CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMY . xv 



CHAP. 



I. THE LAMPREYS ...... i 



II. THE STURGEON . . . . . .14 



III. THE SALMON . . . . . .21 



IV. THE TROUT . . . . . -54 

 V. CHAR ....... 73 



VI. WHITEFISH AND THE GRAYLING . . .112 



VII. THE SMELT AND THE SHADS . . . .128 



VIII. THE PIKE . . . . . .138 



IX. THE EEL . . . . . . .152 



X. THE CYPRINOIDS . . . . . .166 



XI. THE BURBOT, THE PERCHES, AND THE GREY MULLETS 218 

 XII. THE BULL-HEAD AND THE STICKLEBACKS . . 236 



XIII. THE FLOUNDER ...... 252 



XIV. BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES THEIR ORIGIN AND 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION . . . 258 



APPENDIX THE GREAT PIKE OF WHITTLESEA MERE 279 

 INDEX 281 



