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Ray, thornback, parasites of, (18) 156, 



171 ; (19) 130, 150; (20) 299. 

 proportion of sexes in, (21) 



230; (22)28. 



"purses " of, (4) 212. 



size at maturity, (10) 238. 



Rays, relative number of sexes among, 



(21) 236. 



size of males and females, (21)230. 



Rearing fish larvae, methods of, (15) 177. 

 of larval and post-larval stages of 



the plaice, (15) 175. 

 of young food-fishes, experiments 



in, (13) 333. 

 Red band fish (Cepola rubescens), (18) 



280. 



" Red cod," nature of, (6) 10, 204, 207. 



organisms present in, (6) 204, 207. 



Red and pale muscles in fish, (4) 166. 

 Regulation of fisheries, (11) 13 ; (18) 140. 

 Reibisch, Dr J., (23) 125. 

 Relation of size of mesh to the size of fish 



captured, (12) 306. 

 Relative quantity of fish taken by line 



and by trawl, (6) 47 ; (7) 20 ; (12) 28. 

 proportion of small fish captured by 



the "Garland," (6) 36. 

 Remigidus tridens, (19) 251. 

 Reophax dejlugiformis, (16) 275. 



findens, (8) 314. 



fusiformis, (8) 314 ; (16) 275. 



moniliforme, (16) 275. 



nodidosa, (8) 314. 



scorpiurus, (15) 166. 



scottii, (16) 275. 



Report on the apparatus required for 



carrying on physical observations in 



connection with the fisheries, (6) 309. 

 from the Fishery Board's marine 



station at St. Andrews, (6) 265, &c. 

 on the biological investigations 



carried out on board H. M.S. " Jackal," 



(6) 215. 



on physical and chemical examina- 

 tion of the water in the Moray Firth, 

 (6) 313. 



on physical observations bearing 



on the circulation of the water in 



Loch Fyne, (5) 262. 

 on physical observations on the sea 



to the west of Lewis, (6) 349. 

 Reproduction in diatoms, (15) 217. 



of fishes, (10) 18. 



of the eel, (13) 14, 192. 



Reproductive organs of fishes, weight of, 



(10) 241. 



"Research," H.M.S., animal plankton 



collected by, (15) 305. 

 physical observations made on 



board of, (15) 280. 

 report on phyto-plankton collected 



by, (15) 297. 

 Respiration of teleostean embryo, (16) 



213. 



Retina of teleosteans, embryology of, 

 (6) 280. 



Review of the trawling experiments of 

 the " Garland" in the Firth of Forth 

 and St. Andrews Bay in the years 

 1886-95, (14) 128. 



Rhamphistoma. See Garfish. 

 Rhina squatina. See Angel-fish. 

 Rhincalanus gigas, (19) 236, 237; (20) 

 450. 



Rhizosolenia alata, (15) 298, 300. 



pungens, (15) 214. 



semispina, (15) 300. 



setigera, (15) 214. 



shrubsolii, (15) 214. 



stolterfothii, (15) 214, 301. 



styliformis, (15) 298, 301. 



Rhizothrix curvata,(8) 319; (21) 123. 

 Rhoda raschii, (20) 480. 

 Rhodine loveni, (15) 158. 

 Rhombinfe, (18) 352, 357, 358. 

 Rhomboidichthys, (18) 360. 

 — mancus, (18) 357. 

 Rhombosolea, (18) 360. 

 Rhombus la' vis. See Brill. 



mwoticus, (18) 357. 



maximus. See Turbot. 



norvegicus. See Topknot, Norway. 



Rhynchomyzon purpurocinctum, (17) 262; 



(18) 400; (20) 472. 

 Richard, M., (13) 16. 

 Rigor mortis in fish and its relation to 



putrefaction, (6) 282. 

 Rissoa parva, (15) 119. 



violacea, (15) 119. 



River-watar, micro-organisms in, (3) 73 ; 



(4) 176 ; (5) 331. 

 Robb, Mr James, (20) 136. 

 Robertson, Mr John, (9) 177. 

 Robertsoni tenuis, (6) 239 ; (17) 254 ; (20) 



503, 517, 523. 

 Roche, Dr, chief inspector of French 



fisheries, (13) 10, 16, 345. 

 Rockling, five-bearded {Motella (Onos) 



mustela), (4) 233; (8) 357 ; (15)111; 



(18) 284. 



fecundity of, (9) 259. 



food of, (20) 519. 



growth of, (15) 208. 



post-larval and young, stages 



of, (15) 206. 



reproduction of, (3) 66. 



spawning period of, (4) 249. 



four-bearded (Motella (Onos) cim- 



bria), (4) 222 ; (8) 357 : (18) 284. 



eggs of, (16)91, 115. 



fecundity of, (9) 258. 



food of, (21) 222. 



larval stages of, (8) 363. 



parasites of, (19) 122; (20) 289. 



three -bearded (Motella (Onos) 



tricirrata), (4) 224 ; (8) 357 ; (18) 284. 



food of, (8) 255. 



parasites of, (20) 289, 291 ; (23) 



110. 



spotted (Onos macidatus), (18) 284. 



Rocklings, eggs of, (7) 306 ; (8)284; (14) 

 223. 



in Firth of Clyde, (15) 250. 



larval, (8) 284. 



post-larval forms of, (7) 308. 



spawning period of, (17) 99. 



Roperia tessellata, (15) 214. 

 Rosie, Mr D., (9) 177. 

 Rossia macrosoma, (15) 115. 

 oioeni, (15) 115. 



