586 
pez del rey, 
figure of, ii, 218 
pez de pluma, ii, 344 
pez puerco, ii, 413 
Phebodus, i, 522 
Phanerodon, ii, 375 
Phaneropleuron, i, 612 
figure of, i, 613 
Phanerosteon, i, 580 
Phareodus, ii, 56, 57 
figures of, ii, 57-59 
fossils of, ii, 58, 59 
pharyngeals, i, 5, 48 
figure of, i, 47 
of Italian parrot-fish, ii, 391 
of parrot-fish, figured, ii, 
sor 
use in voice, i, 121 
pharyngeal teeth, 
figured, ii, 175 
Pharyngognathi, i, 405; 
259, 380, 396 
suborder of, ii, 384 
Philippi, i, 415 
Philypnus, ii, 459 
figure of, ii, 460 
Pholidophoride, ii, 26, 29, 
36, 41 
Pholidophorus, ii, 28 
figure of, ii, 29 
Pholidurus, ii, 22 
Pholis, i, 209; ii, 512 
figure of, li, 512 
phosphorescent groups, i, 187 
phosphorescent organs, 
artificial stimulation of, i, 
191 
chemical action in, i, 196 
cross-section of, i, 193 
Greene on, i, 194, 196, 197 
Lendenfeld on, i, 194, 195 
of Porichthys, i, 194 
photophores, i, 187, 189 
Phoxinus, ii, 167 
Phractolatmide, ii, 48 
Phrynorhombus, ii, 488 
Phtheirichthys, ii, 469 
Phthinobranchii, i, 227-240 
Phyllodus, ii, 396 
Phyllolepide, i, 584 
phylogeny, i, 63, 79 
Phylopteryx, ii, 238 
Phylyctenaspis, i, 586 
Physoclysti, i, 405; li, 39, 
209 
physostome, ii, ro 
Physostomi, i, 405; ii, 39, 40 
picarel, ii, 347 
pickerel, i, 4; ii, 147 
pigfish, ii, 342 
pizmentation, i, 226 
cect of spirits on, i, 235 
vigmy sunfishes, li, 296 
ii, 
Index 
pike, i, 209, 239, 250, 290, 
304, 328, 440; il, 190 
figure of, i, 203, 328; ii, 
1gI 
skeleton of, i, 203 
pike-perch, ii, 309 
pilchard, ii, 50 
pilot-fish, i, 63; ii, 272 
figure of, ii, 273 
Pimelodus, ii, 183, 186 
Pimelometopon, ii, 388, 389 
figure of, ii, 389 
pineal organ, i, 111 
Dean on, i, 112 
figure of, i, 111 
pine-cone-fish, 
figure of, i, 16; ii, 257 
pinfish, ii, 344 
ping, ii, 9x 
Pinguipedide, ii, 363, 499 
pink, ii, 72 
pintado, ii, 266 
pipefish, i, 64, 128, 440 
family of, ii, 236 
pirate-perch, i, 290; ii, 294 
figure of, li, 295 
Pisces, i, 393, 588 
characteristics of, i, 506 
Piso, i, 389 
placoderm, i, 462, 584, 590, 
591, 593 
Placodermi, i, 568, 622, 623 
placoid scales, i, 21 
Placopharynx, ii, 174 
lower pharyngeal figured, 
ii, 171 
Plagioscion, ii, 354 
Plagiostomi, i, 507 
Plagiuri, i, 392 
Plagyodontide, ii, 134, 136 
Plagyodus, ii, 136 
figure of, ii, 135 
plaice, ii, 487, 493 
plaice tribe, ii, 492 
plakat, ii, 370 
Platacide, il, 398, 400, 4o1 
Platax, i, 240, 268; li, 243, 
245, 398, 401 
Platophrys, 
figure of, i, 174, 175 
larval form, i, 174 
Platichthys, ii, 482, 493 
figure of, ii, 495 
Platophrys, ii, 481, 482, 488 
larval stages of, figured, ii, 
484 
Platycephalide, i, 267 
family of, ii, 4qr 
Platycephalus, ii, gar 
Platycormus, ii, 283, 284, 485 
Platyglossus, ii, 390 ’ 
Platyptera, ii, 506 
Platysomide, li, 4, 14, 15 
” 
Platysomus, ii, 15 
figure of, i, 452 
Platystacus, i, 128; ii, 184 
Platyurus, i, 364 
Playfair, i, 416 
Plecoglossus, i, 260; ii, 62, 
115, 117 
figure of, i, 321; ii, 116 
plectognath fishes, i, 206 
Plectognathi, ii, 9, 40 
series of, ii, 411 
Plectognaths, ii, 291, 411 
Plectorhynchus, ii, 341 
Plectospondyli, ii, 40, 161, 
162 
plectospondylous, i, 48 
Plectromus, ii, 253 
Plectropoma, ii, 323 
Plesiops, ii, 330, 359 
Plethodus, ii, 44 
Pleuracanthus, i, 65, 66, 204, 
437, 510, 511, 513 
diphycercal tail of, i, 80 
figures of, i, 74, 519, 520 
headbones and teeth of, 
figured, i, 520 
Pleurocanthide, i, 519, 520, 
522, 566 
Pleurogrammus, i, 209 
figure of, i, 328; ii, 439 
Pleuronectida, i, 290 
family of, ii, 485 
Pleuronectine, ii, 492 
Pleuronectes, i, 391; ii, 493 
Pleuronichthys, i, 206, 257; 
ii, 493 
figure of, i, 441 
Pleuropholis, ii, 29 
Pleuropterygii, i, 513, 514, 
18 
Plioplarchus, ii, 304 
Plotoside, ii, 184 
Plotosus, ii, 184 
Plumier, i, 389 
Pneumatosteus, ii, 32 
Podopteryx, ii, 457 
Podothecus, ii, 453 
pond-skipper, 
figure of, i, 118; ii, 466 
Peecilia, ii, 199 
|Poeciliide, i, 22, 125; ii, 194, 
198, 199, 201, 213 
figure of, i, 126 
Peecilodus, i, 531 
Poey, i, 376, 415 
portrait of, i, 413 
Pogonias, i, 595; ii, 354, 357 
figure of, ii, 358 
Pogonichthys, ii, 169 
spoison fishes, i, 189-185, 236 
figure of, i, 229; ii, 436 
poison glands, ii, 177, 527 
in catfishes, ii, 182 
