viii CONTENTS 



FISHES 



CHAFFER XLVII 



PACE 



INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS OF FISHES 159 



Fishery Industries and Fish Propagation 1(>4 



Distribution of Eggs and Live Fish 166 



The Orders of Living Fishes 172 



CHAPTER XLVIII 



ORDER OF THE CONNECTING-LINK FISHES 



SIRENOIDEI 174 



CHAPTER XLIX 



ORDER OF THE SPINY-FINNED FISHES: ACANTIIOPTERI 177 



Basses and Sunfishes 177 



Sea Bass Family 186 



Perch and Pike-Perch Family 100 



Miscellaneous Spiny-Finned Fishes 103 



Snapper Family 20C 



Odd Fishes of the Spiny-Finned Order 208 



CHAPTER L 

 ORDER OF PIKES HAPLOMI 214 



