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Common Eel {Anguilla rostrata) .5, 8, 35, 77, 109-110, 
(color plate) 126 
Common Grunt. 185 
Common Squeteague {Cynoscion regalis) .9, 24, 27, 31, 35, 
69, 19s, ill. 70, (color plate) 72 
Common Sturgeon {Acipenser sturio) . 5, 7, 55-56, 77, 
(color plate) 42 
Common Whitefish (Corif^onMJ’.77, 90, 93, 
106-107, 195. (color plate) 122 
Conch shell.17, 130-131, 191, ill. 138 
Conger Eel. 7,8 
Connecticut River. 24 
Cooking fish in hot-water hole.ill. 79 
Coral reefs.130, 139, 164 
“Cove Oyster,” Origin of name.(legend) 221 
Cow Pilot or Sergeant Major {Abudejduf saxatilis). .\6\, 183, 
184, (color plate) 182 
Cowfish (Lactophryus tricornis) .167, (color plate) 179 
Crab discarding shell.ill. 22 
Crabs as bait.35, 36. 37, 174 
Crappie {Pomoxis annularis) .89, 96, (color plate) 114 
Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Ore.ill. 85 
Crawfish or Spiny Lobster {Panulirus argus) .159, 
(color plate) 153 
Crayfish part of food supply.81, 88, 89 
Crevally family or Carangiidae. 170 
Croakers part of food supply. 27 
Crustaceans as fish food.19, 89, IS9, 217, ill. 129 
Cuba, Island of.167, 179 
Cuckold {Lactophrys triqueter) .167, (color plate) 170 
Curious Inhabitants of the Gulf Stream. By Dr. John 
T. Nichols. 163 
Cusk {Brosmius brosme) .27, 56, 229, (color plate) 43 
Customhouse Tower, Boston.ill. 16 
Cutthroat Trout.(legend) 97 
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Darters are food for fish.77, 98 
Decatur, Stephen.(legend) 227 
Delaware Bay.9, 24, 27 
Delaware River, N. J., fisheries. i 
Delaware River, N. J., Sturgeons from the.ill. 10 
Denver, Colo. 29 
Desmarest. 90 
Devil-fish {Manta birostris) .187, 193, 194, ill. 186, 190, 192 
Devil-Fishing in the Gulf Stream. By John Oliver 
La Gorce. 187 
Digby, Nova Scotia: Drying fish at.ill. 9 
Dimock, Messrs. A. W. and Julian A .(legend) 128 
Dog, or Chum Salmon. 199 
Dog Salmon, Magnified scale to show age of.ill. 81 
Dogfish, unmarketable fish.137, 235 
Dolphin {Coryphaena hippurus) 135, 140, 174, (color plate) 150 
“Dressing down” the catch.235, ill. 230 
Drum, Fresh-water {Aplodinotus grunniens) .89, 107, 109, 
(color plate) 123 
“Drummer” Weakfish, or Squeteague called. 35 
Drying fish at Digby, Nova Scotia.ill. 9 
Drying nets near the Virginia capes.ill. 62 
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East River, N. Y. 24 
Eastern Pickerel {Esox reticulatus) .31, loo-ioi, 
(color plate) 119 
Eel, Common {Anguilla rostrata) .5, 8, 35, 77, 109-110, 
(color plate) 126 
Eel, Conger. 7,8 
Eel, European.5, 90 
Eels, spawning habits.5, 126 
Eggs and milt removed from fish for artificial propagation 
205, ill. 34, 211 
Eggs, Salmon, ready for shipment.ill. 200 
Eigermann, C. H. 30 
Elver, European.5, 110, 126 
Enemies of fishes. 7, 8 
Entomostraca, Minute. 89 
European Eel.5, 90 
European Elver.5, no, 126 
European Trout. 90 
Evermann, B. VV'. 30 
Eyes, Why fish have spherical. n 
F 
Fauna, Marine and land, compared.22-23 
Feeding fish, Man.ill. 89 
Fierasferer lives in the Sea-pudding. 131 
Fighting fish of Siam. 15 
Filefish, Flat-sided. 166 
Fish bitten in two by larger fish.127, ill. 134 
Fish-eating fish.89, 183 
Fish eating from man’s hand.ill. 89 
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Fish hatchery experts removing eggs and milt from fishes. . ill. 34 
Fish ladder, Cazadero Dam, Columbia River.ill. 203 
Fish scale. Magnified to show age.. ill. 81 
Fish scaling a seven-foot wall.ill. 160 
Fisher, Carl G....194 
Fisherman hauling in his net, A Nova Scotia.. ill. 2 
Fisherman mending his nets. An Atlantic.ill. 14 
