Aalesund, 467 



AbbeviUe, 4-i5 



Abden Bone Bed, 533 



Abdominal arteries, 390 



Abdominal cai-ity, 597, 603 



Abdominal Fores, 361, 

 362, 60S 



Aberdeen, 482 



Ablette — see Albumus 



Abnormalities — see Ter- 

 atology 



Abramidopsis, 505, 506 



Abramis, in aquaria, 377; 

 embryologj', 415; food of, 

 492; size, 49S; hybrids, 

 505, 506; abnormal fins, 

 603; buccal occlusion, 

 604; "Mopskopf," 604; 

 natural historj- and oc- 

 ■ currence, 635 



Absorption. 551 



Abyssinia, 421 



Acantharchus, 373 



Acanthias, anatomy, 368 ; 

 brain, 385, 386; circula- 

 tory system, 389, 390; 

 embryology, 414; eye, 

 419; head, 500; muscles, 

 520; ner^'ous system, 524, 

 527; ovum, 528; in fresh- 

 water, 552 ; viviparity, 

 581; suprarenals, 598; 

 abnormal dentition, 602; 

 accessory fins, 603; pel- 

 \-ic plexus, 604 ; proneph- 

 ros, 60S; ^'isceral skele- 

 ton, 612 



Acanthicus, 637 



Acanthocephala (parasites), 

 546 



Acanthocephalus, 377 



Acanthodei, 398, 458, 617 



Acanthodes, 550, 617 



Acanthodidse, 617 



Acanthopsidae, 525 



Acanthopteri, 588 



Acanthopterygii, 647-661 ; 

 anatomy, 369; in aqua- 

 ria, 373 f ; membranous 

 labyrinth, 380; embry- 

 ology, 414, 415; fin rays, 

 458; food, 492, 493; 

 habits, 499; ova and 

 larvae, 572; breeding, 576, 

 577; sexual dimorphism, 

 587; skeleton, 590; skull, 

 593; taxonomy, 647 



Acara. 374, 651 



FINDING INDEX! 



Acaropsis, 651 



Aceessorj- branchial or- 

 gans, 584, 585 



Acclimatization — see In- 

 troduction 



Accommodation, 613, 614 



Aceriim, 375, 507, 550, 610, 

 648 



Acestrorhynchus, 377 



Achanarras Quarry, 532 



Achirus, 461 



Acids, 403, 551, 552, 595; 

 for preserving, 468 



Acipenser, 362, 388, 398, 

 623; adhesive organ, 363; 

 mouth, 365; intestine, 

 366; anatomy, 368, 369; 

 in aquaria, 373; brain, 

 385, 387, 388; circulatory 

 system, 390, 391; albin- 

 ism, 393; scales, 401, 

 402; embryology, 411- 

 414; fins, 460, 461; eco- 

 nomic uses, 465, 466; 

 fisheries, 475; food, 492; 

 heart, 502; lateral line, 

 511; liver, 512; nerves, 

 524, 527; olfactory or- 

 gans, 527; micropyles, 

 529; pancreas, 543; mi- 

 grations, 552; culture, 

 563; breeding habits, 576, 

 577; respiratory organs, 

 584; skeleton. 589; skull, 

 593; spinal cord, 596; 

 spleen, 597; suprarenals, 

 597, 598; tactile organs, 

 599; teratology, 603, 604; 

 thymus glands, 605 ; urin- 

 ogenital system, 609, 

 610; vertebral column, 

 611; 612 



Acipenseridse, 398, 623 



Acipenseroidei , 622 — see 

 Chondrostei 



Acqui, 541 



Acronurus, 572 



Acrolus, 646 



Actinopterygii, 401 



Actinotrichia, 458 



Acustico-lateral system, 525 



Adaptations, 362, 394, 

 395, 493, 551, 552 



Aden, Gulf of, 435 



Adenine, 595 



Adenoid organ, 365; ade- 

 noid tissue, 391 



Adhesive Disk; 362, 510 



Adhesive eggs, 555 

 Adhesive Organs, 362 f. 



Adirondack Mts., 429 



Adolpho-Friderioi, Mus., 

 519 



Adour R., 445 



Adrenal — see Suprarenal 



Adrenalin, 598 



Adriatic Sea, fauna, 448, 

 449; fisheries, 480, 485; 

 plankton surveys, 571 



^oliscus, 589 



" Aesohe" — see Thymallus 



iEstivation, 363 



^theospondyli, 612 



Aetobatus, 398, 492, 581, 

 620 



Afghanistan, 435 



Afognak I., 562 



Africa, fauna, 363, 378, 

 404, 491, 420-423, 491, 

 580; markets, 468; fish- 

 eries, 475, 482; fishing, 

 489, 490; palaeontology, 

 532-542; fishes intro- 

 duced, 556-559, 564 



Africa, British Central, 423 



Africa, British East, 421 



Africa, French Equatorial, 

 421 



Africa, German East, fauna, 

 421; palaeontology, 536, 

 540 



Africa, German Southwest, 

 423 



Africa, Portuguese East, 

 fauna, 421 ; palaeontology, 

 540 



Africa, Portuguese West, 

 fauna, 423 ; palaeontology, 

 538 



African Lungfish — see Pro- 

 topterus 



Age, 496 — see also Growth 



Agmatine, 595 



Agoni, 517 



Agonidae, 658 



Agonostontus, 379 



Agonus, 375, 415, 496, 529 



Agriopiis, 369 



Ainsty E,., 442 



Air Bladder, 363, 364; 

 connection with mem- 

 branous labyrinth, 380; 

 veins, 391; relation to 

 equilibrium, 502; color, 

 510; relation to nerves, 

 527; parasites of, 546; 



1 Fieures refer to the pages of the Subject Index,' and those in black type refer to the most 

 important reference under the subject. Headings of the main divisions of the Morphological Section 

 jire set in black type, words in italics are names of genera and species, all other names arc in Roman. 



