Pike, Pike-perch, etc 85 



Basilewsky, M. Nouveau Memoirs 14 



Basin construction for fishes 103 



and pool culture of goldfishes 103 



Baster, M. Opusculus suhsiciva 11 



Batracia, frogs and toads 333 



mud puppy and hellbender 338 



Beardsly, A. E., on hydra 248 



Beginners, advice to 32 



donHs for 351,352,353 



Bernier's Madagascar lace plant 212 



Best aquarium snails 238 



mussels 246 



Better aeration for diseased fishes 140 



Bibliography of literature cited 362 



Bichloride of Mercury treatment of fish dis- 

 eases 133 



for tailrot 140 



for disinfection, etc 144 



for parasites 160 



Bird and Mammal parasites 149 



Black fungus on fishes, and treatment 136 



Black-nosed dace, R. cataractes^ 75 



Black or Moor Telescope goldfish* 57 



Bladderwort or Utricularia* 204 



Bleeker, Dr. P., Atlas Ichthiologique 14 



Bloch, Dr. Elieser, Ichthiologie 12 



description of goldfishes. 12 



Blood, circulation of the* 19 



Blue Telescope goldfish, Chinese 60 



Boleosoma nigrum olmstedi, the Tesselated 



darter* 80 



Boracic acid and other remedies 133 



acid treatment 



acid for eye inflammation 142 



acid for parasites 160 



Bottle-brush, Joint-weed, Mare's tail* 199 



Branchiopods, the young 119 



Branchipus stagnalis, the Spring-time shrimp* 118 



Breeds of goldfishes* 39 



Breeding goldfishes for color, etc 93 



fine goldfishes 42 



the goldfish 98 



establishment, specially equipped*. 107 



Buckland collecting can* 325 



Butler, Henry D., History of the Aquarium.. 25 



C abomba, or watershield, fanwort, etc 186 



for freshwater aquaria. .183, 186, 187 

 caroliniana, Carolina watershield* 186 

 rostsfolia, Red-stalked watershield. 187 

 aquatica, Tropical watershield. . . . 



planting in the aquarium 187 



as an oxygenator 



Calamus, acorus and sweet flags 213 



Calico or Mottled Goldfish* 53 



Callitriche, or water star-wort 204 



for freshwater aquaria 183 



verna, Spring water star-wort* — 204 

 bifida. Northern water star-wort.. 

 heterophylhtm. Larger water star- 

 wort 



austenii, Terrestial water star-wort 



for pond or basin culture 204 



planting in the aquarium 187 



Cape Fear river snails 235, 238 



Cyprinus aureus, the food carp 15 



Care of the freshwater aquarium 32 



marine aquarium 320 



marine consignments 323 



Carbonic acid gas in water 178 



Carp, the Scaled. Mirror 78 



Leather, Golden, Crusian, etc.*. .78, 79, 80 



food of the 80, 116 



parasites of the 147, 148, 156 



-lice or Argulidae* 152 



Castor Oil and other remedies 133 



treatment for constipation 138 



for fin congestion 139 



for tail-rot 140 



for swimming-bladder trouble .... 143 

 Catfish, the White, Horned Pout, Mad Tom, 



etc.* 84 



parasites of the 147, 156 



Cat, rat, frog, water snake, etc., as enemies.. 144 



Cat-tails or Typha 214 



Catostomuscommersonii, the Common Sucker* 81 



Caudal and anal fins of goldfishes* 97 



Celestial Telescope goldfish, Chinese* 60 



Cements, for wood aquaria 279, 280 



for zinc aquaria 



for brass and iron aquaria 



for marine aquaria 280 



for frameless aquaria 



for rockwork and tuftstone 



Ceratophyllum for freshwater aquaria 



183, 198, 199 

 demersum, common Hornwort* 198 



stihmersum and C. platyacan 



thum 198 



planting in the aquarium 199 



as an aquarium plant 198 



Cestoda or Tapeworms, parasites* 148 



Chastodon, M. chcetodon* 74 



Chandler, Prof. C. F., Report on Hudson 



river water 1 74 



Changing aquarium water 112 



Changes to colder and warmer weather for 



aquaria 33 



Chara and nitella, for freshwater aquaria... 



183, 194, 195 



coronata, crowned chara* 194 



gymnopus. Elegant chara* 195 



crinita, crumpled chara* 195 



Charcoal, deodorizing and antiseptic effect of 34 

 Chilian water-milfoil, M. proserpinacoides^ , . 190 



Chinese Telescope goldfishes* 52 



Blue Telescope goldfish 60 



Celestial Telescope goldfish* 60 



Eggfish* 61 



Lettered Telescope goldfish* 59 



Mottled Telescope goldfish* 53 



Moor Telescope goldfish* 57 



Piebald or Tiger Telescope goldfish* 58 



Tumbler goldfish* 62 



snail, V. stelmaphora 239 



Chlorate of potassium as an antiseptic 133 



treatment for diseases. 160 



for disinfection 144 



Chlorophyliaceae, low aquatic plant forms.,.. 165 

 Chromatophagus parasiticus, an infusorian 



parasite* 158 



Choui-Yu goldfishes 14, 66 



Chub, fall-fish or Corporal, S. corporal^*.,.* 7S 

 Chubsucker, the Brilliant or Mullet, E. sue- 



etta* 82 



Cladocera, sub-order of Crustacea* 119 



Cleaning the aquarium 29, 32 



objects for the aquarium 180 



Cleanliness to exterminate leeches and other 



parasites 151 



Coal oil and other remedies 133 



treatment for White fungus 135 



treatment for Black fungus 137 



Cold water effect on fishes Ill 



Collecting natural food 124 



in streams and ponds 85 



for the marine aquarium 323 



marine aquatic plants 323 



Colors of the common goldfish 40 



Combination fish foods 127 



Common American and European goldfishes* 39 



Comparisons of goldfish eyes, Ryder's 96 



Conditions of light for aquaria 171 



Confervje, Cladophora, etc 166 



Congestion of fins of fishes 139 



Consignments, receiving of marine 325 



Constant water flow in aquaria Ill 



level siphon 285 



Constipation of fishes, and treatment 138 



Constructing the aquarium 277 



Consumption in fishes, and treatment 141 



treatment with nourishing food 142 



Contents, table of, Index 377 



Contia necarix, an infusorian parasite* 158 



Copopoda, sub-order of the Crustacea* 121 



Coral, branch and reef. Madropores 302 



Chordata, M. manhattensis, etc 299, 316 



Corean goldfish 11 



Corporal or Fall-fish, Chub, Wind-fish, 5. cor- 



poralis 75 



Crayfishes, prawns, shrimp, crabs and lob- 

 sters* 122, 123 



parasites of 156 



Crustacea, freshwater forms 118 to 124 



or crustacean parasites* 152 



Crustaceans, marine forms 307 to 313 



Crab, blue, C. hastatus 



green, C. mcenus 



rock, C. irroratus 308 



Jonah, C. borealis 



mud, P. herbstii, etc 



lady, P. ocellatus 



sand, O. arenia 



stone, M. mercenaria . . . 309 

 Spider, Sea-spider, L. em- 



arginata, etc 



toad, H. coarctatus 



long-armed spider, L. 



pourtalesii _ 



hermit, S. pollicaris, etc.. 



fidler, G. minax, etc 



Oyster, P. ostreum 310 



scallop, P. maculatum . . 



sandbug, H. talpoida . . . 



King or Horse-shoe, L. 



Polyphemus 



378 