Fishermen.77, 195, 212, 228, 233, 235, 236, 238, ill. 10, 14, 
IS, 18, 20, 28, 31, 33, $8, 64, 66, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 
90, 108, 134, 197, 228, 231, 232, 234, 237 
Fishermen, Game..ill. 32, I 37 , 188. 199. 192 
Fishwives of St. Pierre..• • • • 3 ^ 
Fisherwomen.ill. 70, 136 
Fishery industries.27, 30, 77, 81, 228, 229, ill. 9, 10, 12, 
13, IS, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 28, 30. 31, 36, s6, 57, 58, 64, 
90, 197, 200, 201, 207, 208, 21S, 221, 222, 226-234 
Fishes and Fisheries of Our North Atlantic Sea¬ 
board. By John Oliver La Gorce. i 
Fishing fleet near Customhouse Tower, Boston.ill. 16 
“Fishing Rod” of Ojibway Indians.ill. 82 
Fishing-schooners. 230, 231, 236, ill. 226, 229, 230-234, 236-238 
Fishing tackle.31. 35 , 37 , 88 , ill. 32, 70, 78, 79, 80, 82, 96, 
97,188 
Flatfish (Flounders and Halibuts) Origin and growth of.. i, 3, 17 
Fleet, Fishing, near Customhouse Tower, Boston.ill. 16 
Fleet, Oyster lying off Baltimore.ill. 221 
Florida, Coast of.127, 130, 131, 135, 139, 140, 142, IS9, 
163, 173, 174, 187, 189, 194 
Flounder family.i, IS, 27, 29, 38, 163, 184 
Flunder, Summer {Paralichthys dentatus) .i, 27, 38, S5, 
(color plate) 40 
Flounder, Winter {Pseudopleuronectes americanus). . . . i, 38, SS, 
(color plate) 40 
Flying fish.8, 35, 150, 174 
Fog, Summer.233-236 
Foods of fishes.88-89, I74 
Forbes, Professor S. A. 88 
Forked tails. Why fish have. 173 
Four-Eyed Fish {Chaetodon capistratus) .(color plate) 177 
Fraser River, British Columbia.199, 203. 209 
French Angel-Fish {Pomacanthus paru) .(color plate) 176 
French Grunt. 185 
Fresh-water Drum {Aplodinotus grunniens) .89, 107, 109, 
(color plate) 123 
Frog culture.81, 88 
Fur-seal, Herd of Alaskan.ill. 206 
Fusaro, Lago: Italy.(legend) 218 
Gar {Mycteroperca microlepis) .139, (color plate) 146 
Game fish.31, 33, 33, 36, 37 , 131, i 33 , US, i 39 , 140, 191, 
193, ill- 32, 133, 136, 137 
Ganges, Upper, River: India.(legend) 160 
Gar, a fish-eating fish.89, 90, ill. 106 
Gar Pike has lung-like air bladder. 13 
Georges Bank. 9 
German Carp, Fish misnamed. 195 
Giant Octopus {Octopus punctatus) . 187 
Giant Sunfish, or Mola. 130 
Gilbert, Dr. Charles H. 202 
Gill nets. 77 
Gizzard-shad. Sg 
Gloucester Harbor, Mass.228, ill. 227 
Gobies, Gray. 163 
Golden Orfe. go 
Goode. G. Brown. 30 
Gorge below Niagara Falls, Fishing in.ill. 83 
Grand Banks. 225 
Grand Menan, New Brunswick. 9 
Gray Gobies. 163 
Gray Snapper {Neomenis griseus) .171, ill. 141 
Grayling a game fish. 31 
Great Albacore, Tuna known as. 33 
Great Lakes are reservoirs of fish food.77, 81, 193, ill. 90 
Great South Bay, New York. 183 
Green Moray {Lycodontis funebris). . 163, 167, (color plate) 177 
Green Turtle {Chelonia mydas) .142, (color plate) 138 
Grimsby, England, World’s leading fishing port. 27 
Ground Sharks {Carcharhinus) .174, 183 
Grouper, Black {Mycteraperca bonaci). . . 139, (color plate) 146 
Grouper, Nassau {Epinephelus striatus). . i3g, (color plate) 143 
Grouper or Rock Fish family. . 130, 139, (color plates) 143-146 
Grouper, Red {Epinephelus niorio) .139. (color plate) 143 
Grunt, Blue Striped {Ilaemulon sciurus).. 183, (color plate) i8i 
Grunt family.139, 184-183, ill. 132, (color plate) 181 
Grunt, Yellow.183, ill. 132, (color plate) 181 
Gudger, E. W. 30 
Gulf of Mexico. 103 
Gulf of St. Lawrence Halibut.ill. 228 
Gulf Stream.127, 131, 140, 142, 139, 163, 173, 187, 191 
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Haddock {Melanogrammus aegili/inus)..8, 9, 17, 24, 29, 38, 229, 
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Hake a food fish.27, 229 
