INDEX. 
Paratlicmisto gmcilijws, 265. 
Peterson, Dr C. G. Job., 318. 
Photia /oiHjicututdta, 265. 
Physical observations, 7. 
Pilchard (Clv/pea pilchardus), 14, 161. 
Plaice (Pkitroiurfcs platcssa) — 
Abnormal ?pepi»ft«i} of, 298. 
Development of, 7. 
Food of, 212, 217, 219, 229. 
Sexual proportions of, 239. 
Size at maturity, 238. 
Spawning time of, 234, 
Playfair, Sir Lyon, 173. 
rh n ran, < i. s i52 M„//as'NH,s'. See Sole, Witch. 
,, flesus. See Flounder. 
limanda. See Dab, Common. 
,, microcephalics. See Dab, 
Lemon. 
,, platcssa. See Flaice. 
Pleuronectids, remarks on young, 274. 
Poggc (Agonus cataphr actus), size at 
maturity, 238. 
Pollack (Gadus pollachius), ova of, 288. 
Pontocratcs Jmplochelcs, 263. 
Porccllidium fasciatum, 258. 
Pouchet, Professor, 160. 
Prince, Professor E. E., 20, 275, 323. 
Pscudocyclopia, 246. 
,, crassicomis, 246. 
,, minor, 247. 
Eaia batis. See Skates, Gray. 
,, clavata. See Ray, Thornback. 
,, radiata. See Ray, Starry. 
Rate of growth of fishes, 7, 282, 283, 
328. 
Ray, Starry (Eaia radiata), size at matu- 
rity, 238. 
Ray, Thornback (Eaia clavata), size at 
maturity, 238. 
Reproduction of fishes, 18. 
Reproductive organs, weight of, 241. 
Ehombus maximus. See Turbot. 
Sail-fluke (Amoglossus megastoma)— 
Sexual proportions of, 239. 
Size at maturity, 238. 
Development of, 292. 
Saithe {Gadus virens) — 
Sexual proportions of, 239. 
Ova of, 287. 
Spawning time of, 232. 
Sand-eel, 172. 
Development of, 7. 
Lesser (Ammodytes tobianus), 
sexual proportions of, 239. 
Sardine, 14, 160. 
Eggs of, 161. 
Movements of, 161. 
Scott, Mr Thomas, F.L.S., 18, 23, 211, 
244, 300. 
Scott, Mr Andrew, 244, 
Scottish Fishery Acts, 172. 
Scutelidium fasciatum, 258. 
Sea-fish culture. See Culture. 
Sea-ponds at Dunbar, 10. 
Sexual coloration in fishes, 242. 
Sexual relations of sea-fishes, 18, 239. 
Shaw-Lefevre, Mr, 173, 
Shetland, fisheries of, 202. 
Shore fisheries, falling oil' in, 8. 
Simpson, Captain, R.E., 7, 23, 244. 
• Sixerns,' 204. 
Skate, food of, 228, 231, 
Skate, Gray (Raia batis), size at maturity, 
238. 
Smith, Mr W. Anderson, 14, 160, 3S0. 
Smith, Dr W. Ramsay, 18, 23, 211. 
Sole, Lemon (Pleuranectesmicrocephalus) — 
Food of, 313, 220. 
Sexual proportions of, 239. 
Size at maturity, 238. 
Spawning time of, 234. 
Sole, Little (Solca lutca) — 
Sexual proportions of, 239, 
Size at maturity, 238. 
Sole, Witch (Plcuroncctes cynoglosstts) — 
Food of, 214, 223. 
Sexual proportions of, 239, 
Size at maturity, 238. 
Spawning time of, 234 
Solca lutea, See Little Sole. 
Solenette. See Sole, Little. 
Spanish sardines, report on, 14, 160. *J 
Spawning grounds, 31, 32, 187. 
Spawning offshore, 236. 
Spawning places, 235 
Spawning times of the food-fishes, 232. 
Brill, 232, 233, 234. 
Cod, 232, 233, 234. 
Dab, Common, 234. 
Dab, Long Rough, 234. 
Flounder, 234. 
Gurnard, Common, 234. 
Haddock, 232, 233, 234. 
Halibut, 232, 233, 234. 
Ling, 232, 233. 
Plaice, 334. 
Saithe, 232, 233. 
Sole, Lemon, 234. 
Sole, Witch, 234. 
Turbot, 232, 233, 234. 
Tusk, 232, 233. 
Whiting, 232, 233, 234. 
Sprat, 162, 
St Andrews Marine Laboratory, 7. 
Star-fishes, injurious to line-caught fish, 
299. 
Statistics of Scottish fisheries since 1809, 
15, 174. 
Statistics of fishermen and boats, 12. 
Statistics, special fishery, 12, 27. 
Stebbing, Rev. T. R. R., 244. 
Stephos, 245. 
,, minor, 245. 
Steven, Dr J. Lindsay, 323. 
Sulcator areuarius, 264. 
Swedish fishermen, 209. 
Tachidius crassicomis, 250. 
Temora affinis, 245. 
Territorial waters, fish caught in, 13. 28. 
Tctragoniccps bradyi. 253. 
,, inccrtus, 254. 
,, macronyx, 253, 
