catfishes, 
Old World, 401 
sea, 397, 398* 
spine of, 396 
Catostomide, 390 
Catostomus, 393 
pharyngeal teeth of, 394 
Caularchus, 70, 738* 
Caulophryne, 751* 
causes of dispersion, 127 
cavallas, 481, 487-507 
cave-fish, 420 
Cayuga Lake, lampreys of, 
173-178 
centers of distribution, 97 
central fact of distribution, 95 
Centrarchide, 5 2 
Centriscide, 449 
Centropomus, 133* 
Cephalacanthide, 669 
Cephalacanthus, 668* 
Cepolide, 577 
Ceratias, 751* 
Ceratiide, 750 
Ceratocottus, 655* 
Ceratodontide, family of, 239 
Ceratodus, teeth of, 240* 
Ceratoscopelus, 356* 
Cerdalide, 726 
Cestraciont sharks, teeth of, 
188* 
Cetomimus, 355* 
Cetorhinide, family of, 196 
Cetorhinus, 197* 
Chetodipterus, 134*, 612* 
Chetodon, 613* 
Chetodontide, 613 
Chamsodontide, 575 
Chanide, 271 
Channa, 585* 
channel-bass, 569 
channel-cat, 398 
channel-catfish, 399* 
Chanos, 272* 
characters of Elasmobranchs, 
181 
charr, 330 
Chauliodus, 352* 
Cheilodipteride, 493 
Cheilodipterus, 494* 
Chiasmodon, 27*, 574* 
Chiasmodontide, 574 
Chilomycterus, 634* 
Chimera, 222* 
chimeras, 218-223 
Dean on, 220 
relationship of, 220 
skeleton of, 221* 
Woodward on, 219 
Chimeridz, family of, 221 
China-fishes, 585 
chirivita, 616 
Chirostoma, 138*, 434* 
Index 
Chirothricide, 356 
Chirothrix, 273 
Chlamydoselachide, 
of, 186 
Chlamydoselachus, 186* 
Chlarias, 404* 
Chlariide, 403 
Chlevastes, 86 
chogset, 598 
Chologaster, 419* 
Chondrostei, order of, 253 
Chondrosteus, 254* 
Chonerhinide, 632 
chopa blanco, 564 
chopa spina, 560 
Chromides, 591-607 
suborder, 591 
chub mackerel, 476 
chub of Great Basin, 388* 
chub of Pacific slope, 388 
chub-sucker, 124%, 391* 
chum, 295 
Cichlidze, 591 
ciguatera, 54, 56, 57, 549, 
22, 624 
Cirrhitide, 577 
Cirrhitus, 578* 
cisco, 289, 290* 
Cladistia, order of, 231 
Cladoselache, 183* 
Clark, handwriting and 
sketch by, 348* 
classification 
of bony fishes, 265 
of Dipnoans, 238 
of Elasmobranchs, 181 
of Ganoids, 249 
climbing-fish, Gill on, 580 
climbing-perch, 580* 
clingfishes, 70*, 737, 738* 
sucking-disks of, 70 
Clupea, 140%, 275* 
Clupeide, 275: 
Clupeoidea, 268 
coalfish, 649 
cobbler-fish, 491 
cobia, 497 
Cobitopside, 439 
Cobitopsis, 439* 
cockeye-pilot, 594* 
codfishes, 140*, 740* 
dwarf, 743 
eggs of, 741 
Ccelacanthus, 230* 
coho, 295 
collecting, methods of, 158 
collection of fishes, 157-162 
Colocephali, suborder of, 371 
Colorado River trout, 329* 
coloration, 
effect of spirits on, 88 
intensity of, 85 
nuptial, 83 
family 
TIT 
coloration, 
recognition-marks, 84 
sexual, 83 
variation of pattern, 88 
colors of fishes, 79-89 
Columbia, 457* 
Comephoride, 666 
common 
eel, 366* 
filefish, 54*, 626* 
skate, 209* 
sturgeon, 255* 
sucker, 393* 
sunfish, 6*, 516* 
conejo, 482 
conger-eels, 368, 369* 
' larva of, 369* 
Congrogadide, 729 
continents, map of, 92 
coral-reef fishes, 88 
coral reefs, at Apia, 87* 
Corax, teeth of, 200% 
Coregonus, 130*, 286, 287%, 
288* 
cormorant fishing, 142*, 143, 
144*, 339 
Whitney on, 339 
comnet-fishes, 448 
coronado, 488 
corsair, 641 
Corynolophus, 60* 
Coryphena, 502 
Coryphenoides, 746* 
Cottide, 652 
Cottus, 657* 
Cowfish, 627* 
skeleton of, 31*, 629* 
cow-shark, 184* 
crab-eater, 497 
Prime on, 497 
Craniomi, suborder of, 667 
crappie, 387, 512*, 513* 
cravo, 459 
creekfish, 391* 
crested bandfishes, 506 
Cristivomer, 337* 
croakers, 565-578 
Crossognathide, 439 
Crossopterygian fish, 228%, 
233% 
fins of, 227 
Crossopterygians, orders of, 
228 
Crossopterygii, 224-234 
Cryptacanthodes, 726* 
Cryptacanthodide, 726 
Cryptopsaras, 750* 
Cryptotomus, 602* 
crystal 
darter, 528* 
goby, 677 
Crystallaria, 528* 
Crystallias, 665* 
