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iNDEX 



Plaice, characters of, 209, 213 ; time and 

 place of spawning. 215 ; eggs and larva-, 

 216 ; transformation of, 218 ; growth of. 

 219 ; small, on eastern grounds, 221 



Pletirotifctes platessa, 213 ; HmanJa, 223 ; 

 fastis, 227 ; cynoglossits, 233 ; w/'ov- 

 cepkaluSi 236 



Pollack, 280, 294 



Porbeagle, 41 



Pout, 280 



Prince, Mr., 19, 23 



Pristiunts melaiwstoma, 65 



Prohibition of trawling in certain areas, 19 



Protection of young fish, 135 



Pteroflatiia tnicnira, 356, 357 



R 



RAFFAELE, on eggs probably belonging to 



eel family, 195 



Rate of growth, no ; of spawning, 79 

 Rays, 37 

 Red mullet, characters of, 306 ; eggs and 



larva;, 307 



Red mullet family, 52, 306 

 Rhomboidichthys, transformation of, 212 

 Rhombus, 96 ; ma.vimits, 260 ; Itrris, 267 

 Rocklings, characters of, 281, 300 ; eggs 



and larva? of, 300 ; habits of young, 301 

 Roes, 65 ; relative sizes of hard roe and soft 



roe, 73 



SALMON Family, 46, 187 ; eggs of, 87 



Sand-eels, 303 ; breeding of, 304 



Sand- sole, characters of, 210, 257 



Sand-star, 123 



Sardine, French name for pilchard, 169 ; 

 size of, used for tinning, 169 ; in Mediter- 

 ranean, 170 



Sars, Prof., on buoyant spawn, 5 ; on de- 

 velopment of cod, 284 ; on young had- 

 dock, 288 



Saury-pike, 48 



Scad, characters of, 318 ; breeding of, 319 



Scad family, 52, 318 



Scald-hack, 210, 274 



Scald-fish, characters of, 210, 274 ; eggs 

 and young of, 275 



Scaly fishes, characters of, 38 



Scomber scomber, 312 



Scombresox, 93 



Scorpenido?, 357, 362 



Scrobimlaria, 122 



Scy lliu in icinicitla and cattilus, eggs of, 64 



Sea-breams, 51, 309 ; breeding and spawn 

 of, 310 



Sea-cat, 344 



. isheries Districts, 20 



Sea-horse, 58 



Sea-scorpion, 324, 326 



Sea-trout, 47 



Stbastes moroegicvs, 356 



Strtularia, 366 



Sexes, proportions of, in fishes, 74 



Shad, 46; characters of, 178; American, 

 46, 179 ; allis, 178 ; twait, 178 ; habitat, 

 178 ; breeding, 179 ; eggs of, 179 ; larva 

 and growth, 180, 181 



Shanny, 89, 343 



Shark, Greenland, 41 ; blue, 41 ; basking, 



41 



Shrimping, in relation to destruction of 

 small fish, 113, 136 



Silver Pit, 364 



Skates, 42 



Skipper, 48 



Smelt, 47 ; characters of, 188 ; habitat, 

 food and breeding, iSS ; larva of, 189; 

 growth of, 190 



Smooth-hound, 41 



Sole, characters of, 210. 249 ; food of, 249; 

 breeding of, 251 ; larva? and transforma- 

 tion of, 251 ; history of young, 255 ; spawn- 

 ing of, So 



Solea, nt/garis, 249 ; lascaris, 257 ; littfa, 

 258 ; variegala, 259 



So/en, 122 



Solenette, characters of, 210, 258 



Spawn of herring, 4 ; buoyant, 5 



Spawning, 70 ; season, 83 ; cessation of. in 

 confinement, 83 



Species, meaning of, 40 



Sperms, 83 



Spiiiachia, 91 



Spineless fishes, 49 



Sprat, characters of, 148, 164 ; habitat of, 

 164; breeding of, 164; eggs of, 166; 

 transformation and growth, 167 ; migra- 

 tions, 1 68 



Spur-dogfish, 41 



Squid, 123 



St. Andrews Marine Laboratory, 17 



Star-fishes, 33, 34 



Statistics of fish captured, 143 



Steenstrup, on transformation of flat-fishes 

 212 



Sticklebacks, 56 



Sting-rays, 43, 356 



Sturgeon, 39 



Suckers, diminutive, 351 ; spawn of, 90, 

 351 ; larva of, 352 



Sucker, double-spotted, egg of, 90 



Sucker family, 55, 349 



Surface fishes, 58 



Swimming crab, 120 



TIM is. 71 



Thickback, characters of, 2IO, 259 ; larva 

 260 



