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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Poisonous Fishes — Cont'd. 

 Chevallier, - Add. 1856.1; Edwards, J. 

 Add. 1884.1; Raillet, A. Add. 1895.1; 

 Rostoshinski, R. P. Add. 1892.1; Sav- 

 chenko, P. Add. 1882.1; Simsohn, J. S. 

 Add. 1887.1 ; Spofforth, J. L. Add. 1886.-1 ; 

 Wilson, J. P. Add. 1887.1. 



Poisoning from eating liver of — shark. 

 Coutaud, H. 1879.1. — Diodon. Richard- 

 son, J. 1861.1. — sword-fish. Morrow, C. 

 H. Add. 1896.1. 



Poisoning cases from eating roe or eggs 

 of — Barbus meridionalis. Pellegrin, J. & 

 Glaize, E. P. 1903.1. — herring. Belin, J. 

 Add. 1S.S6.1. — "rolled roe." Bondareff, 

 P. G. Add. 1898.1. 



Poisoning from, eating the bonito (Gymno- 

 sarda). Morvan, A. Add. 1857.1. 



"Ciguatera," in West Indies. Pro- 

 duced chiefly by puffers, filefishes, and 

 toadfishes. Chisholm, C. 1808.1; Fer- 

 guson, W. 1823.1; •Hill, R. 1868.1; 

 Meyer, F. D. 1805.1; Moreau de Jonn^s, 

 A. 1819.1; Morton, C. 1865.1; Parra, 



A. 1787.1; •Poey, F. 1865.1; Angulta 

 i Stilven, V. Add. 1897.1; Desports, J. 



B. Add. 1770.1; •Fonssagrives, J. B. & 

 Merioourt, L. Add. 1861.1; Janijre, S. 

 Add. 1831.1; Oldendorps, -. Add. 1777.1; 

 Rogers, J. M. Add. 1899.1; Ulloa, A. 

 Add. 1772.1; Chevalier, J. D. Pre-Linn. 

 1752.1; Locke, J. L. Pre-Linn. 1675.1; 

 Martyr, P. Pre-Linn. 1504.1. — Poison- 

 ing by barracuda. Pl^e, - Add. 1829.1. 



Tetrodon poisoning, chiefly in 

 Japan. Bennett, G. 1870.1; Goertz, A. 

 1878.1; Osbeck, P. 1765.1, 1771.2; Pappe, 



C. W. 1854.1; •Remy, C. 1883.1; Schreit- 

 miiller, W. 1910.14; •Salanone-Ipin, H. 

 Add. 1889.1. 



Researches on nature, chemical composi- 

 tion and physiological action of Tetrodon 

 poison. Tahara, Y. 1910.1, Add. 1896.1, 

 1912.1; Takahashi, D. & Inoko, Y. 1889.1, 

 1892.1; Hayashi, H. & Muto, K. Add. 

 1901.1; Miura, M. & Takesaki, K. Add. 

 1890.1. 



Miscellaneous, text in Japanese or Rus- 

 sian. Akashi, T. 1880.1; Noro, K. 1880.1; 

 Furuya, -. Add. 1881.1; Gubareff, P. M. 

 Add. 1882.1; Osawa, K. Add. 1884.1; 

 Takei, S. Add. 1831.1; Yamawaki, G. 

 Add. 1883.1. 



Various locahties. Cases of poisoning 

 by eating, and lists of poisonous fishes of 



— southern Pacific Ocean. Anderson, W. 

 1776.1; Brenchiey, J. L. 1873.1; Wilson, 

 J. Add. 1799.1. — Mauritius I. Baird, 

 S. F. 1872.26; Sonnerat, P. & Meunier, 

 V. 1774.1. — Dutch East Indies. Moreau 

 deJonnfes, A. 1821.1; Woods, J. E. 1888.1. 



— New South Wales. Pattison, G. J. 

 1872.1. — New Caledonia. Roux, - (Jr.) 

 1860.1. — Philippine Is., by Spheroides. 

 Seale, A. 1912.2, Add. 1912.1. — Mediter- 

 ranean. Slymnin, N. V. Add. 1892.1. — 

 Marshall Is. Steinbach, -. Add. 1895.1. 



