Index 



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oar-fish, mistaken for sea-ser- 

 pent, 22; description and 

 range, 24, 27; specimens ta- 

 ken, 26, 27 ; called " King of 

 the Herrings," 28. 



Octopus, 50, 60. 



Oes, see -Oannes. 



Olaus Magnus, quoted, 8 - io, 

 12, 20. 



Opah, description and range, . 

 196, 197; various names for, 



197- 

 Orca, described by Magnus, 

 12; mistaken for other fish, 

 12; attacks smaller fish, 327. 



Pago - Pago, see Samoan 

 group. 



Parasitic fish, 289, 290, 328. 



Pelagic forms, 52. 



Plankton, 52. 



Pliny, Stories by: of mer- 

 maids, s; of dolphin, 13; of 

 the remora, 14. 



Poisonous fish, 324. 



Porcupine fish, description and 

 habits, 323-325. 



Pribilof Islands, discovery, 

 153; general description and 

 climate, IS3-ISS;. economic 

 and zoologic importance, 

 1 S3. 154; revenue derived by 

 U. S. government, 156, 157. 

 See also Fur seals. 



Protective coloration, so, 61, 

 63, 64, 68, 101, 107. 



Rainbow trout, range, 99, 103, 

 140 ; season at Cascade 

 Mountains, 116; description, 

 139, 140, 142; for allied spe- 

 cies see 141, 145- 



Red mullet, Japanese name for, 

 18. 



Red tai, national fish of Japan, 

 17, 18. 



Redwood forests on Santa 

 Cruz Mountains, 118-121; 

 economic value, 12s. 



Remora, Story of, by Pliny, 

 14; at Key West, 81. 



Rex-salmonorum, 28. 



Rio Carmelo, trout fishing in 



the, 86-98. 

 Roncador, description, 329. 

 Rondelet, quoted, 10, 11. 



Saibling, see Char. 



Sailfish, see Swordfish. 



St. Lawrence River, as a fish- 

 ing ground, 269-271, 275- 

 277; nest-building by silver 

 fall-fish, 270, 271; wall-eyed 

 pike, 272, 273; black-bass, 

 277-283 ; muskallange, 283- 

 285. 



Salmon, description of various 

 species and their range, 146- 

 149; habits of spawning, 146- 

 148; economic importance, 

 147-149; hatcheries, 150. See 

 also Rex-salmonorum. 



Salmon industry, Rivers of 

 Alaska in relation to, 150, 



151. 



Samoan group, Islands com- 

 posing the, 58-60; fauna and 

 flora, 58, 60-64. 



San Lorenzo, description of 

 the canon, 118 - 120; trout- 

 fishing in the river, 122, 123, 

 126-128. 



Sargassum, 67, 68. 



Savaii, see Samoan group. 



Sculpin, Japanese name for, 

 18; various species, 325, 326. 



Sea, Greatest depth of the, 53. 



Sea-devil, see Manta. 



Sea - Horse, description, 12 ; 

 Japanese name, 18; original 

 home and habits, 189. 



Sea-monsters, Stories of, 8, 9, 

 11. 



Sea pig, description, 12. 



Sea serpent, description and 

 range, 19; exaggerated de- 

 scriptions, 19-24 ; other 

 forms sometimes mistaken 

 for, 28, 29. 



Sea snakes, description and 

 range, 27, 28. 



Sempervirens Park, 126. 



