INDEX 



373 



Herring family, characters of, 147 ; species 



of, 148 ; eggs and larvii;, 149 

 Hippoglossoides limaudoides, 244 

 Hippoi^lossiis vii/garis, 242 

 Holt, Mr. Ernest W. L., 26, 28 

 Horse-mackerel, 318 

 Huxley, Prof, 16 

 Hydrallmannia, 366 



Immature fish, 108 ; sizes of, 109 

 Irish Fisheries Survey, 25 



Jelly-fish, 33, 34 



John dory, characters of, 321 ; breeding of, 



322 

 John dory family, 53, 320 



La h rax lupus, 89 



Lancelet, 37 



Larviv, 102 



Latchet, 115, 117, 325, 365 



Lemon dab, characters of, 236 ; habitat of, 



237 ; spawning of, 237 ; larva of, 239 ; 



growth of, 239 

 Lemon sole (or lemon dab), 236 ; (or sand 



sole), 257 

 Lepadogaslcr, 90 

 LcpidorhoDibiis viegastoma, 27 1 

 Leptocep]iali, 193 ; transformation of, into 



conger, 194 ; JlPorrisii, 204 

 Limits of size proposed for saleable fish, 



138 

 Ling, characters of, 280, 295 ; eggs and 



larvre of, 296 

 Liparis, 90 ; vulgaris and Mo)itagiii, 35 1 

 Long-line fishing, 367 

 Long-nosed skate, 43 

 Long rough dab, characters of, 244 ; 



of, 245 ; sjjawning of, 245 ; youn 



Lophius piscatorius, 337 



Lota vulgaris, 87 



Lower animals, tribes of, 33 



Lump-sucker, 55 ; characters of, 349 ; 



of, 89, 91, 350 ; young of, 350 

 Lung-fishes, 37 



food 



: of, 



eggs 



Maclvcrel family, 53, 31 1 ; species of, 312 



Mactra suhtritncala, 122 



Male sole, 21 



Malm, Prof., on transformation of flat- 

 fishes, 7, 211 



Marine Biological Association, 16 



Marked plaice, movements of, 29 



Matthews, Mr. Duncan, 19, 20 



Maturity of fishes, 108 



Mcintosh, Prof., 8, 14 



Megrim, characters of, 210, 271 ; eggs and 

 young of, 272 



APerluccius, 96 ; vulgaris, 298 



Merry sole, 237 



Micropyle, 67 



Migrations of fishes, 112 



Miller's thumb, 324 



Milt, 71 ; size of, compared with roe, 73 



Molluscs, 34 ; as food of fishes, 121 



Molva, 96 ; vulgaris, 295 



Monk-fish, 43, 54, 337 



Morris, 194, 204 



JHoiella, 96 ; tricirrata, cinibria, viustela, 

 300 



Mugil chclo, 335 



Mullus surmullctns and barhatus, 306 



Murray, Dr. John, 17 



AI 11 steins vulgaris and Levis, 355 



Myliobatida\ 356 



Myxiue glutiuosa, 1 8 



N 



Nereis, 123 



Nest of sticklebacks, 91 

 Npctiluca, 98 

 Norway haddock, 356 

 Nyctiphaues, 129 



M 



Mackerel, characters of, 312 ; eggs and 

 larvre of, 314 ; migrations of, 313 



O 



Ophiura albida, 123 

 Osmerus eperlanus, 93, 1 88 

 Ovary of dog-fish, 62, 66 



Parental care in fishes, 90 



Pectoral fins, 35 



Pelamid, 312 



Pelvic fins, 35 



Perch family, 51 ; eggs of, 89 . 



Pilchard, characters of, 168 ; habitat of, 



1 70 ; breeding of, 1 70 ; egg of, 1 72 ; 



larva of, 173; transformation of, 173; 



growth of, 177 

 Pil)e-fishes, 58 

 Piper, 325, 329, 330 



