CONTENTS. 



INTEODUCTOEY EEMAEKS. 



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Fish defined — Ichthyology defined .... 1 



CHAPTEE I. 



HiSTOEY AND LiTEKATURE 



Aristotle, 2 — Belon, 4 — Salviani, 5 — Eondelet, 6 — Faunists and 

 Anatomists of the Seventeenth Century, 7 — EayandWillughby, 

 8 — Artedi, 9 — Linnaeus, 10 — Gronow and Klein, 12 — Pupils 

 and Successors of Linnaeus, 12 — Bloch, 13 — Laoepfede, 15 — 

 Anatomists and Faunists preceding Cuvier, 16 — Cuvier, 17 — 

 Agassis, 20 — J. MuUer, 22 — Discovery of Ceratodus, 25 — Eecent 

 publications on Fishes, 26 — Latest systematic works, 33. 



CHAPTEE II. 



Topographical description of the External Parts of 



Fishes ........ 35 



Form of the body, 35^Extemal parts of the head, 36 — Trunk and 

 Tail, 39 — Fias ; their structure, position, and function, 40 — 

 Skin and Scales, 45. 



CHAPTEE III. 



Terminology and Topography of the Skeleton . 51 



Axial portion, 51 — Vertebra and its parts ; terms defined, 51 — 

 Skull ; bones topographically enumerated, 53 — Bones of the 

 limbs, 59 — Synonymic list of bones, 59. 



