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( Lophotidce) —Ribbon-Fish ( Trachypteridce )—Thornbacks ( Notacanthidce)—Pomacentridce 
—Wrasses ( Labridce )—True Wrasses ( Labrus )—Parrot-Wrasses ( Scarus )—Viviparous 
Wrasses ( Diatrematidce )—Chromids ( Ghromididce )—Tuft-Gilled Fishes (Suborder Lopho- 
branchii )—Mailed Tube-Mouths ( Solenostomatidce )—Pipe-Fishes and Sea-Horses (Syn- 
gnathidce ) — Conib-Gilled Group (Suborder Plectognathi) — File-Fishes and Coffer- 
Fishes (. Balistidce )—Globe-Fishes and Sun-Fishes ( Diodontidce )—Soft-Finned Fishes 
(Suborder Anacanthini )— Lycodidce —The Cod Tribe ( Gadidce )—True Cod ( Gadus )— 
Haddock—Other Species—Hakes ( Merluccius )—Burbot (Lota )—Ling and Rockling 
(. Molva) —Sand-Eels and their Allies ( Ophidiidce ) — Cave-Fish ( Lucifuga ) — Snake- 
Fishes ( Ophidium )—Parasitic Fish ( Fierasfer )—Sand-Eels ( Ammodytes )— Conyrodus — 
The Long-Tails (Macruridce) —Flat-Fishes ( Pleuronectidce) — Psettodes —Holibut ( Hippo- 
glossus )—Turbot, etc. (Rhombus )—Plaice and Flounder (Pleuronectes )—Soles (Solea )— 
Blind Soles (Soleotalpa )—The Tube-Bladdered Fishes (Suborder Physostovii )—Eel 
Tribe (Murcenidce )—Mursenas (Murcena )—True Eels (Anguilla )—Congers (Conger )— 
Serpent-Eels (Ophichthys) —Deep-Sea Eels (Synaphobranchus) —Single-Slit Eels (Sym- 
branchidai )—Electric Eel (Gymnotidce )— Cat-Fishes (Siluridce )— Eel-Like Cat-Fish 
(Clarias )—Weis (Silurus )— Yarrell’s Cat-Fish (Bagarius )—Electric Cat-Fishes (Mala- 
pterurus )—Mailed Cat-Fishes (Callichthys, etc.)—Carp Tribe (Cyprinidce )—True Carp 
(Cyprinus )—Crucian and Golden Carp (Carassius )—Barbels (Barbus )—Gudgeon (Gobio) 
—White-Fish (Leuciscus )—Tench (Tinea )—Beaked Carp (Chondrostoma )—Bitterling 
(Rhodeus )—Bream (Abramis )—Rapfen (Aspins )—Bleak (Alburnus )—Sichel (Pelecus) 
Loaches (Cobitis, etc.)—African Loaches (Kneriidm )—Characinoid Fishes (Erythrinidce) 
Cyprinodonts (Cyprinodontidce) —Double-Eves (Anableps) —Blind-Fish (Amblyopsidce) 
Urnbres (Umbridce )—Pike (Esocidce )—African Beaked-Fish (Mormyridce) —Feather- 
Backs (Notopteridce) — Southern Pikelets (Galaxiidcr) — Arapaimas (Osteoglossidce )— 
Arapaima (Arapaima )—Barbelled Arapaima (Osteoglossum) —Small-Mouthed Arapaima 
(Heterotis) —Moon-Eye (Hyodontidce )— Chisel-Jaw (Pantodontidce) — Beaked Salmon 
(Gonorhynchidce )—The Scopeloids (Scopelidce )—Phosphorescent Scopeloids (Sternopty- 
chidcc and Stomateidce )—Silvery Light-Fish (Photichthys) —Hedgehog-Mouths (Echio- 
stoma )—The Dorab (Chirocentridce )— Long-Finned Herring (Bathythrissidce) — The 
Extinct Saurodonts ( Enchodontidce , Saurocephalidce, etc.)—The Herring Tribe ( Clupeidce) 
—Typical Group (Clupea) —Fresh-Water Herrings (Diplomystus )—Anchovies (Engraulis) 
— Elops —Slender-Scales (Leptolepis )—The Smooth-Heads (Alepocephalidce )—Southern 
Salmon (Hap>lochitonidce) — Salmon Tribe (Salmonidce) — Typical Group (Salmo )— 
Salmon—Trout—Charr—Many-Rayed Salmon (Onchorhynchus )—Smelts (Osmerus )— 
Coregonoids (Coregonus )—Grayling (Thymallus)—Percopsidce — Bony Pike and its 
Kindred (Suborder AEtheospondyli) — Existing Types (Lepidosteidce) — Spear-Beaks 
(Aspidorhynchidce )—The Bow-Fin and its Allies (Suborder Protospondyli )—Existing 
Family (Amiidce )—Extinct Families (Pachycormidce, etc.)—The Sturgeon Tribe (Sub¬ 
order Chondrostei )—Toothed Sturgeons (Polyodontidce )—Toothless Sturgeons— (Acipen- 
seridee )—True Sturgeons (Acipenser) —Shovel-Beaked Sturgeons (Scaphirhynchus )— 
Allied Extinct Families ( Chondrosteidce, etc.)—Fringe-Finned Ganoids (Order Cros- 
sopterygii )—Existing Species (Polypteridce )—Extinct Families, .... 
CHAPTER IV.—Sharks and Rays,—S ubclass Elasmobranchii. 
Distinctive Features—The Blue Shark and its Allies (Carchariidce )—Typical Genus (Car- 
charias )—Tope (Galeus )—Hammerheads (Sphyrna )—Hounds (Mustelus) — Porbeagle 
Group (Lamnidce )—Porbeagles (Lamna) —Rondeleti’s Shark ( Carcharodon) —Fox-Shark 
(Alopecias) —Basking-Shark (Cetorhinus) —Indo-Pacific Basking-Shark (Rhinodontidce) 
—Dog-Fishes and Their Allies (Scylliidce )—True Dog-Fishes (Scyllium )—Other 
Genera—Pavement-Toothed Sharks (Cestraciontidcd) —Comb-Toothed Sharks (Noti- 
danidee )—Typical Genus (Notidanus) — Frill-Gilled Shark (Chlamydoselache) — The 
Spiny Dog-Fishes and their Allies (Spinacidce )—The Extinct Petalodonts (I J etalodon- 
tidee )—The Angel-Fish (Squatinida )—The Saw-Fishes (Pristiophoridce and Pristidce )— 
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