668 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



as respiratory organ, 582, 

 583; producing sound, 

 594 ; air volume, 601 



Air-saes, 5S5 



Aisne R., 566 



Aitutaki I., 456 



Aix 540 



Akabah, Gulf of, 435 



Akyab, 436 



Alabama, palaeontology, 

 532, 536; fauna, 425; 

 fisheries, 477; piscicul- 

 ture, 563, 569 



Aland Is., fauna, 451; 

 fisheries, 487 



Alaska, fauna, 424; fish- 

 eries, 471, 473, 475; 

 fishing, 488; pisciculture, 

 569 



Alba, 541 



Albania, 453 



Albany, 519 



Albermarle Sound, 563 



Albert Coal Mine, 532 



Albert Edward Nyanza, 

 Lake, 421 



Albert Nyanza (Lake), 421 



Albinism, 393 



Albrecht (Archduke), 565 



Albufera de Valencia (La- 

 goon), 452 



Albula, 594, 626 



Albulidae, 594, 626 



Albumin, 528 



Alburnus, 635; in aquaria, 

 377; guanin, 465, 510, 

 511; hearing, 501; hy- 

 brids, 506 



Alcohol, effectis of, 553 



Aldabra I., 437 



Aldrovandi Coll., 518 



Alectis, 572 



Alepidosauridse, 642 



Alepidosaurus, 642 



Alepocephalus, 594 



Aleppo, 439 



Aleria, 542 



Ales, 540 



Alestes. 377, 634 



Aleutian Is., 424 



Alewife — see Pomolobus 



Alexandria, 421 



Alexandrovsk, 470 



Alfaro, 376 



Algaj, 560 



Algeria, salt lakes, 406; 

 fauna, 421; fisheries, 462, 

 475; palaeontology, 536, 

 538, 540; fishes intro- 

 duced, 556, 558, 559; 

 piscicultiu'e, 564 



Alimentary Canal, 364- 

 367 ; connection with air- 

 bladder, 363 ; intestine, 

 365, 366; oesophagus, 

 365; oral cavity, 365; 

 pharynx, 365; stomach, 

 365, 366; parasites of, 

 403, 404, 545, 546, 548; 

 abnormalities, 603 



Alkaloids, effects of, 552 



Alkaline media, 552 



AUis Shad — see Clupea 

 alosa 



AUotriognathi, 590, 625 



Alopecias — see Alopias 



Alopias, 366, 390, 496, 575, 

 604, 619 



Alosa (A. sapidissima) , 

 499, 502, 504, 515, 517, 

 602; embryology, 415; 

 fisheries, 474, 479; food 

 of, 492, 493; hybrids, 

 507; culture, 554, 555, 

 562, 563, 569; introduc- 

 tion, 558; breeding habits, 

 576, 577; skeleton, 589; 

 natural history and oc- 

 currence, 626 



Alps Mts., 452 



Alsace, fauna, 446; fish- 

 eries, 483; palaeontology, 

 535, 536, 539, 540, 541; 

 pisciculture, 562, 567 



AltaiMts., 436, 438 



Altamaha R., 427 



Altin, Lake, 438 



Altona, 468 



Alveoli, 522, 523 



Ahordius, 375 



Amatitlan, Lake, 431 



Amazon R., fauna, 433, 

 434, 435 ; fishing methods, 

 489, 491; marine fishes 

 in, 552 



Ambassinae, 649 



Ambassis, 375, 577; tax- 

 onomy, 649 



Ambi-yacu R., 433 



Ambloplites, 373 



Amblyopsidee, 380, 509, 

 643 



Amblyopsis, 375, 580, 643; 

 brain, 385, 387; ear and 

 hearing, 501, 643; eye, 



525, 643 

 Amblypharyngodon, 377 

 Amblypterus, 458 

 Amboina I., 455 

 Ameloblasts, 397 

 America — see respectively 



Central America, North 

 America, and South 

 America 



American Fisheries Society, 

 476 



American Museum of 

 Natural History, 519 



American Shad — see Alosa 

 sapidissima 



Amia, 365, 369, 381, 395, 

 401, 559, 624; adhesive 

 organs, 362, 363; intes- 

 tine, 366; in aquaria, 

 373; brain, 385, 387, 388 

 circulation, 390, 391 

 embryology, 409, 410, 

 411, 413, 414; fins, 460, 

 461; economic uses, 465 

 food, 492; habits, 499 

 lateral line, 511; muscles, 

 520; nerves, 524, 525 



526, 527; pancreas, 543 

 reproduction, 576, 579 



respiration, 582, 584; 

 skeleton, 589; skull, 592, 

 593; sense of smell, 594; 

 spleen, 597; suprarenals, 

 597; teratology, 603; uri- 

 nogenital system, 609; 

 vertebral column, 612 



Amiens, 445 



Amiatidse — see Amiidae 



Amiidffi, 624, 649 



Amioidei, 401, 612 



Amiopsis, 624 



Amiurus, 364, 366, 370, 

 409, 415, 498, 499, 509, 

 512, 553, 589, 596, 605, 

 606, 609, 637; in aquaria, 

 378; circulatory system, 

 389, 391; lateral line, 

 511; nervous system, 

 522, 525, 526; introduc- 

 tion, 556; nests, 579; 

 suprarenals, 597, 598 ; 

 fins, 603 ' 



Ammer S.ee, 446 



Ammocmtes, 365, 511, 543, 

 605, 606; anatomy, 368; 

 membranous labjTinth, 

 380; brain, 385; circula- 

 tory system, 389; heart, 

 ■ 502; liver, 512; nervous 

 system, 524, 525, 526; 

 olfactory organs, 527; 

 spinal cord, 596; excre- 

 tory organs, 608; natural 

 history and metamor- 

 phosis, 616; adult form 

 — see Petromyzon 



Ammocrypta, 648 



Ammodytes, 385, 415, 493, 

 572, 645; spawning, 577, 

 578 ; respiration, 583 ; 

 Tobias fish, 605 



Ammodytidae, 645 



Amniota, 361 



Ammba mucicola (parasiet) , 

 550 



Amole (fish poison) , 489 



Amphioxididae, 615 



Amphioxides, 367, 615 



Amphioxus, 365, 366, 375, 

 381, 382, 383, 385, 387, 

 416, 418, 458, 499, 500, 

 512, 515, 527, 553, 575, 

 577, 596, 599, 606, 615; 

 anatomy, 367; circula- 

 tory system, 389, 391; 

 embryology, 409^13; 

 hermaphroditism, 504 ; 

 muscles, 520 ; nervous 

 system, 522, 523, 524, 

 526; oogenesis, 529; re- 

 spiratory organs, 584, 

 585; spinal cord, 596; 

 urinogenital system, 607; 

 notochord, 611; visceral 

 skeleton, 612 



AmphipnoidsB, 590 



Amphipnous, 389, 585,, 593 



Amphiprion, 395 



Amphiptyches (parasite), 

 545 



" Amphirhinie," 527 



