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INDEX, 



' the pectorals of fishes, 15. 

 Hinder, by the ventrals, 19. 



Quinary system, progressive adop- 

 tion of the, i. 2. 



R. 



Rafinesque Schmaltz, valour of his 

 labours in ichthyology, i. 60. 



Haia batis, immense, caught in the 

 British seas, L 170. 



Haia rubra, figured and described, i. 

 173. 



Raidse, general character of, L 168. 



Ramphistoma, characters of, i. 300. 



RanidcB, general characters of, ii. 

 88. 



Rattlesnakes, ii. 147. 



Ray, angel, described, i. 184. 



Rays, pectoral fins of, i. 18. Gene- 

 ral characters of, 168, Natural 

 arrangement of, 171. 



Rays, eagle, described, L 174. 



Rays, snout, i. 184. 



Rays, sting, described, i. 172. 



Rays, true, described, i. 172. 



Rays, number of, in fins, one of the 

 best characters for specific dis- 

 tinctions, i. 40. 



Redoute, ichthyological drawings 

 by, i. 63. 



Relations borne to each other by 

 quadrupeds, birds, and fishes, 

 i. 8. 



Reraora fish, ii. 43. 



Reptiles, rank of, among the ver. 

 tebrata, i. 7. Birds connected 

 by the flying lizards, i. 9. De- 

 scribed, ii. loO. 



Reptilia, general characters of, ii. 

 100. Arrangement of, 103. 105. 

 Primary orders of, 107. 



Rhinelepis, characters of, i. 336. 



Rhinobates Riippellii figured, i. 

 185. 



Rhinobatinae, general characters of, 

 i. 185. 



Rhinoptera quadrilobata figured 

 and described, i. 175. 



Riband fish, extraordinary shape of 

 the ventrals in some, i. 22. Place 

 of, ii. 7. Described, 44. 



Roach, i. 239. 



Rocklings, described, i. 320. Pecu. 

 liarity in the dorsal fin of, i.24. 



Rondeletius, a reviver of the study 

 of ichthyology, i. 54. Character 

 of his figures, i. 55. 



Riippell's work on the fishes of the 

 Red Sea characterized, i. fi6. 



Russell, character of the ichthyolo- 

 gical works of, i. 60. 



S. 



Salamander, great American, ii. 94. 



Salamanders, general characters of, 

 ii. 91. 100. 



Salamanders, land, ii. 92. 



Salamanders, water, ii. 93. 



Salarias, characters of, ii. 78. Sub- 

 genera of, 79. 



Salmo, general characters of, i. 244. 



Salmon described, i. 244. 



Salmon, common, i. 241. 



Salmon herrings described, i. 266. 



Salmon, irrpical, described, i. 251. 



SalmoRidse, general characters of, i. 

 229. 



Salmoninffi, general characters of, i. 

 240. 



Salmons described, i. 2-29. 



Salmons, European, described, i. 

 244. 



Salmons, true, described, i. 240. 



Salviani, a reviver of the studies of 

 ichthvologv, i. 54. 



Samlet,' i. 251. 



Sandlances, considered delicious by 

 the Sicilians, ii. 5. 



Saures, arrangements of, ii. 150. 

 Primary divisions of, 150. Gene- 

 ral characters of, 107. 148. 



Saurians, general characters of, ii. 

 100. 



Saw-fish, figured and described, i. 

 135. 



Scaly tortoise, ii. 117. note. 



Scarinae, general character of, ii. 

 26. 



Schneider, character of the ichthy- 

 ological works of, i. 58. 



Sciaeninae, general characters of, 

 ii. 26. 



Scincoidee, general characters of, 

 ii. 156. 



Scomberesox, characters of, i. 300. 



Scomberidae, general characters of, 

 ii. 33. 



Soomberinae, general characters of, 

 ii. 34. 



Scorpasna, characters of, ii. 57. 



ScorpaenidjB, general characters of, 

 ii. 5S. 56. 



Scorpjeninse, general characters of, 

 ii. 59. 



Scrophicephaluslongipinnis figured, 

 i. 310. 



Scyllium canicula, figured and de- 

 scribed, i. 143. 



Scymnus borealis, habits of, i. 145 . 



Sea devil, little, described, i. 147. 

 note. 



Sea eels described, i. 219. 



Sea monsters, general characters 

 of, i. VIS. 



Sea parrots, iL 26L 



