702 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Sphenotio bone, 592 



Spheroides, 402, 403, 574, 

 594 



Sphyrmna, 395, 574, 645 



Sphyrsenidae, 589, 645 



Sphyriidse (parasites), 543 



Sphyrna, 413, 498; vivipar- 

 ity, 581 



Spice Is., 455 



Spiders, spider-web lure, 

 488 ; spider-web nets, 489 ; 

 killing fishes, 559 



,'ipinachia, 644 



Spinacidse, 514, 619, 620 



Spinal column, 610 — see 

 also Vertebral Column 



Spinal Cord, 407, 522, 

 596 ; spinal meninges, 

 391; spinal nerves, 525, 

 526, 591 



Spinax, abdominal pores, 

 362; anatomy, 368; head, 

 500; lateral line, 511; lu- 

 minosity, 513; nerves, 

 524; prenatal knob, 580; 

 sensory organs, 586; sex- 

 ratio, 586 ; thymus 

 glands, 605 ; reproduc- 

 tive and excretory or- 

 gans, 608 



Spines, 402, 511, 586; fin, 

 458; poisonous, 573; 

 stridulation, 594 



Spinney Hills, 534 



Spiny. Sharks — see Spina- 



Spiracles, 584, 605 



Spiral valve, 366, 367, 390, 

 391, 603 



Spiroch£etes(parasites) ,469, 

 549 



Spitzbergen, fauna, 452 ; 

 palaeontology, 532, 535, 

 538 



Splanchnic arteries, 390 



Splanchnocoele, 585, 610 



Spleen, 383, 388, 403, 547, 

 596, 597; parasites, 548, 

 549 



Spoonbill — see Polyodon 



" Spoonbill sturgeon," 474 



Sporozoa (parasites) , 548, 

 549 



Spotted Sting Ray — • see 

 Aetobatus 



Sprat — see Clupea sprattus 



Spree R., 516 



Spurge (fish poison) , 489 



Squalidfe, 368, 620 



Squalius, 378, 385 



Squalonchocotyle (parasite), 

 545 



Squaloraia, 401, 511, 586, 

 621 



Squaloraiidae, 621 



Sgualus, circulatory system, 

 390; reproduction, 409, 

 580, 581; nervous sys- 

 tem, 515, 522 ; physiology, 

 553; teratology, 602 



Squam Lake, 428 



Squamipinnes, 647 



Sguatina, 368, 552 



Squeteague — see Cynoscion 



Squirrel-fish • — see Holocen- 

 tru-m 



"Staggers," 549 



Staining, 553 ; intra-vitam, 

 601 



Stampian fossil fishes, 540 



Stannius, corpuscles of, 597 



Staoueli, 536 



Stapes, 380 



Star-gazer — see Uranos- 

 copus 



Starnberg, 462 



Starvation, effects of, 551 



Stassfurt, 535 



Static sense, 501, 502 ; func- 

 tion of brain, 387; func- 

 tion of membranous laby- 

 rinth, 501, 502 



Stations, fisheries, 462, 469, 

 470; piscicultural, 555, 

 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 

 570 



Steamers, V. S. F. C, 476 

 — - see also Voyages, 343 



Steapsin, 403 



Steatogenys, 407 



Steering mechanism, 512 



StegophUus, 546, 637 



Stegostoma, 528, 593 



Steinbiedersdorf, 535 



Steinheim, 541 



Stenotomus, 593, 650 



Stephania (poisonous 



plant), 489 



Stephanoberycidse, 643 



Stereolepis, 498, 649 



Sterility, 506, 507 



Sterlet — see Acipenser 



Sternberg, 540 



Sternbergersee, 440 



Sternoptixinse, 369 



Sternoptychidae, 514, 572, 

 633 



Sternoptyx, 418, 513 



Sternum, 550, 551 



Stettiner Haff, 446 



Stichceus, 659 



Sticklebacks, 644 ■ — see also 

 Gasterosteidse 



Stigmatophora, 587 



Sting Rays — see Trygo- 

 nidaj, 620 



Stiugarees — see Trygonidae 



Stizostedion, 529, 548, 575, 

 593, 648; embryology, 

 414, 415; food of, 493; 

 culture, 559, 562; sexual 

 dimorphism, 587 



Stockholm, 462, 519, 463 



Stockhornsee, 452 



Stocking — see Pisciculture 



Stomach, 365, 366, 391, 

 403; contents, 491-493; 

 gastroliths, 494 ; abnor- 

 mal, 603 



Stomian, 572 



Stomiatidae, 633 



Stomodaeum, 397 



Stone Age, 444 



Stormontfield-on-Tay, 565 



Straining mechanism, 613 



Stratigraphy, 530 



Stratum corneum, 509 



Stratum of Malphigi, 509 



StridulS,tion, 594 



Striped Bass — see Roccus 



Stromateidae, 646 



Stuhlweissenburg, 466 



Sturgeon — see Acipenser 



Sturine, 595 



Stygicola, blindness, 382 ; 

 reproduction, 582, 609 



Stylephoridae, 661 



Stylephorus, 661 



Stylophorus — see Styleph- 

 orus 



Stylophthalmoides, 572; adult- 

 forms — see Scopelus 



Styria, fauna, 440; fish- 

 eries, 480; palaeontology, 

 540, 541 



Sub-Antarctic fishes, 405 



Sub-mental fUaments, 407 



Sub-notochordal rod, 611 



Subclavian arteries, 390 



Subcommissural organs, 523 



Subject Index, Morpho- 

 logical Section, 361 f.; 

 Systematic Section, 615 f . 



Submucosa, 365 



Subpial layer, 596 



Succus entericus, 403 



Sucking disk — see Adhe- 

 sive Disk, 362, 510 



Sucking fishes — see Eche- 

 neis and Remora 



Sudan, 423, 528 



Sudis, 583 



Suez Canal, 405, 423 



Suffocation, 584 



Sugar solutions, 553 



Suir R., 442 



Sulu, 490 



Sumatra, 516; fauna, 456; 

 fisheries, 488; fishing 

 methods, 490 ; palaeon- 

 tology, 538 



Sumba I., 456 



Sumbawa I., 456 



Sunapee Lake, 428, 507, 

 557 



Sunda Is., 456 



Sunfish — seeEupomotis and 

 Lepomis; Ocean Sun-fish 

 — see Ortliagoriscus 



Superanal gland, 366 



Superfoetation, 506 



Superior, Lake, 425, 476 



Supracarinales, 521 



Supraclaviculae, 586 



Supracleithralia, 550 



Suprapericardial body — ■ 

 see Post-Branchial body 



Suprarenal Organs, 390, 

 597-599 



Sura R., 451 



Surf Fishes — see Embio- 

 tobidae 



Surf Smelt — see Hypome- 

 sus 



Surrenal — see Suprarenal 



Surveys, plankton, 571, 572 



