FINDING INDEX 



689 



Marine fish farming, 564, 

 566 



Maritime Prov., Siberia, 

 439 



Markets, 468, 471, 4S0, 

 481, 488; transportation 

 to, 463; prices, 484 



Marking experiments, 516 

 — see also Migrations 



Marl, glacial, 542 



" Marl slate," 534 



Marlborough, 442 



Marne R., 557 



Marquesas Is., 456 



Marseilles, fauna, 445; 

 fisheries, 467, 472, 483; 

 mortality at, 516; plank- 

 ton sur\-ev, 571 



Marsh Coll., 519 



Marshall Is., 456, 574 



Marsipobranchii, 615 — see 

 also Cyclostomata 



Marsupium, 420, 578 



Martha's Vineyard 1., 428 



Martinique, 431 



Marutea, 456 



Marj-land, fauna, 42S; fish- 

 eries, 478; palaeontology, 

 531, 538, 540; piscicul- 

 ture, 569 



Masai R., 421 



Mashonaland, 423 



Massachusetts, 469, 515, 

 554, 576: fauna, 428; 

 fisheries, 478; museums, 

 519; palseontology, 534; 

 pisciculture, 561, 562, 

 563, 569 



MastacembelidEe, 661 



Mastacembelus, 379; taxon- 

 omy, 661 



Mating habits, 582 



Mattamuskeet, Lake, 429 



Matto Grosso, 433 



Maturation of ovum, 529 



Maturity, 587 



Maumee R., 427 



Mauritius I., 437, 574 



Maurolicus, 513, 514, 633 



Mauthner's fibers, 596 



Maximilian I., 462 



Maxinkuckee, Lake, 427 



Mayflies as food, 555 



Mazatlan, 432 



Mazon Creek, 532 



McCloud R., 426, 516, 562 



McDonald hatching appa- 

 ratus, 555 



Mecklenburg, 605 



Mediaeval literature, 505 



Medical Properties, 404, 

 408, 466, 514, 573 



Medical zoologies, 495 



Mediterranean Sea, expedi- 

 tions, 396; fauna, 396, 

 405, 448, 449, 574; fish- 

 eries, 474, 485; fish farm- 

 ing, 566; plankton sur- 

 veys, 571, 572 



Medulla, 387, 407, 413, 

 524, 597, 598; as respira- 

 tory center, 583 



Medusa-eater — see Sche- 



dophilus 

 Mi-gal ichlhys, 401, 622 

 Migalobrycon, 634 

 Majalops, 371, 379, 503, 



572, 625 

 Mcgistojyus, 491 

 Melanesia, 455 

 Melanism, 394 

 Mdaiiocetus, 661 

 Mdanostomus, 513 

 Melanotcmia, 645 

 Meleda I„ 439 

 Melianah, 564 

 Melrose, Scotland, 532 

 Membrana limitans, 419, 



524 

 Membrana nictitans, 419 

 Membrana reunions, 611, 



612 

 Membrane bones, 592, 593 

 Membranous labyrinth, 



anatomy and develop- 

 ment, 379, 380: as audi- 

 tory organ, 379, 380, 



501, 502; as equilibrium 



organ, 501, 502 

 Memory in fishes, 382 

 Menam R., 438 

 Mendota, Lake, 516 

 Menhaden — see Brevoortia 

 Menidia, 645; nerves, 524, 



526; ova, 529; skeleton, 



589 

 Meninges, 391, 524 

 Meuinx primitiva, 524 

 Mensuration — see Growth 

 Mentawi Is., 456 

 Menzaleh, 421 

 Merganser (bird), 488 

 Merluccius, 394, 409, 498, 



499; hake liver oil, 466; 



ova and larvae, 572, 577; 



fisheries and occurrence, 



647 

 Meroblastic cleavage, 411 

 Merocytes, 411 

 Merrimac R., 554 

 Mesencephalon, 387, 524, 



526 

 Mesenchyme, 390, 412, 509, 



510, 587, 612 

 Mesenteric arteries, 390 

 Mesenteric folds, 493 

 Mesoblast — see Mesoderm 

 Mesoderm, 401, 412, 458, 



509, 510, 515, 589 

 Mesogonistius, 415, 499; 



in aquaria, 373; sexual 



dimorphism, 587 

 Mesonauta, 374 

 Mesonephros, 598, 606, 



607, 608, 609 

 Mesopotamia, 439 

 Mesopterygium, 461 

 Mesozoic fossil fishes, 534— 



538 

 Messina, 451 

 Metabetchouan R., 425 

 Metabolism, 522, 551; of 



salmon, 630 

 Metachromatism, 394 



Metamerism, 500, 509, 

 514, 518, 591, 610 



Metanephros, 606, 607 



Metapterygium, 401 



Metencephalon, 387 



Methods — see Technique 

 and Methods 



Metynnis, 377 



Metz, 483 



Meuse R., 554, 565 



Mexican Sword-tail — • see 

 XiphophoTus 



Mexico (chiefly Gulf of), 

 516, 519, 556; fishing 

 methods, 372, 489, 491; 

 fauna, 425, 431, 432; 

 fisheries, 473 



" Michael Sars," 396, 486 



Michaelstein, 567 



Michigan (including Lake 

 Michigan), fauna, 425, 

 428; fisheries, 478; fishes 

 introduced, 558, 563; 

 pisciculture, 563, 564, 569 



Micralestes, 377 



Microcotyle (parasite), 545 



Microcyprini, 376, 376, 590, 

 642, 643 



MicTogadus, 647 



Micronesia, 456 



Micropterus, 371, 394, 419, 

 479, 493, 499, 545, 586, 

 648; embryology, 415; 

 food, 493 ; hibernation, 

 504; culture, 560, 561, 

 569; reproduction, 576; 

 nests, 579; skeleton, 590; 

 "Mopskopf," 604 



Micropyle, 528, 529 



MicrostominEe, 633 



Mid-brain, 387 — see also 

 Mesencephalon 



Middle America — see Cen- 

 tral America 



Middle I., N. Z., 457 



Midi, 483 



Migrations, 515, 516; in- 

 fluence of light, 382; 

 memory, 382 ; overland, 

 513; Palaeozoic migra- 

 tions, 515; marking ex- 

 periments, 516; parasites 

 as clue to, 543; marine 

 fishes, 552; temperature 

 effects, 602; of salmon, 

 630, 631 



Milan, 467, 518 



Milk R., 536 



Miller's Thumb — see 



Cottus 



Millions Fish — see Le- 



" Millstone Grit," 533 

 Milt, 505, 507, 595 

 Mimagoniates, 377 

 Mimicry, 393 

 Minas Geraes, 433 

 Mindo, 434 

 Minho R., 452 

 Minnesota, 428, 516, 544 

 Minnows, 492 — see also 

 Cyprinodontidae 



