Mare's tail, Hippurus vulgaris* 199 



Marine animals, feeding the 321 



Marine aquaria and inmates, aeration, etc... 289 



arranging the 290 



aeration of the sea water for 290 



artificial sea water 291 



hydrometer and other tools, 



283, 292 



temperature of 292 



plants for 292 



care of 320 



filters 321 



tools 324, 32S 



Marine fauna 298 



molluscs as scavengers 316, 323 



worms and leeches or Vermes. . .303, 304 



Marsilea or water clover 212, 213 



natans 212 



Maruko goldfish 11 



Mating the goldfish 90, 91, 99 



Maturity of goldfishes 101 



Messmates and true parasites 145 



Methods of breeding goldfishes 98 



goldfish culture 103 



Microscope in treatment of diseases 137, 144 



Mineral constituents supplied to aquarium 



water 176 



salts in aquaria 139 



Minnows, N. procne, N. analostanus, etc.* ... 82 



Mites, Ticks, etc., parasites 152 



Mixed food for fishes 126 



Molluscoida, or marine polyzoa 304 



Molluscs, freshwater univalve and bivalve*, 



217, 218 



reproductive methods 218, 219 



diagrams of snails and mussels*, 



217, 219 

 univalves and bivalve, marine, 



313, 314, 315 



Univalves, marine 



Smooth limpet, A. testudinalis . . 

 Slipper limpet, C. fornicata .... 



Periwinkle, L. irrorata 



Natica, N. duplicata 



Dove shell, C. lunata 



Welks, N. obsoleta, N. trivittata 



and B. undatum 313, 314 



Bivalves, marine 



Clam, razor, E. directus 



Clam, soft, M. truncata 



Clam, trough, M. soHdissina. . . . 

 Clam, boring, P. pkoladiformis . 



Clam, cockle, A. transversa 



Clam, quahog, V, mercinaria 



Mussel, edible, M. edulis 



Mussel, horse, M. plicatulus . 



Mussel, jingle, A. simplex 



Scallop, common, P. irradiana.. 

 Squids, O. sagittatus and L. pealii 316 



Molluscs, parasites of 147 



Mud puppy, NecUirus maculosus 338 



Muddy water remedy for sick fishes 176 



Mullet or chub-sucker, E. sucetta* 156, 82 



parasites of 156 



Mussels, classification and descriptions of 



freshwater 240 to 245 



Spcerium simile, S. rivicola, S. stria- 



tinum, etc.* 240 



Pisidium compressum, P. abditum, 



etc.* 241 



Unio complanatus* 242 



Lampsilis radiatum. L. ochrasus 



and L. cariosus* 242 



Anadonta cataracta and A. impU- 



cata* 243, 244 



Margaritana margaritifera, and M. 



marginata 245 



Moneywort, creeping Jenny, etc 203 



MonselFs salt and other remedies 133 



treatment for Black fungus 137 



for disinfection, etc 144 



Mosquito larvae as fish food 123 



Mussels and snails, freshwater 217 



Mussels, general remarks on 246 



Myriophyllum and proserpinaca* 189 



for freshwater aquaria, 



183, 189. 190 

 spicatum. Spiked water-milfoil* 189 

 verticillatum, Whorled-milfoil* 190 

 alternifolia. Loose-flowered mil- 

 foil 190 



nitschei. Full-branching milfoil 190 

 proserpinacoides, P a r r o t's 



feather* 190 



Myxoholus cyprini, a protozoan parasite*.... 155 

 Myxosporidium genus incert, a protozoan para- 

 site* 155 



Natural food for fishes 31, 118 



collecting of 124 



preserving 124 



propagating _. 125 



Nasturtium, Loosestrife or Ludwigia* 192 



Nematoda or Roundworms* 149 



Nemertina, or Marine worms 303 



N emeries socialis, etc 



Tetrastemma arenicola 



Cosmocephala ochracea 



Polina glutinosa 



Nets, separate nets, etc., for diseased fishes., 144 



aquarium tools 283, 325 



Newts and salamanders 337 



Niagara snails* 233, 234 



Nichols. Prof. W. R., Water supply, chemical 



and sanitary 174 



Nin-Eubk-Yu goldfishes 66 



Nitella and chara, for freshwater aquaria, 



183, 194, 195 



flexilis, Flexible nitella* 194 



gracilis^ Slender nitella* 194, 195 



tenuissima. Clustered nitella*. . . 194 



planting in the aquarium 195 



as an oxygenator 195 



Nitric acid treatment for tailrot 140 



Notropis procne, N. cornutus, etc., the Min- 

 nows 82 



Nourishing food for diseased fishes 137 



Number of fishes for the aquarium 30, 32 



to be mated 99 



Nymphae, dwarf lilies for freshwater aquaria. 212 



or water lilies 213 



Odor and taste of aquarium water 176 



Ophidia or snakes 340 



Open air rearing of young goldfishes 100, 104 



Origin of the goldfish 11 



Ornamental aquarium plants 212 



Ostracoda, sub-order of Crustacea* 120 



Outdoor tanks and basins in winter 104 



tanks to greenhouse* 104 



Ouvirandra, as aquarium plants* 212 



finistr'alis, Madagascar lace plant 212 

 bernieriana, Bernier's Madagas- 

 car lace plant 212 



Oxygen in water 26, 178 



Oxygen as an antiseptic 177 



Paints, etc., for aquaria 280 



Papyruses and cypera 213 



Pantotrichum lagenula, an infusorian para- 

 site* 157 



Paradise fish, the Indian* 71 



to destroy hydra 248 



Paradise or Barnacled goldfish* 51 



Parasites and parasitic diseases 145 



of fishes, how acquired 146 



vegetable, treatment 165 



Parasiticides 159 



Parasitic algse 161, 165 



plant fungi 162, 166 



diseases, prevention of 159 



Parrot's feather, M. proserpinacoides* 190 



Pennant, Systema Natural 11 



Perch, Pike-perch, etc 85 



parasites of 147, 154, 156 



Periodicals, aquarium and fish-culture 355, 365 



Permanganate of Potassium and other reme- 

 dies ; 133 



treatment for White fungus.. 136 



Black fungus 137 



fin congestion 140 



tail-rot 140 



injuries of fishes 144 



animal parasites 160 



Phenol-sodique and other remedies 133 



treatment for Twitters 138 



for tail-rot 140 



for injuries of fishes 144 



Philotria, see Anacharis 196 



Photographing fishes 86 



Picric acid treatment for parasitic diseases.. '160 



Pike, parasites of 147, 154, 156 



Pike, pike-perch, bass, etc 85 



Pickerel weeds 213 



Piebald or Tiger Telescope goldfish* 58 



Pisces, or fishes 14, 317 



Piscicola fundula, the carp leech* 151 



Pistia stratiotes, or water-lettuce 212 



Plans of fish farms* 106, 108 



Plants, aquatic of freshwater 183 



Plants for the terrarium 331 



the marine aquarium 293 to 298 



Green marine, algae 293 



Sea Lettuce, U. lactuca 293 



Green Laver, U. latissima 293 



Purple Laver, P. vulgaris 293 



Band weed, E. compressa .... 294 

 Gut weed, E. intestinalis 293 



382 



