INDEX 



323 



Ophidium, 272, 294 



Orcynus, 13, 271, 282 



Orkneys, Opah caught off the, 285 



Orihagoriscus, 7, 13, 21, 272, 297 



Ortmann, Arnold, quoted, 26 f.n. 



Otohths, 20 



Otter-trawl, 69, 70 



owenii, 114, 125 



Owl-ray, 108 



Ox-ray, 105, 112 



oxyrhynchus, 105, 108 



Oyster, 2 



Pacific, Fishes of the South, 161 



Padstow, Bearded ophidium taken near, 

 294 



paganellus, 155, 159 



Paganellus, 155, 159 



Pagellus, 35, 114, 122, 125 



Pagrus, 21, 31, 32, 114, 125 



Painted goby, 155, 159 

 „ ray, 105, 108 



Palacky, J., quoted, 26 f n., 35 



Palermo, Bass at, 121 



palloni, 190, 195 



Pammelas, 196, 270, 271, 286 



Pandora, 114, 122, 125 



Parasites of the lumpsucker, 165 



parnelli, 155, 159 



Parnell's goby, 155, 159 



pastinaca, 105, in 



Patterson, Mr., on the colour of flat- 

 fishes, 216 



Payton, Mr. C. A., on catching herrings 

 at Calais, 203 



Pearlsides, 272, 296 



Pectinaria, 220 



" Peculiar " fishes, 36 



Pediculati, 36, 271 



Pelagic eggs, 39 



Pelamys, 271, 283 

 pelamys, 271, 283 

 pellucida, 155, 160 



Pennant on the nature of whitebait, 204 

 pennantii, 272, 296 



Penzance, Ray's bream taken near, 

 285 ; Pammelas taken near, 287 



Perca, 303 



Perches, 36, 37 



Perddce, 36, 114, 271 



perciformis, 271, 286 



Periodicity of the hake, 258 



Peris tethus, 35, 145, 151 



Petersen on the size of mature plaice, 

 219; on eels, 308 



pholis, 155, 170 



Phycis, 272, 292, 293 



Pickard-Cambridge, Mr., on a new 

 British goby, 254 



Picked dog-fish, 86, 100, 284 



picius, 155, 159 



Piel, Sole spawning in captivity at, 236 



Pike, Isolated position of, 36 



Pilchard, 15, 23, 28, 31, 46, 48, 54, 201, 

 204, 241 



pilchardus, 201, 204 



Pilot-fish, 271, 286 



pingelii, 276 



Pipe-fishes, 13, 17, 21, 36, 155, 173, 174 



Piper, 145, 149 



piscatorius, 271, 278 



Plaice, 6, 7, 11, 16, 39, 47, 48, 211, 212, 

 217-221, 241 



Plain bonito, 271, 283 



platessa, 215, 217 



Platophrys, 231 fn. 



Plectognathi, 296 



Pleuronecies, 6, 7, 11, 16, 39, 44, 48, 

 50,215,217 , 



Pleuronectida, 215 



Plummeting, 61, 88 



Plymouth, Pollack and whiting at, 10; 

 plaice spawning at, 47 ; trawlers, 

 57i 69, yj ; mature plaice at, 79 ; 

 laboratory, loi ; spinous shark at, 

 102; names of sea-bream at, 121 ; 

 malformed bream at, 123 ; sea- 

 scorpion scarce at, 146; conger 

 studied at, 180, 181, 183; young 

 mullet at, 186; pilchard studied 

 at, 205 ; eggs of sprat at, 206 ; 

 sole spawning in captivity at, 236 ; 

 Norway pout at, 294 



Pole-dab, 225 



Pollachtus, 302 



•ius, 245, 253 



