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:,s which comimmly serve as food for flshe^ 124 



74. A Sand-war (Ofkimra albida) . I2 5 



75. A Britilc-iOar (Aipkiurajiliformis\ I2 5 

 76-81. Some examples of minute pelagic animals 127 

 82. A lumiooos Shrimp (Ny^tifkants) (after G. O. Sars) 129 



8j. The gill-bars and K ill-raker> of the Herring, the gill filaments which are 



attached to the outer sides of the gill-bars having been removed . 131 



84. Egg of the Herring, the embryo about half developed, alive, and magnified 1 58 



85. Larva of the Herring, newly hatched, alive and magnified . 159 



86. Egg of the Sprat, alive, magnified . 166 



87. Newly-hatched larva of the Sprat, alive, magnified . 166 



88. Egg of the ISlchard, alive, and magnified . ..172 



89. Newly -'hatched larva of the Pilchard, alive, and magnified . 1 73 



90. Larva of the Pilchard, nine days old, alive, magnified . . 1 73 



91. Larva of Pilchard at commencement of transformation, after preser- 



vation in spirit .... . 1 74 



Ider stage of Pilchard larva, after preservation . . . .174 



93. Larva of the Twait Shad, nearly f inch long (after Ehrenbaum) . . 180 



94. Larva of the Twait Shad, | inch long (after Ehrenbaum) . . .180 

 95- ESB f tnc Anchovy, alive, and magnified (after Wenckebach) . . 183 



96. Larva of the Anchovy, newly hatched, alive, and magnified (after 

 ckebach) 



97- Larva of the Smelt, { inch long, 6 days old (after Ehrenbaum) . 



98. Larva of Smelt, | inch long (after Ehrenbaum) .... 



99. Lfptotefkaiut Morrisii, the larva of the Conger (after Couch) . 



100-105. The two sides of the head in three different stages in a left-sided 

 young flat-fish in which the right eye passes through the head region 

 to reach the left *ide (Khomboidichthys) (after Steenstrup) . .212 



106. Larva of Plaice five days old, alive, and magnified . . .217 



107. Larva of Plaice in process of transformation, I inch long, alive, and 



108. Larva of the \Viuh <.i r,,k- Dab, two days old, alive, and magnified . 235 



109. Young Witch, a little over l| inch long, fn.m a preserved specimen 



(after Holt) . . . ,,. 



no. Larva uf I. ,, r so-called I.einon Sole, t\\<. days ,,ld, alive, and 



magnified ..... 239 



