This is an illustration of the Yellow Perch. A perch is a freshwater bony fish belonging to the family Osteichthyes.

Yellow Perch

This is an illustration of the Yellow Perch. A perch is a freshwater bony fish belonging to the family…

A large bird that feeds mostly on fish.

Laughing Kingfisher

A large bird that feeds mostly on fish.

A flying fish with extremely large wing like pectoral fins divided into two portions.

Flying Gurnard

A flying fish with extremely large wing like pectoral fins divided into two portions.

The national god of the Philistines, represented as formed of the upper part of a man and the lower part of a fish.

Dagon

The national god of the Philistines, represented as formed of the upper part of a man and the lower…

A surf fish

Surfperch

A surf fish

A small fish resembling the common perch.

Darter

A small fish resembling the common perch.

A fish named for its resemblance of its dead body to a deal.

Dealfish

A fish named for its resemblance of its dead body to a deal.

A large bird so called for its gracefulness and symmetry in form. Feeds mostly on fish.

Numidian Crane

A large bird so called for its gracefulness and symmetry in form. Feeds mostly on fish.

Two young boys holding a fish at the fish market.

Fish Market

Two young boys holding a fish at the fish market.

A fish with many small spikes that blows itself into a globular shape by swallowing air.

Sea Porcupine

A fish with many small spikes that blows itself into a globular shape by swallowing air.

A diphyceral tail of a spotted burbot fish.

Spotted Burbot Tail

A diphyceral tail of a spotted burbot fish.

an organism having many stinging arms.

Jelly Fish

an organism having many stinging arms.

A food fish.

Blue Surf Perch

A food fish.

A caricature showing an old man dressed up like a king, fishing.

Kingfisher

A caricature showing an old man dressed up like a king, fishing.

"Diagrammatic cross-section of Cray-fish in the thoracic region, to show relation of circulation and respiration. a, appendage; c, carapace; c.f., flap of carapace overhanging the gills; d, digestive tube; g, gill; h, heart; l, liver; m, body muscles; m', muscles of the appendages; n.c., nerve cord; p.s., paricardial sinus; r, reproductive glands; st, sternal artery; v.a., ventral artery; v.s., ventral blood sinus in which the nerve cord lies." — Galloway

Cray-fish

"Diagrammatic cross-section of Cray-fish in the thoracic region, to show relation of circulation and…

"Diagram of the principal vessels in the circulation of a fish, ventral view. a, aorta; au., auricle; br.a., afferent branchial arteries; br.e., efferent branchial arteries; bu., bulbus (or conus) arteriosus; c, carotid; c.a., caudal artery; c.v.r., right cardinal vein; c.v.l., left cardinal vein; d.a., dorsal artery; d.c., ductus Cuvieri; g, gills; h.v., hepatic vein; h.p., hepatic portal vein; i, intestine; j, jugular vein; k, kidney; l, liver; r.p., renal portal vein; s.v., sinus venosus; v, ventricle." — Galloway

Fish Circulation

"Diagram of the principal vessels in the circulation of a fish, ventral view. a, aorta; au., auricle;…

A small boat; especially a small flat bottomed boat used in sea fisheries, in which to go out from a larger vessel to catch fish.

Dory

A small boat; especially a small flat bottomed boat used in sea fisheries, in which to go out from a…

A barbed javelin or arrow used in armies or a fish spear.

Pheon

A barbed javelin or arrow used in armies or a fish spear.

A fish with a ray of the first dorsal fin more or less elongated and filamentous.

Squirrel Hake

A fish with a ray of the first dorsal fin more or less elongated and filamentous.

There is a large oblong crested float which buoys the fish up, from which hang many tenticles, which can attain a length of 12 feet. The tenticles produce a powerful stinging sensation when touched.

Portuguese Man of War

There is a large oblong crested float which buoys the fish up, from which hang many tenticles, which…

A small and white cockerel fish.

Pond Pickerel

A small and white cockerel fish.

A fish so called from its long slender shape and pointed snout.

Pike

A fish so called from its long slender shape and pointed snout.

A fish with elongated form, subconical head, and sharp canines mixed with the villiform teeth from the jaws and palate.

Pike Perch

A fish with elongated form, subconical head, and sharp canines mixed with the villiform teeth from the…

A man fishing for pearls.

Pearl Fisher

A man fishing for pearls.

A fish resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder, with the under jaw shorter, the back more elevated, the belly less sharp, and the mouth edentulous.

Pilchard

A fish resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder, with the under jaw shorter, the back more elevated,…

An old fishing rod and lure.

Old Fishing Rod

An old fishing rod and lure.

A fish with skin and scales encroaching on the drsal and anal fins, which are consequently thickened.

Bermuda Chub

A fish with skin and scales encroaching on the drsal and anal fins, which are consequently thickened.

A fat fish.

Pimelodus

A fat fish.

