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(Umbrinay—Me&gves (Scicena)— Sword-Fislies (Xiph iidoe)— Scabbard-Fishes and Hair- 

 Tails (Trichiuridce)— Scabbard-Fish (Lepidopus)— Hair-Tails (Trichiurus)— Barracudas 

 (Thyrsites)— Extinct Forms— Surgeons (Acronuridce)— Horse-Mackerels (Caraucjido?)— 

 Typical Group (Caranx) — Pilot-Fish (Naucrates)— Sea-Bats (Plaiax)— Dories (Cyttidce) 



Stromateids and Coryphsenas (Stromateidce and Coryphcenidce)—Coryphcena — Sun-Fish 



(Lampris) — Nomseids (Nomceidce)— Mackerels (Scomberidce) — Tlmnnies (Thynnus)— 

 Sucking-Fishes (Echeneis) — Star-Gazers and Weavers (Trachinidce) — Uranoscopus — 

 Trachinus — Tile-Fish (Lopholatilus) — Other Groups — Soft-Spines and Frog- Fishes 

 (Malacanthidce and Batrachidce) — Batrachus — Angler-Fish and their Allies (Lophiidce) 

 — Anglers (Lophius) — Tentacle-Fish (Antennarius) — Bull-Heads and Gurnards (Got- 

 tidce — Bull-Heads (Cottus) — Gurnards (Trigla) — Beaked Gurnards (Peristethus) — Flying 

 Gurnards (Dactylopterus) — Dragon-Fishes (Pegasus) — Lump-Suckers (Cijclopteridce) — 

 Gobies and Mud-Skippers (Gobiidee)—Gobius — Periophthalmus — Band-Fishes (Cepolidce) 

 — Hairy-Backs (Trichonotidce) — Chiridce — Blennies (Blenniidee) — Viviparous Blennies 

 (Zoarces) — Wolf-Fishes (Anarrhichas) — Oblique-Spined Blenny (Acanthoclinidce) — 

 Spiny Eels (Rhynchobdellidce) — Oil-Fish (Comephorus) — Barracuda-Pikes (Sphyrcenidce) — 

 Sand-Smelts (Atherinidce) — Square-Tail (Tetragonurus) — Grey Mullets (Mugilidce) — 

 Gar-Pike and Flying-Fish (Scombresocidce) — Gar-Pike (Belone) — Flying-Fish (Exoccetus) 

 — Sticklebacks (Gastrosteidce) — Flute-Mouths (A ulostomatidce) — Trumpet- Fish (Cen- 

 triscidce) — Sucker-Fishes (Gobioesocidce) — Serpent-Heads (Ophiocephalidce) — Labyrinth- 

 Gilled Fishes (Anabantidce and Luciocephalidce) — Climbing- Perch (Anabas) — Paradise- 

 Fish (Poly acanthus) — Gurami (Osphrornenus) — Fighting-Fish (Bella) — Unicorn-Fish 

 (Lophotidce) — Ribbon-Fish (Track ypteridce) — Thornbacks (Notacanthidoe) — Pomacentridce 

 — Wrasses (Labridce) — True Wrasses (Labrus) — Par rot- Wrasses (Scar us) — Viviparous 

 Wrasses (Diatrematidce) — Chromids (Chromididce) — Tuft-Gilled Fishes (Suborder Loplw- 

 branchii) — Mailed Tube-Mouths (Solcnostomatidce) — Pipe-Fishes and Sea-Horses (Syn- 

 gnathidce) — Comb-Gilled Group (Suborder Plectognathi) — File-Fishes and Coffer- 

 Fishes (Balistidce) — Globe-Fishes and Sun-Fishes (Diodontidce) — Soft-Finned Fishes 

 (Suborder Anacanthini) — Lycodidee — The Cod Tribe (Gadidce) — True Cod (Gadus) — 

 Haddock — Other Species — Hakes (Merluccius) — Burbot (Lota) — Ling and Bockling 

 (Molva) — Sand-Eels and their Allies (Ophidiidce) — Cave-Fish (Lucifuga) — Snake- 

 Fishes (Ophidium) — Parasitic Fish (Fierasfer) — Sand-Eels (Ammodytes) — Conyrodus — 

 The Long- Tails (Macruridce) — Fiat-Fishes (Pleuronectidce) — Psettodes — Holibut (Hippo- 

 glossus) — Turbot, etc. (Rhombus) — Plaice and Flounder (Pleuronectes)— Soles (Solea) — 

 Blind Soles (Soleotalpa)— The Tube-Bladdered Fishes (Suborder Physostomi)— Eel 

 Tribe (Murcenidce) — Mureenas (Murcena) — True Eels (Anguilla) — Congers (Conger) — 

 Serpent-Eels (Ophichthys)— Deep-Sea Eels (Synaphobranchus)— Single-Slit Eels (Sym- 

 branchidce)— Electric Eel (Gijmnotidce) — Cat-Fishes (Siluridce) — Eel-Like Cat-Fish 

 (Clarias)— Wels (Silurus)— Yarrell's Cat-Fish (Bagarius)— Electric Cat-Fishes (Mala- 

 pterurus)— Mailed Cat-Fishes (Callichthys, etc.)— Carp Tribe (Cyprinidce)— True Carp 

 (Cyprinus)— Crucian and Golden Carp (Carassius)— Barbels (Barbus)— Gudgeon (Gobio) 

 — White-Fish (Leucisc us)— Tench (Tinea)— Beaked Carp (Chondrostoma)— Bitterling 

 (Rhodeus)— Bream (Abramis)— Rapfen (Aspius)— Bleak (Alburnus)— Sichel (Pelecus) 

 Loaches (Gobitis, etc.)— African Loaches (Kneriidce) — Characinoid Fishes (Erythrinidoe) 

 Cyprinodonts (Cyprinodontidce)— Double-Eyes (A nableps)— Blind-Fish (Ambbjopsidce) 

 Umbres ( Umbridce)— Pike (Esocidce)— African Beaked-Fish (Mormyridce)— Feather- 

 Backs (Notopteridce) — Southern Pikelets (Galaxiidai) — Arapaimas (Ostcoglossidev)— 

 A rapaima (. 1 ra paima)— Barbelled Arapaima ( Osteoghssum)— Small-Mouthed Arapaima 

 (//, /, rotis)— Moon-Eye (Hyodontidce) — Chisel-Jaw (Pantodontidce) — Beaked Salmon 

 (Gonorhynchidce)— The Scopeloids (Scopelidce)— Phosphorescent Scopeloids (Sternopty- 

 chidce and Stomateidce)— Silvery Light-Fish (Photichthys)— Hedgehog-Mouths (Echio- 

 doma)—Thi> Dorab (Chirocentridas) — Long-Finned Herring (Bathythrissidce) — The 

 Extinct Saurodonts (Enchodontidce, Sauroc t phalidce, etc.)— The Herring Tribe (Clupeider) 

 -Typical Group (C'^pea)— Fresh- Water Herrings (Diplomystus)— Anchovies (Engraulis) 



