INDEX 
Extensive biographies and color plates of fishes are listed also in 
front pages of The Book of Fishes 
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Age of fish, Scales show.90-91, 93, ill. 81 
Alaska, Salmon fisheries of.199, 202, 205, 209, 210, 211 
Albacore, Great, Tuna known as. 33 
Alewife {Pomolobus pseudoharengus) .5,27,60-61, 
(color plate) 47 
Alligator Gar.(legend) 106 
Allison, James A.189, 194 
All ison’s Tuna {Tkunnus allisoni) .140, 142 
Amhe.T {Seriola dumerili) .140, 183, ill. 185, 188, 
(color plate) 155 
American Lobster (//omarMJ am^'rfcanMJ’).15, 16, 17, 19, 
21, 67, 69, 159, (color plate) 54 
American Museum of Natural History, New York City.... 19 
Amia lives in West Indian Conch. 130 
Anatomy of the oyster.ill. 214 
Anadromous fishes.5, 23 
Anchovies, Schools of. 162 
Anemones on ocean floor.ill. 138, 171 
Angel-Fish.(color plate) 176 
Angel-Fish, Blue {Angelichthys isabelila) .163, 164, 
(color plate) 176 
Annelida, Tube-forming. 19 
UApache, Sea-going motor yacht. 189 
Arkansas, Fishing in.ill. 108 
Artificial propagation of fishes.25, 205, ill. 34, 91, 107 
Atlantic Highlands. 19 
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar).. .5, 8, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 63, 91, 
(color plate) 50 
Australian Lung-fish. 90 
Avernus, Lake, Oyster cultivation at.(legend) 218 
B 
Bahama Islands.142, 151, 162, 189 
Bainbridge, William.(legend) 227 
Baird Piscicultural Preserve. 205 
Bait.35-36, 37, 88, 23s, ill. 78, 232 
Balmoral Cannery, Skeena River, B. C.ill. 207 
Baltimore, Oyster fleet lying off.ill. 221 
Banks, The.1,9, 36, 195, 225, 229, 232, 235, 236 
Barataria Bay, La. 224 
Barbour. 30 
Barnacles {Balanus) .19, 217, ill. 129 
Barnegat Bay, N. J.ill. 70 
Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) .134, 137,' 139, 167, 170, 
ill. 168, (color plate) 143 
Bass, Black.89, 95, (color plate) 112 
Bass, Black Sea. 31 
Bass, Calico {Pomoxis sparoides) .90, 96, ill. 102, 
(color plate) 114 
Bass, Cannibal.ill. 84 
Bass, Channel. ill. 32 
Bass family.25, 77, 89, ill. 84 
Bass, Large-mouth Black {Micropterus salmoides) .90, 95, 
ill. 84, (color plate) 112 
Bass, Rock (Ambloplites rupestris) .89, 90, 95-96, ill. loi, 
(color plate) 113 
Bass, Sea {Centropiistes striatus)... .37, 70, 164, (color plate) 73 
Bass, Small-mouth Black {Micropterus dolomieu) .95, ill. 87, 
(color plate) 112 
Bass, Striped {Roccus lineatus) .5, 24, 31, 35, 36, 69-70, 90, 
(color plate) 72 
Batchelder, A. G. 189 
Bay of Florida. 183 
Beau Gregorys. 183 
Bermuda islands.5, 139, 140, 175 
Bigelow, R. P. 30 
Bimini, Bahama Is.189, 191, 193, 194, ill. 192 
Black Angel-Fish {Pomacantlius arcuatus) .(color plate) 176 
Black Bass..89, 95, ill. 92, (color plate) 112 
Black Drum, destructive to oysters. 216 
Black Grouper {Mycteroperca bonaci) .139, (color plate) 146 
Black Sea Bass. 31 
Black-tip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) . 183 
Blessing the fish o» the sea, London..ill. 6 
Blue Angel-Fish {Angelichthys isabelita) .163, 164, 
(color plate) 176 
Blue-cheeked Sunfish. 89 
Blue Sharks.... I74 
