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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



spawning, 577, 654; res- 

 piration, 584; skeleton, 

 590; migrations, 656; 

 taxonomy, 656, 6'57 



Pleuronectidae, 653-657; 

 air-bladder, 364 ; develop- 

 ment, 364, 496, 497, 654, 

 655; intestine, 366; 

 morphology, 369 ; circu- 

 latory system, 391 ; scales, 

 399; ambicoloration, 394, 

 654; eye, 419, 655; fins, 

 458, 601, 603; fisheries, 

 471; food of, 492; hy- 

 brids, 506; culture, 561, 

 570; spawning, 577, 654; 

 respiration, 584; skull, 

 593; spinal cord, 596; 

 distribution, 655; migra- 

 tions, 656 ; phylogeny , 

 656; taxonomy, 656 



Pleuronichthys, 657 



Pleuropterygii, 616 



Plexus ophthalmicus, 526 



Pliocene fossil fishes, 542 



Plbner See, 447, 559 



Plotosus, 415, 573, 606 



Plummers I., 428 



Plunging buckets, 555 



Plymouth, 441, 469, 481, 

 571 



" Pookenkrankheit," 549 



Pocotaligo R., 430 



Podatellidae, 660 



Podsused, 541 



P(Bcilia, 643 ; in aquaria, 

 376, 377; color, 392; 

 embryology, 415; hybrid, 

 506 



Poeciliids, 404, 582, 586, 

 642 — see also Cyprino- 

 dontidse 



Poeciliinse, 643 



Pcecilohrycon, 377 



Pogonias, 595; taxonomy, 

 650 



Pogonocharax, 634 



Poisonous Fishes, 393, 

 404, 572-574 



Poisons (plant), 489, 552, 

 553 



Poitiers, 536 



Pola, 537 



Poland, 450, 486, 568 



Pollack — see Oadus pol- 

 lachius 



Pollution, 464 



Polperro, 533 



Poly acanthus, 364, 375, 414, 

 547, 585, 586, 602, 651 



Polycentropsis, 374 



Polycentrus, 374 



Polychromism, 394 



Polyembryony, 409 



Polygonum (poisonous 



plant), 489 



Polymixidse, 590 



Polymorphism, 416 



Polynemidse, 645 



Polynemus, 466 



Polynesia, 456 



Polyodon, 623 ; abdominal 



pores, 362; anatomy, 

 369; blood, 383, 384; 

 circulatory system, 390, 

 391; scales, 401; embry- 

 ology, 414; fins, 460, 461; 

 roe as caviar, 474; size, 

 498; heart, 502; lateral 

 line, 511; muscles, 520; 

 nerves, 522 ; breeding, 

 576; ribs, 586; skeleton, 

 589; skull, 593; tactile 

 organs, 599 ; branchial 

 arches, 613 



Polyodontidse, 623 



PolypteridiB, 622 



Polypterus, 401, 417, 461, 

 511, 622; abdominal 

 pores, 362; adhesive or- 

 gans, 363 ; air-bladder, ' 

 364; anatomy, 369; aud- 

 itory organs, 380; circu- 

 lation, 390, 391; embry- 

 ology, 411, 414; nervous 

 system, 523; olfactory 

 organs, 527; respiration, 

 584, 585; skull, 593; 

 taxonomy, 622 



Polvspermy, 410 



Polzberg, 534 



Pomacanthus, 393 



Pomacentridee, 651 



Pomadasys, 650 



Pomatominas, 649 



Pomatomus, 498, 572, 649; 

 habits, 499; migrations, 

 516; spawning, 577; skull, 

 593 



Pomerania, 462 



Pomfret — see Brama 



Pomolobus, 507, 515, 627, 

 628 



Pomotis, 410, 415 



Pomoxys, 373, 556; P. an- 

 nularis, 516, 564 



Pompano — see Trachyno- 

 tus 



Pond culture, 560 f . 



Pondicherry Beds, 537 



Ponta Delgada, 518 



Ponte, 540 



Ponte Nuovo, 539 



Pontine marshes, 448 



Pontpierre, 535 



Poop6, Lake, 433 



Popular works, 495 



Porbeagle Shark — see 



Lamna 



Porcupine Pishes — see 

 Diodontidae 



Fori abdominales, 361, 608 



Porichthys, 513, 514, 579 



Poronotus, 543 



Port Arthur, 436 



Port Beira, 421 



Port-de-Bouc, 562, 566 



Port Castries, 431 



Port Erin, 469 



Port Jackson, 454 



Port Jackson Shark — see 

 Heterodontus 



Port-Vendres, 483 



Portheus, 626 



Portishead, 532 

 Portland, England, 535 

 Porto Hello, N. Z., 470 

 Porto Rico, 431, 479 

 Portugal, fauna, 396, 449, 

 450; fisheries, 474, 486; 

 museums, 518; palaeon- 

 tology, 531, 536, 538, 

 539; pisciculture, 568; 

 vernacular names, 600 



Posen, 484 



Post-Branchial Body, 574 



Potamotrygon, 368 



Potomac R., 464; fisheries, 

 474, 478; shad hatching, 

 569 



Pound nets, 463 



Poverty Bay, 457 



Powrie CoUectioh, 518 



Pre-branchial appendages, 

 584 



Pre-Linnsean Section, 

 204 f . 



Pre-mandibular arches, 613 



Pre-sternum, 550 



Predatory Fishes, 574, 

 575 



Pregnancy — see Repro- 

 duction, 575 f . 



Premnas, 395 



Prenatal knob, 580 



Preservation, 392, 468, 469 



Pressure perception, 511 



Prevertebral region, 591 



Priacanthinae, 649 



Pribilof Is., 424 



Primitive streak, 412,' 413 



Prince Edward I., 425, 476 



" Princesse Alice," 396 



Prionodon, 618 



Prionotus, 461, 512, 596; 

 taxonomy, 659 



Pristidae, 593, 620 



Pristiophoridae, 620 



Pristiophorus, anatomy, 

 368; brain, 385; " saw," 

 500; viviparity, 581; vis- 

 ceral skeleton, 612 



Pristipoma, 650 



Pristipomatidae, 650 



Pristis, 498, 552, 620; 

 " saw," 398, 500, 574; 

 viviparity, 581 



Pristiurus, abdominal 



pores, 362; embryology, 

 409, 413, 414; nervous 

 system, 522 ; reproduc- 

 tion, 580; spinal cord, 

 596; excretory organs, 

 608 



Processus digitiformis, 366 



Processus falciformis, 613 



Proctostegus — see Luvarus 



Prolapsus recti, 603 



Pronephros, 598, 599, 606, 

 607, 608, 609 



Propristis, 620 



Propterygia, 461, 603, 620 



Prosencephalon, 385 



Protamines, 595 



Protandry, 503 



Protease, 403 