Belief in tropics that exposure to moon 

 renders fishpoisonous. Goode, G.B. 1879.8; 

 Bryant, E. G. Add. 1912.1; Hutchins, 



D. E. Add. 1912.1. 



POST-BRANCHIAL BODY 



Called also Suprapericardial body. 



For related Structures, see Thymus, and 

 Thyroid glands. 



Morphology of the post-branchial body, 

 Bemmelen, J. F. 1886.1; Giacomini, E. 

 1909.1, 1912.1; Herrmann, G. & Verdun, 

 P. 1900.1; Maurer, F. 1886.1; Supino, E. 

 1907.2; •Thompson, F. D. 1910.1. 



PREDATORY FISHES 



For the reverse, i. e. animals destructive to 

 fishes, see Noxious organisms under Pisciculture. 



For a related topic, see Poisonous fishes. 



Miscellaneous or popular articles on vo- 

 racity of fishes. Anderson, A. 1879.1; Korn- 

 huber, G. A. 1901.1; Steele, R. L. 1876.1. 



Means of defense and attack, popular 

 acc'ts. Brilning, C. 1903.2; Coupin, H. 

 1913.1; •Cu6not, L. 1898.1; Faussek, 

 V. A. 1908.1; Lonnberg, A. J. 1901.4. 



Effects of wounds produced by sting-ray, 

 Trygon. Aubert, H. 1861.1; Dumfoil, A. 

 H. 1S65.4; Mordeeai, E. R. 1860.1. 

 — Wounds made by garfish, Belone. Miih- 

 lens, P. 1904.1. 



Barracuda dangerous to man. Brenchiey, 

 J. L. 1873.1. — Devil-fish (Ceratoptera) 

 interfering with submarine diver. Anon. 60. 



Cutting of a cable at Singapore by a saw- 

 fish (Pristis). Anon. 478. 



Serrasalmo (Caribe) attacking men. 

 Eigenmann, 0. H. 1915.2; Paez, R. 

 1862.1; Roosevelt, T. 1914.1; Anon. 251; 

 Lange, A. Add. 1912.1; Woodroffe, J. F. 

 Add. 1914.1. 



Sharks as man-eaters. Lucas, F. A. 

 1916.1; Smith, H. M. 1905.6, 1916.2; 

 Swan, J. O. 1880.1; Griffen, S. Add. 

 1881.1. 



Notes on the voracity of sharks. Dum&il, 

 A. H. 1865.4; Verney, (Lady) 1874.1; 

 Anon. 252; Adams, A. Add. 1848.1; 

 Becke, L. Add. 1905.1. 



Swordfish in stomach of Carcharias. At- 

 wood, N. E. 1864.3. — Human remains 

 in stomach of Carcharodon. Condorelli-Fr., 

 M. & Perrando, G. 1909.1. —Acc'ts of 

 sharks attacking boats. Foulis, R. 1852.1; 

 Putnam, F. W. 1874.9. 



Swordfishes attacking vessels, and 

 fighting whales. Vessels pierced by 

 weapon. Gray, J. E. 1871.1; M'Calmont, 

 R. 1844.1; Thompson, W. 1844.3; S., 

 J. M. Add. 1835.1. — Refs. in Pre-Linn. 

 section. Baeck; A. 1748.1; Josselyn, J. 

 1674.1; Mortimer, C. 1744.1. — Man 

 killed in boat attacked. Wilcox, W. A. 

 1887.2. 



Acc'ts of fights with whales. Liitken, C. 

 F. 1877.3; Maclaren, M. 1909.1; Anon. 

 313. — Alleged cooperation of fox-shark. 

 Alopecias, in these attacks. Day, F. 1881.2 

 (p. 66). — Pre-Linn. refs. Cooke, E. 

 1712.1; Hawkins, R. 1622.1; Josselyn, J. 

 1674.1; N. 1791.1. 



Voracious habits of various preda- 

 tory fishes. The titles of the following 

 papers indicate voracity in the following 

 species. 