"The name of a Babylonian god, who, in the first year of the foundation of Babylon, is said to have come out of the Persian Gulf, or the old Erythraean Sea, adjoining Babylon. He is described as having the head and body of a fish, to which were added a human head and feet under the fish's head and at the sail. He lived amongst men during the daytime, without, however, taking any food, and retired at sunset to the sea, from which he had emerged." — Chambers, 1881

Oannes

"The name of a Babylonian god, who, in the first year of the foundation of Babylon, is said to have…

"A, is the cathead; B, the fish davit; C, and E, bollards; D, the bill-board. The anchor is held in place by two chains, a and b, termed the cat-stopper and shank vainter respectively, each of which is fitted with a long link at one end. A bolt b, about 5 or 6 inches long, is fixed on the side of the cathead, on a hinge at its lower end; it is held in the upright position by another bolt c, which passes through the cathead, and is worked by a lever d; d is provided with a hole at the end for a lanyard, so that two or three men can pull it. This whole arrangement is termed a slip-stopper. A somewhat similar combination of bolts and levers is fitted close tot he bill-board D, e being a short bolt secured at its lower end with a hinge to the ship's side; and f a hooked lever which holds it in its upright position; f has a socket at its inboard end, to which a shifting arm, provided with a lanyard like the lever d, is fitted." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Bower Anchor

"A, is the cathead; B, the fish davit; C, and E, bollards; D, the bill-board. The anchor is held in…

Assorted fishing lines, hooks and lures.

Angling

Assorted fishing lines, hooks and lures.

Assorted hooks for fly-fishing.

Angling

Assorted hooks for fly-fishing.

A fish with a long body and slender jaws.

Great Pipefish

A fish with a long body and slender jaws.

A fish with a long body and slender jaws.

Massachusetts Pipefish

A fish with a long body and slender jaws.

This fish is of a dark olive color heavily dotted with black, and has two dark bars at the base of the caudal fin.

Pirate Perch

This fish is of a dark olive color heavily dotted with black, and has two dark bars at the base of the…

A fish constellation and zodiac sign.

Pisces

A fish constellation and zodiac sign.

An ancient southern constellation, the Southern Fish.

Piscis Austrinus

An ancient southern constellation, the Southern Fish.

An asymetrical fish that live sup to 200m below the surface.

Common Plaice

An asymetrical fish that live sup to 200m below the surface.

A fish like a perch.

Sea Bat

A fish like a perch.

A fish with a broad flat skull, deformed from synosteosis of frontal and parietal bones.

Flathead

A fish with a broad flat skull, deformed from synosteosis of frontal and parietal bones.

A fish.

Plesiops

A fish.

An unsymmetrical fish with both eyes on one sides of its face; one side colored and the other colorless.

Flatfish

An unsymmetrical fish with both eyes on one sides of its face; one side colored and the other colorless.

A cottoid fish, the armed bullhead.

Pogge

A cottoid fish, the armed bullhead.

A fish that lives in tropical seas.

Pomacentridae

A fish that lives in tropical seas.

A fish that lives in tropical seas.

Pomacentrus

A fish that lives in tropical seas.

A fish with no spines in its anal and dorsal fins.

White Pomfret

A fish with no spines in its anal and dorsal fins.

A fish with a blunt snout and fins free of spines. Color is uniformly blueish above without dark bands or black on the vertical fins, and silvery or golden on the sides.

Common Pompano

A fish with a blunt snout and fins free of spines. Color is uniformly blueish above without dark bands…

A fish native to the Mediterranean and Alantic waters. Usually silver in color and rosy on its back.

Porgy

A fish native to the Mediterranean and Alantic waters. Usually silver in color and rosy on its back.

A small toothed ocean fish. About 6 feet in length and has a blunt head not produced into a long beak, and a thick body tapering toward the tail.

Porpoise

A small toothed ocean fish. About 6 feet in length and has a blunt head not produced into a long beak,…

"The subjects beginning at the top and going to the right are (1.) The paraiytle carrying his bed; (2.) The seven baskets full of fragments; (3.) Raising of Lazarus; (4.) Daniel in the lions' den; (5.) Jonah swallowed by the fish; (6.) Jonah vomited forth; (7.) Moses striking the rock; (8.) Noah and the dove. In the center, the Good Shepherd." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Fresco Ceiling

"The subjects beginning at the top and going to the right are (1.) The paraiytle carrying his bed; (2.)…

A type of fish with swollen or inflated parts.

Horn Pout

A type of fish with swollen or inflated parts.

A type of fish with swollen or inflated parts.

Horn Pout

A type of fish with swollen or inflated parts.

A fish having a big eye, found off the coasts of the United States.

Bigeye

A fish having a big eye, found off the coasts of the United States.

A fish with a long sharp studded nose.

Swordfish

A fish with a long sharp studded nose.

A fish with a long sharp studded nose.

Swordfish

A fish with a long sharp studded nose.

A fish with an extended snout far beyond its mouth. Grows up to 18 feet in length.

Chinese Paddlefish

A fish with an extended snout far beyond its mouth. Grows up to 18 feet in length.

A flat fish with large fins.

Flatfish

A flat fish with large fins.

"In China and the warmer parts of Japan a fish extremely similar to the Crucian carp of Europe is of very common occurrence in ponds and other still waters. In the wild state its colors do not differ from those of a Crucian carp, and like that fish it is tenacious of life and easily domesticated. Albinos seem to be rather common and as in other fishes, the color of most of these albinos is a bright orange or golden yellow; occasionally even this shade of color is lost, the fish being more or less pure white or silvery." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Goldfish

"In China and the warmer parts of Japan a fish extremely similar to the Crucian carp of Europe is of…

"Reputed to be one of the best-flavored freshwater fishes in the East Indian archipelago. Its original home is Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and several other East Indian islands, but thence it has been transported to and acclimatized in Penang, Malacca, Mauritius, and even Cayenne." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Goramy

"Reputed to be one of the best-flavored freshwater fishes in the East Indian archipelago. Its original…

A fish with a brownish color above, the sides and belly silvery, the lower fins tinged with orange.

Hair Lip Suckers

A fish with a brownish color above, the sides and belly silvery, the lower fins tinged with orange.