*~* THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



MARKETABLE MARINE FISHES 



BRITISH ISLANDS 



PREPARED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL 



ASSOCIATION ESPECIALLY FOR THE USE OF THOSE INTERESTED 



IN THE SEA-FISHING INDUSTRIES 



BY 



J. T. CUNNINGHAM, M.A. OXON. 



FORMERLY FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD 



NATURALIST ON THE STAFF OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION J CORRESPONDING 

 MEMBER OF THE DEUTSCHER SEEFISCHEREIVEREK; 



WITH A PREFACE BY 

 E. RAY LANKESTER, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 



LINACRE PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 

 PRESIDENT OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 



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 1896 



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