An Introduction to the Study of Fishes

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Author

Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914

Title

An introduction to the study of fishes

Original Publication

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1880.

Credits

Peter Becker, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Ichthyology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72060

Release Date

November 7, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FISHES
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. HISTORY AND LITERATURE. — I.— Voyages, Containing General Accounts of Zoological Collections. — A. French. — B. English. — C. German. — II.— Faunae. — A. Great Britain. — B. Denmark and Scandinavia. — C. Russia. — D. Germany. — E. Italy and Mediterranean. — F. France. — G. Pyrenean Peninsula. — H. North America. — I.— Japan. — J.— East Indies; Tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. — K.— Africa. — L.— West Indies and South America. — M.— New Zealand. — N.— Arctic Regions. — III.— Anatomical Works.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF FISHES.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. TERMINOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SKELETON.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. MODIFICATIONS OF THE SKELETON.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. MYOLOGY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. NEUROLOGY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE ORGANS OF SENSE.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE ORGANS OF NUTRITION AND DIGESTION.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. ORGANS OF RESPIRATION.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. URINARY ORGANS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. GROWTH AND VARIATION OF FISHES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. DOMESTICATED AND ACCLIMATISED FISHES; ARTIFICIAL IMPREGNATION OF OVA—TENACITY OF LIFE AND REPRODUCTION OF LOST PARTS—HYBERNATION—USEFUL AND POISONOUS FISHES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES IN TIME.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXISTING FISHES OVER THE EARTH’S SURFACE—GENERAL REMARKS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRESHWATER FISHES. — I. Equatorial Zone . — II. Northern Zone. — III. Southern Zone.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. THE FISHES OF THE BRACKISH WATER.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. THE DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE FISHES. — I.— Distribution of Shore Fishes. — I. Shore Fishes of the Arctic Ocean. — II. The Northern Temperate Zone. — A. Shore Fishes of the Temperate North Atlantic . — B. Shore Fishes of the Temperate North Pacific. — III.— The Equatorial Zone. — A. Shore Fishes of the Tropical Atlantic. — B. Shore Fishes of the Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. — C. Shore Fishes of the Pacific Coasts of Tropical America . — IV.— The Southern Temperate Zone . — V.— Shore Fishes of the Antarctic Ocean.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC FISHES.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. THE FISHES OF THE DEEP SEA.
27. 27.SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART. — FIRST SUB-CLASS: PALÆICHTHYES. — FIRST ORDER: CHONDROPTERYGII. — SECOND ORDER—GANOIDEI. — SECOND SUB-CLASS—TELEOSTEI. — FIRST ORDER—ACANTHOPTERYGII. — SECOND ORDER: — THIRD ORDER—ANACANTHINI. — Fourth Order—Physostomi. — FIFTH ORDER—LOPHOBRANCHII. — SIXTH ORDER—PLECTOGNATHI. — THIRD SUB-CLASS—CYCLOSTOMATA. — FOURTH SUB-CLASS—LEPTOCARDII.
28. 28.APPENDIX.
29. 29.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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