CONTENTS VOL. II.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. II.
ERRATA [1] Vol. II
CHAPTER I THE GANOIDS
CHAPTER II THE GANOIDS Continued
CHAPTER III ISOSPONDYLI
CHAPTER IV SALMONIDAE
CHAPTER V SALMONIDAE ( Continued )
CHAPTER VI THE GRAYLING AND THE SMELT
CHAPTER VII THE APODES, OR EEL-LIKE FISHES
CHAPTER VIII SERIES OSTARIOPHYSI
CHAPTER IX THE NEMATOGNATHI, OR CATFISHES
CHAPTER X THE SCYPHOPHORI, HAPLOMI, AND XENOMI
CHAPTER XI ACANTHOPTERYGII; SYNENTOGNATHI
CHAPTER XII PERCESOCES AND RHEGNOPTERI
CHAPTER XIII PHTHINOBRANCHII: HEMIBRANCHII, LOPHOBRANCHII, AND HYPOSTOMIDES
CHAPTER XIV SALMOPERCAE AND OTHER TRANSITIONAL GROUPS
CHAPTER XV BERYCOIDEI
CHAPTER XVI PERCOMORPHI
CHAPTER XVII CAVALLAS AND PAMPANOS
CHAPTER XVIII PERCOIDEA, OR PERCH-LIKE FISHES
CHAPTER XIX THE BASS AND THEIR RELATIVES
CHAPTER XX THE SURMULLETS, THE CROAKERS AND THEIR RELATIVES
CHAPTER XXI LABYRINTHICI AND HOLCONOTI
CHAPTER XXII CHROMIDES AND PHARYNGOGNATHI
CHAPTER XXIII THE SQUAMIPINNES
CHAPTER XXIV SERIES PLECTOGNATHI
CHAPTER XXV PAREIOPLITAE, OR MAILED-CHEEK FISHES
CHAPTER XXVI GOBIOIDEI, DISCOCEPHALI, AND TAENIOSOMI
CHAPTER XXVII SUBORDER HETEROSOMATA
CHAPTER XXVIII SUBORDER JUGULARES
CHAPTER XXIX THE BLENNIES: BLENNIIDAE
CHAPTER XXX OPISTHOMI AND ANACANTHINI
CHAPTER XXXI ORDER PEDICULATI: THE ANGLERS
INDEX
457 Podothecus, ii, 453 pond-skipper, figure of, i, 118; ii,
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Transcriber's Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF FISHES
VARIATIONS IN THE COLOR OF FISHES
The Oniokose or Demon Stinger, Inimicus japonicus (Cuv. and Val.), from Wakanoura, Japan. From nature by Kako Morita.
Surface coloration about lava rocks.
Coloration of specimens living among red algÆ.
Coloration in deep water; Inimicus aurantiacus (Schlegel).
A GUIDE
TO
THE STUDY OF FISHES
BY
DAVID STARR JORDAN
President of Leland Stanford Junior University
With Colored Frontispieces and 507 Illustrations
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol II.
"I am the wiser in respect to all knowledge
and the better qualified for all fortunes
for knowing that there is a minnow in that
brook."—Thoreau
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1905
Copyright, 1905
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published March, 1905
