CHAPTER I. 



LOCAL AND POPULAR NAMES, 



T^HIS list contains all the names commonly borne by the 

 British fishes. It will be noticed that some fishes have many 

 names, and many have the same name, so that to be sure of 

 the fish it would be as well to refer to all the numbers in 

 cases where two or more are given, The numbers refer to the 

 coloured plates, and are those adopted throughout. 



