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INDEX. 
N.B.—References are made to the families in a darker type, and where details 
are given the page numerals are of the same character. 
An asterisk distinguishes those fishes figured in the work. 
A 
Abdominales, 6. 
Acanthias, 25, 93. 
Acanthoclinus, 12, 
Acanthopterygii, 6, 14, 20, 30, 37, 
50, 57, 73. 
Acclimatization of fishes, 150. 
Acrania, 3. 
Acrodus, teeth of, 10. 
Acronuride, 11, 17. 
Agassiz, M. Louis, Classification of 
Fishes, 8. 
Agenor modestus, 15. 
Air-bladder, 5; in deep-sea fishes, 5 ; 
gas of, 5; office of, 5; sometimes 
has the character of a lung, 5; 
sometimes wanting, 5, 
Alopecias, 25, 92. 
Ambassis, 14, 
Ammotretis, 12. 
Anacanthini, 21, 30, 75. 
Anarrhicas lupus, 27. 
Anatomy of Fishes, 3-10, 
Anchovy, 11, 
Anema, 12. 
Angel-fish, or shark, 93, 98, 
Angler-fish, see Lophius. 
Anguilla australis, 88, 107, 138. 
Anomalies, apparent in Australian 
Fish Fauna, 10. 
Anthias, 13. 
Antennarius, 18, 26. 
——_—__——— marmoratus, 18. 
striatus, 18. 
pinniceps, 18. 
———_——- coccineus, 18. 
Atherinidae, 20. 
* Anthias longimanus, 12, 14, 33. 
Apharius roseus, 15. 
Aploactis, 11. 
———— milesii, 16. 
Apodes, 7. 
Apogon, 12. 
fasicatus, 14. 
guntheri, 14, 107. 
~ novae-hollandiae, 107. 
Aristeus fluviatilis, 19, 
lineatus, 19. 
Arripis, 12. 
trutaceus, 36. 
georgianus, 14. 
salar, 15, 35; poisonous, 36, 
Arius, 22. 
* Astacopsis, 125, 
Atherina, 20. 
Atypus, 15. 
* Aulopus purpurissatus, 11, 22, 80. 
Australian Fishes, number of, 2; ex- 
clusively, 12. 
Auxis ramsayi, 18, 
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B 
Barracouta, 56. 
Batrachus, 12. 
Bat-fish, 18. 
Batrachidz, 18. 
* Beardy, N.S.W., 21, 74, 
Bellows-fish, 11. 
Belone, 22, 83. 
ferox, 22, 83, 
gracilis, 22. 
Berycide, 11, 17, 56. 
* Beryx affinis, 17, 50, 51. 
* Black-fish, 11, 21, 105. 
Blenniida, 11, 19, 27, 
Blennius, 19, 27, 28. 
unicornis, 19. 
castaneus, 19, 
Blenny, 27. 
Blood of Fishes, 3. 
Bonito, 64. 
Bony Bream, 23, 106. 
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