57° 
fishes, i 
distribution of, i, 237-255, 
435, ; 
domestication of, i, 149, 
ISI 
ear of, i, 8, 119-121 
earliest forms of, i, 443 
eggs of, i, 125-135 
electric organs of, i, 25; 
ii, 187 
embryology of, i, 131-151 
evolution in, i, 223, 435-459 
exterior of, i, 16-25 
extinct, i, 224 
eye of, i, 6, 119 
eye-stalks of, ii, 466 
face of, i, 5 
fins of, i, 9, 10, 24 
flight of, i, 167 
flow of blood in, i, 107 
as food for man, i, 320-339 
food of, i, 11, 29 
form of, i, 4 
fossil, i, 422-428 
fresh-water, i, 250 
gall-bladder in, i, 26 
generalized forms of, i, 224 
gills of, i, 92 
growth of, i, 30, 144 
habits of, i, 152 
hearing of, i, 8, 119 
heart of, i, 11, 28, 106 
herbivorous, i, 30, 155; ii, 
364 
hermaphrodite, i, 124 
homologies of bones in, i, 
34 
hybridism in, i, 144 
instincts of, i, 154 
intestines of, i, 33 
intromittent organ in, i, 124 
with jugular fins, i, 456 
kidneys of, i, 11, 28 
killed by earthquakes, i, 
356 
Labyrinthine, ii, 365 
larval forms, i, 142, 620, 
621 
lateral line of, i, 9 
life cycle of, i, 3-5, 152 
lowland, i, 291 
luminous organs of, i, 188- 
190 
lungs of, i, 98 
measurements of, i, 19 
migration of, i, 160 
monstrosities among, i, 151 
mortality among, i, 357 
mountain, i, 291 
mouth of, i, 29 
muscles of, i, 25 
mvthology of, i, 359 
naturalization of, i, 150 
Index 
fishes, 
nerves of, i, 12, 14, I09, 
113; ii, 368 
nests and nest-building of, 
i, 15, 167, 128; ii, 184, 
229-231 
noises of, i, 121, 168 
nostril of, i, 6 
nuptial colors in, i, 155, 156 
nutrition organs of, 1, 29 
organs of, 
locomotion, i, 24 
phosphorescence, i, 194 
reproduction, i, 28, 124—- 
130 
sense, i, 115-123 
sight, i, 6, 116 
smell, i, 115 
taste, i, 121 
touch, i, 122 
ovaries, i, 26 
oviparous, i, 125 
ovoviviparous, i, 125 
pain, sense of, in, i, 123 
parasites of, i, 340-344 
parasitic, i, 198 
pectoral limb of, i, 50 
pelagic, i, 156 
pineal eye in, i, 111 
poisonous, i, 180-185, 236; 
ii, 177, 411, 413, 421, 433, 
436, 526 
post-embryonic 
ment, i, 132 
posterior limbs of, i, 53 
preservation of, i, 431 
problem of highest, i, 383 
protection of young by, i, 
128 
pugnacity of, i, 162 
recognition marks in, i, 7, 
232, 236 
records of, i, 433 
scales of, i, 20 
sensitiveness to change, i, 
150 
sexual modifications in, i, 
12 
shoulder-girdle of, i, 50, 52 
skeleton of, i, 10, 214, 215 
specialization in, i, 210, 
220, 224, 249; ii, 438 
spinal cord of, i, 112 
spineless, i, 25 
spiral valve in, i, 32 
tail of, i, 49 
teeth of, i, 5, 29 
tenacity of life in, i, 146, 
develop- 
147 
timidity of, i, 166 
tongue of, i, 6, 31 
upland, i, 291 
variety in tropics, i, 333 
fishes, 
viscera of, i, 26 
viviparous, i, 125; ii, 376 
voices of, i, 121 
where found, i, 158, 159 
Zeoid, ii, 245 
fishes as food, i, 320-339 
fishes of Panama, 
Evermann on, i, 274 
Fischer on, i, 275 
Giinther on, i, 272, 273 
Hill on, i, 277 
Upham on, i, 276 
Wright on, i, 275 
fish faunas, 
genera in, i, 262, 263 
Indian, i, 267 
of Japan, i, 255, 256, 259 
of Mediterranean, i, 259 
of Panama, i, 267 
separated by barriers, i, 
255-281 
fish fighting, i, 162 
fish god of Japan, 
figure of, ii, 343 
fish guano, i, 538 
Fish-Hawk, the, i, 408; ii, 147 
fishing, 
apparatus for, i, 335 
for ayu, i, 333 
for tai, figured, i, 338 
with cormorants, i, 333, 
335 
methods of, i, 334 
fishing-frog, i, 202; ii, 542 
capture of prey by, i, 169 
figure of, i, 18; ii, 545, 550 
fish-like vertebrates, i, 34 
fish of Paradise, ii, 369 
Fistularia, i, 85, 393; ii, 233, 
39° 
shoulder-girdle of, ii, 227 
Fistularide, ii, 227 
family of, ii, 233 
Flammeo, ii, 254 
flashers, ii, 331 
flatfish family, i, 177; ii, 48 
flatheads, ii, 441 
Flesus, ii, 493 
Fleurieu’s whirlpool, ii, 242 
flier, ii, 297 
flight of fishes, i, 157 
Floeberg, ii, 110 
Florida jewfish, 
figure of, ii, 323 
Florida lion-fish, 
figure of, ii, 433 
flounder, i, 117, 178, 203, 
440; ii, 483-485, 488,. 
493, 494 
development of, i, 144 
diamond, ii, 493 
eel-back, ii, 493 
