XXIII -GENERAL INDEX. 



[For special index to the report of Professor Verrill on the marine invertebrates, see page 757. 

 This should always be referred to in the search for any name. J 



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Ammocostes . . 814 



Ammodjtes 807,824 



AmmodytidsB 788,807 



Ammodytoidea 788 



Anirnodytina 788 



Anarrkichas 798 



Anarrhichadida 786,798 



Anchovy 811,826 



Andrews, David 188 



Andrews, Sylvanus 41, 188 



Angel-fish 802, 807, 813, 827 



Anguiila 811,826 



Anguillida 781,789 



Anisarchus 797 



Anisotremus 806 



Antennariida 784,792 



Autennariina 784 



Antennarioidea 784 



Apeltes... 794,825 



Apogonichthys 807 



Apogoniuai 788 



Apparatus used in capturing fish .. 253 



Aprionodon 813 



Archagonus 800 



Archosargus 805 



Argentinina , 789 



Arguments for regulating the fish- 

 eries ■ xxxiv, 73 



Argyriosus 803 



Argyrotaoia 807 



Argyrotanina . 788 



Ariina 789 



Ariopsis 811 



Arnold, Mr 11 



Aspidophoroides 800 



Associates in the inquiry xv 



Asternopteryx 798 



Astroscopus 798 



Atherina 808 



Atherinida 788,808 



Atmospheric agencies of decrease of 



fishes xxii 



Atwood, Capt. Nathaniel E.viii, 74, 117, 223 



Aulostomoidea 784 



Aumsuofi- 811 



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Acanthias americanu s 185 



Acanthurus 801 



Achirus r 794,823 



Acipenser 812, 826 



Acipenserida 790, 812 



Acipenserinte 790 



Actinochir 799 



Act of Congress providing for a 



Commissioner of Fisheries xi 



iElurichthys 811,826 



^Etobatiua 790 



iEtobatis 812 



Agencies of decrease, disease, and 



atmosphere xxii 



human xxiii, xxxii 



hi ue-fish xxxii 



Agassiz, Prof. L xv 



Agonida ' 786,800 



Agouiaa . 786 



Agonus , 800 



Ahnfeltia plicata 290 



Aid rendered by Departments of the 



Government v 



Akulliakitsok ....796,797 



Albicore 26,35,802 



size of 26 



value 26,35 



Albro, Samuel 8,182 



Albula 810 



Albulida 789,810 



Alecriu 813 



Alewife 811,826 



Alga 293 



Alewives, abundance of 67 



movements of 35, 67 



economic value, &c 8,67 



Allen, J. A. P xii 



Alleterato 802 



Alopeciida 790,813 



Alopias 813,827 



Alosa 811,826 



Alutera 793,823 



American angler 792 



Amersulak 796 



