organs in fishes, 30, 31 



Oncorhynchus quinnat, 224 

 Operculum, the, 23 

 Orkney trout. See Salmo orcadensis 



Osmenis eperlanus. See Smelt 

 Otolith, the, 29 

 Oxygen, 9 (note), 22, 23 



Parnell, 260 

 Paton, Dr., 232 

 Pennant, 50, 86, 185 

 Pennell, Cholmondeley, 135 

 Picot, 56 

 Plot, 92 



P alcnichthyes, 29, 34-39 

 Parr. See Salmon 

 Paternoster, the, 64 



Pectoral fins, 13, 15, 27 



Peer. See Minnow 



Percafluviatilis. See Perch 



Perch, the ( Percafluviatilis'), meaning 

 of the word, 41 ; coloration, 42 ; its 

 affinities, 44 ; appearance, 47 ; size 

 and weight, 50 ; habits, 52 ; repro- 

 duction, 54 ; as food, 57 ; how to 

 cook, 59 ; angling for, 60 



Perch family, the, 41-74 



Per tides, 41-74 



Petromyzon branchialis. See Pride 



Petromyzon Jluviatilzs. See Lampern 



Petromyzon marinus. See Lamprey 



Petromyzontida, 299-304 



Physostomi. See Bladder-duct fishes 



Pickerel. See Pike 



Pike, the (Esox Indus}, its name, 164 ; 

 appearance, 164, 165 ; habits, 165- 

 170 ; size and weight, 170-173 ; dis- 

 tribution, 173-174; as food, 174; 

 angling for, 175-177 



Pink. See Minnow 



Plaice, 3, 98 



Platessa vulgaris. See Plaice 



Pleuronectes flesus. See Flounder, 



Pleuronectidce, the. See Flat-fishes 



Poll. See Chub 



Pollan, the (Coregonus pollan), 283 



Pollard. See Chub 



Polydontidce, the, 34 



Pomeranian bream, 129, 155 



Pope. See Ruffe 



Powan, the (Coregonus clupeoides), 

 origin of name, 281 ; habits, 282 



Praeoperculum, the, 23 



Pride, the (Petromyzon branchialis), 



304 



Protopterus, 9 

 Protopterus annectens, 189 (note) 



Quinnat, the, 224 



Ray, 2, 10, 128, 185 

 Romanes, Professor, 64 

 Rondelet, 2 



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