Smith's Sea Fishes

By

J. L. B. Smith

Contents

Zone of the Sea And Their Fishes – The South African Region

The Tides – The Effects of Fishing – Scientific Nomenclature

Special Note

A Classification of Fishes – Common Names

To Estimate Weight of a Fish – The Pain Sense In Fishes

The Ancestry of Fishes – Dangers of the Shore

Ichthyology in South Africa

General Notes about Fishes

Speed and Migration – Poison in Fishes – Sex and Reproduction

Sleep Mucus – Drinking – Salt and Fresh Water – Taste – Smell

Hearing – Sight –Other Senses – Air Bladder – Touch

Electric Organs – Light – Sound – Body Temperature – Colour

Hybridization – Substances Poisonous To Fishes

Underwater Explosions – Number of Species

Preservation and Despatch of Fishes

Neutral Formalin Solution for Permanent Preservation

How to Identify a Fish – A Universal Tide Table for South Africa

Class Chrondrichthyes, Cartilaginous Fishes

Feature of A Typical Chondrichthyan Fish – Sharks

Saw-Fishes – Sandsharks – Rays – Sting-Rays

 Devil-Rays – Electric Rays – Chimaeras

Class Ostelchthyes, Bony Fishes

Coelacanth Fishes – Ray-Finned Bony Fishes

Features of A Typical Bony Fish

Bony Fishes, Systematic Account

Distribution Chart of South African Fishes

Main Key to Bony Fishes – Literature List

Recent Literature

Prep. /Fatma Essam
Rev. / Asmaa Ahmed
Manage. /Huda Hosny