INDEX 



315 



Samlet, 185 



Scaled fishes, the, 20 



Scaleless fishes, the, 20 



Scales of a fish, the, 20 



Schelly. See Powan 



Scientific terminology, 2 



ScombresocidcB, 99 



Scopelidce, 99 



Scurf. See Salmon-trout 



Sea-lamprey. See Lamprey 



Sea-perch. See Bass 



Sea-trout. See Bull-trout and Salmon- 

 trout 



Seal, the, 8 



Seven eyes. See Lampern 



Sevvin. See Salmo cambricus 



Shad, allis (Clupea alosa), origin of 

 name, 288 ; appearance, 289 ; dis- 

 tribution, 289 ; habits, 290 



Shad, twait (Clupea finta), 290, 291 



Shadbrid. See Minnow 



Shallow. See Rudd 



Side-swimmers, 14 



Sight in fishes, the sense of, 27-29 



Sihtrida, 99 



Silver-fish, 113, 114 



Skelly. .See Chub 



Smell in fishes, the sense of, 30, 31 



Smelt, the (Osmerus eperlanus), origin 

 of name, 277 ; habits and appear- 

 ance, 278 ; as food, 279 ; fishing 

 for, 280 



Smolt. See Salmon 



Soft- finned fishes, 19 



Soft rays, 19 



Sole, the, 14, 98 



Solea vulgaris. Vide supra 



Spar ides, 155 



Sparling. See Smelt 



Spined loach (Cobitus tcenia), 161, 162 



Spineless fishes, 14, 88-98 



Spinous rays, 19 



Spiny-finned fishes, 40-87 



Spiracles, 2 



Sprod. See Salmon-trout 



Stickleback, the ten-spined (Gastros- 

 teiis pungitiits), 87 



Stickleback, the three-spined (Gastros- 



teus aculeatus), appearance, 80; 



coloration, 81 ; habits, 82; size, 



86 ; distribution, 86 

 Stone-grig. See Lampern 

 Stone-loach, the. See Loach 

 Structure of fishes, general, 1 1 

 Sturgeon, the (Acipenser sturio), size, 



36 ; origin of name, 36; appearance 



and habits, 37 

 Suboperculum, the, 23 

 Sucker-mouthed fishes, the, 299-304 



Thayer, Professor, 44 

 Thompson, T. G., 233, 283 

 Thornton, Colonel, 51, 170 

 Turton, 185 



Tail of a fish, the, 17 



Teeth of fishes, the, 24, 25 



Teleostei, 40-299 



Telescope fish, 113 



Tench, 9 ( Tinea vulgaris), appearance, 



144 ; distribution, 145 ; habits, 146 ; 



as food, 148 ; angling for, 149 

 Terminology, scientific, 2 

 Three-spined stickleback, the (Gastros- 



teus aculeatus), 80 

 Thymallus, 285-287 

 Thymallus vulgaris. See Grayling 

 Tinea vulgaris. See Tench 

 Tin-plate. See Breamflat and White 



bream 



Tom Cull. See Miller's thumb 

 Tommy Logge. See Miller's thumb 

 Touch in fishes, the sense of, 25-27 

 Trout, the brook, 180, 182 

 Trunk of a fish, the, 17 

 Trutta lacustris, 261 

 Trutta Schiffer, 261 

 Turbot, 14, 95 

 Twait shad. See Shad 



Umber. See Grayling 



Veitch, Rev. H. G., 129 