Blue Striped Grunt {Haemulon sciurus) .185, ill. 132, 
(color plate) 181 
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Blueback Salmon.199, 200, 20i 
Bluefish {Pomatomus saltatrix) .27, 31, 35-36, 70-71, 195, 
(color plate) 74 
Boats, Fishing.ill. 16, 18, 20, 26, 28, 33, 34, 58, 60, 64, 66, 
70, 90, 108, 136, 137, 161, 185, 197, 221, 222, 226-234, 
237, 238 
I.V../11, .^/j 111. 1 vj, xo 
Boston State House, The “Sacred Codfish” in.195, ill. 3 
Bottle, Oysters growing within a yeast-powder.ill. 219 
Boulanger, G. A..... 90 
Bowfin, Mudfish or.89, 90 
Branch Herring. 5 
Brazil, Coast of.142, 163 
Bream a fish-eating fish. 89 
Breathing apparatus of fish.ii, 13 
Breeding...13, I5. 133- 139. I99 
Brighton Aquarium, England. 90 
Brook Trout {Salvelinus fontinalis) .97, 99, ill. 98, 
(color plate) 116 
Brown Shark {Carcharhinus milberti) . 183 
Bryozoa, Lacelike. 19 
Buffalo-fishes.88, 195 
Buffalo Trunkfish {Lactophrys trigonus) .166-167, 
(color plate) 179 
Bullhead, Common {Ameiurus nebulosus) .93, 95, 
(color plate) 111 
Burbot a fish-eating fish. 89 
Bureau of Fisheries, United States, Work of.9, 11, 19, 25, 
30, 79, 84, 203, 205, 210, 211, 223, 224, ill. 26, 34, 91 
Butter-fish {Poronotus triacanthus) .27, 61, 63, 
(color plate) 49 
Butterfly Fish {Chaetodon ocellatus) .132, 163, 164, 
(color plate) 177 
Buzzards Bay, Mass. 9 
Calico Bass {Pomoxis sparoides) .90, 96, ill. 102, 
(color plate) 114 
California Flying Fish. 35 
Camouflage among fishes.15, 130, 163, 173-174, 183, 184 
Canal, Jumna: India.(legend) 160 
Cannibal Bass.ill. 84 
Canning lobster meat.ill. 13 
Canning Salmon.ill. 208 
Canoe, Indian fishing from a.ill. 82 
Canon City, Colo., oldest fish remains from. 27 
Cans of young trout for planting in a Colorado Lake... . ill. 107 
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, waters. Fish from.ill. 33, 66 
Capelin, Fishwives beheading: Island of St. Pierre.ill. 36 
Carangiidae, or Crevally family. 170 
Carp a plant-eating fish.89, 90 
Catfish.. .5, II, 77, 93, 95, 137, 195, 229, ill. 108, 160, 
(color plate) in 
Catfish, Spotted {Ictalurus punctatus). .93, 95, (color plate) in 
Caviar, The source of.ill. 15 
Cazadero Dam, Columbia River, Ore.ill. 203, 210 
Cephalopods, highest class of molusca. 187 
Certain Citizens of the Warm Sea. By Louis L. 
Mowbray. 127 
Channel Bass.ill. 32 
Channel Catfish. 89 
Charlevoix, Mich.ill. 90 
Chesapeake Bay., .9, 218, 221, ill. 56 
Chestertown, N. Y., Perch from..ill. 96 
Children as fishermen.ill. 14, 70, 78, 97, 105, 140 
Chinook Salmon.5, 195, ill. 196, 201 
Chubs a fish food. 77 
Clams used as bait. 37 
Cleaning fish, St. John’s, Newfoundland.ill. 17 
“Cochina” nickname for Queen Trigger-Fish.(legend) 179 
Codfish {Gadus callarias)... .7, 8, 9, 17, 19, 27, 38, 229, ill. 230, 
(color plate) 39 
“Codfish, Sacred,” in the Boston State House.;. 195, ill. 3 
Coho or Silver Salmon. 199 
Colorado Lake, Cans of trout for planting in a.ill. 107 
Columbia River, Ore.5, 199, ill. 203, 210 
Common Bullhead {Ameiurus nebulosus) .93, 95, 
(color plate) 111 
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