CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTEE XVIII. 



PAGK 



The Fishes of the Brackish "Water . . .2.51 



CHAPTEE XIX. 

 The Distribution of Marine Fishes . . .255 



Shore-fislies, Pelagic, and Deep-sea fishes, 255 — List of Shore-fislies, 

 257 — Oceanic arese as determined by Shore-fishes, 259 — Distri- 

 bution of Shore-fishes compared with that of Freshwater-fishes, 

 260 — I. Arctic Ocean, 261 — II. Northern Temperate Zone, 262 

 —Temperate North-Atlantic, 262— with British, 263— Medi- 

 terranean, 264 — andNorth American districts, 266 — Temperate 

 North-Pacific, 268 — with Kamtschatkan, 269^Japanese, 270 

 — and Californian districts, 271 — illl. Equatorial Zone, 272 — 

 with Tropical Atlantic, 278 — Indo-Pacrfic Ocean, 278 — and 

 the Pacific Coasts of Tropical America, 279 — IV. Southern 

 Temperate Zone, 281 — with the Cape of Good Hope, 283 — 

 South Australia and New Zealand, 283 — Chile, 288 — and 

 Patagonia, 289 — V. Antarctic Ocean, 289. 



CHAPTEE XX. 

 Distribution of Pelagic Fishes . . . 292 



CHAPTEE XXI. 

 The Fishes of the Deep Sea . . . . 296 



Deep-sea fishes a recent discovery, 296 — Physical conditions affect- 

 ing these fishes, 297 — Characteristics of Deep-sea fishes, 299 — 

 Their vertical and horizontal distribution, 304— List of Deep- 

 sea fishes, 305. 



