1. Marine Fishes 2. Importance to People 3. General Profile of Marine Fishery Sector of India 4. External Characters of Fishes 5. Systematic Position 6. Families of the Pelagic Fishes of India  7. Families of the Demersal Fishes of India 8. Keys to the Identification of Marine Fishes 9. Internal Organs of a Fish 
10. Methods of Measuring and Counting of Characters  in Fishes 11. Glossary  12. Scientific and Common Names of Commercially Important Marine Fishes of India 13. Bibliography