694 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Palpebral apparatus, 419 



Pamir, 438 



Pan-American Exposition, 



466 

 Panama, fauna, 432, 580; 



palaeontology, 540 

 Pancreas, 403, 542, 543 

 Panguitch Lake, 569 

 Pantodon, 378, 491, 577, 



626 

 PantodontidEe, 594, 626 

 Papua, 455, 456 — see also 



New Guinea 

 Para, 519, 537 

 Paradise Fish — see Poly- 



acanthus 

 Paraglyphidodon, 375 

 Paragoniates, 377 

 Paraguay, 435 

 Parahyba, 537 

 Parahyba do Norte, 537 

 Paralepis, 642 

 Paralichthys, 657 

 Parambassis, 649 

 Parani, 433, 542 

 Paranagua, 433 

 Paraphysis, 386 

 Parascaphirhynchus, 623 

 ParascylHuTn, 577 

 Parasilurus, 576, 636 

 Parasites of Fishes, 403, 



404, 543-546, 547-550; 



crustacean, 543, 544; 



moUuscan, 544 ; worm, 



544, 545; protozoan, 548, 



549, 550 

 Parasitic Fishes, 546 

 Parasphenoid, 591 

 Paraiilapia^ 374 

 Parental care, 578-580 

 Parietals, 592 



Paris, 463, 467, 566; mar- 

 kets, 445, 468 

 Paris IJasin, palaeontologj', 



537, 539, 540 

 Parma, 518 

 Parnahyba, 433 

 Parosphromenus, 375 

 Parr, 629 

 Parrot Wrasses — see Sca- 



ridae 

 Parschlug, 540 

 Parthenogenesis, 409 

 Parturition, 580, 582 

 Passau monastery, 483 

 Passes, 554 



Patagonia, 433, 537, 540 

 Patani, 438 

 Pathology of Fishes, 388, 



516, 544, 546-550, 565; 



parasitic diseases, 543- 



546; human pathology 



— see Diseases of Man 

 Patia R., 434 

 Patzcuaro, Lake, 432 

 " Paul and Peter," 605 

 Paullinia (poisonous plant), 



489 

 Paumota Is., 456 

 Peace Creek, 542 

 Pearl organs, 510 

 Pearl-shell hook, 489 



Pearls, artificial, 464, 465, 

 510, 511 



Pebas, 434 



Pechora P., 450 



Pectoral Girdle, 461, 550, 

 551 



Pediculati, 661 ; anatomy, 

 370; embryology, 415; 

 skeleton, 590; skull, 594 



Peduncle, 603 



Pegasus, 369 



Pegu Beds, 541 



Pei-Ho, 436 



Peipus, Lake, 450, 486 



" Peipus Marane," 564 — 

 see also Coregonus 



"Pejerey" — see Atherin- 

 ichthys 



Pelagic fishes, 395, 551; 

 adaptations, 362 ; ova and 

 larvEe, 571, 572; nests, 

 579 



Pelau Is., 600 



Pelmatochromis, 374 



Pelvic Girdle, 551, 604 



Pelvis — see Pelvic Girdle 



Pempheridae, 647 



Penang, 438 



Pend d'Oreille P., 570 



Pendulation theory, 404 



Penella (parasite), 544 



Pennsylvania, 464, 554 ; 

 fauna, 429; fisheries, 466, 

 479; museums, 519; palae- 

 ontology, 531, 533; pisci- 

 culture, 569 



Penobscot R., 473, 562 



Pentacerotinse, 649 



Pentaprion, 650 



Pentapus, 650 



Pepin, Lake, 428 



Pepsin, 365, 403 



P§rak, 438 



Perca, 648 ; aestivation, 363 ; 

 angling for, 371; in Sr- 

 quaria, 375; color, 393; 

 scales, 402; parasites of, 

 404, 545, 546; embry- 

 ology, 411, 414; eye, 

 418; glue, 466; variation, 

 491, 648; habits, 499; 

 hermaphroditism, 504 ; 

 hybrid, 507; nervous sys- 

 tem, 522; introduction, 

 559, 569; culture, 564, 

 568 ; breeding habits, 576 ; 

 spawning, 577; sound, 

 595; spinal cord, 596; 

 teratology, 603, 604, 605 



Percaglobulin, 528 



Percalates, 558, 570, 649 



Percesoces, 645, 646; an- 

 atomy, 370; in aquaria, 

 379; embryology, 415 

 ova and larvae, 572 

 breeding habits, 576 

 skeleton, 589 



Perch — see Perca; Climb- 

 ing Perch — see Anabas 



Percidaj, 375, 587, 593, 647, 

 648 



Perciformes, 647-653; an- 



atomy, 369; embryology, 

 414, 415; habits, 499; 

 ova and larvae, 572; tax- 

 onomy, 647 



Percina, 576, 610 



Percinae, 647 



Percoidea, 404, 511 



Percopsidse, 590, 643 



Periblast, 411 



Peribranchial cavity, 584 



Pericardium, 503 



Perichondrium, 588 



Perichromatin, 407 



Periodicals, 348 f. 



Periophthalmus, in aquaria, 

 374; habits, 382, 499; 

 eye, 418; locomotion, 

 461, 513; respiration, 

 584; taxonomy, 657 



Periotic capsules, 380 



Periscopism, 419 



Peristedion, 599 



Peritoneum, 393, 503, 610; 

 peritoneal canals, 361, 

 362, 608, 609; color, 510 



Peritonitis, 545 



Perledo, 535 



Perm Govt., 451 



Permian fossil fishes, 533, 

 534 



Pernambueo, 537 



Pernau R., 464 



P^ronne, 537 



Persia, 438, 480, 537, 541 



Peru, 516; fauna, 405, 435; 

 fisheries, 479 



Perugia, Lake, 448 



Pestis rubra anguillarum, 

 548 



Petalodontidae, 618 



Petalosoma, 376 



Petalurichthys, 376 



Peter the Great Bay, 438 



Peterborough, England, 535 



Petersius, 377 



Petiveriani, Mus., 517 



Petrograd — see St. Peters- 

 burg 



Petromyzon, abdominal 



pores, 362; " salivary " 

 gland, 365 ; intestine, 366 ; 

 anatomy, 368 ; in aquaria, 

 373 ; auditory organs, 

 380; blood, 383, 384; 

 brain, 385, 387; circula- 

 tory system, 389, 390, 

 391; xanthochroism, 394; 

 dentition, 397; embry- 

 ology, 410, 411, 412, 413, 

 414; eye, 418, 419; caudal 

 skeleton, 459, 575, 603; 

 as food, 465; taste buds, 

 498; head, 500, 502; 

 hermaphroditism, 503; 

 epidermis, 510; liver, 512; 

 migrations, 513, 515; 

 muscles, 519, 520, 521; 

 nervous system, 522, 523, 

 524, 525, 527; otoliths, 

 527; oogenesis, 529; pan- 

 creas, 543 ; parasitic 

 habits, 546 ; predatory 



