Notes on the structure and relationships of the alepocephaloid fishes

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2473

By

Greenwood, Peter Humphry

Rosen, Donn Eric, 1929-1986

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1971]

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 23, 1971."

"The alepocephaloid fishes, which have had a long, uncertain taxonomic history, are compared with members of the Argentinoidei. The two groups share a distinctive pharyngobranchial structure not known to occur in any other major group of fishes. Study of the caudal skeleton of alepocephaloids and argentinoids reveals additional trenchant similarities between these two groups. Other anatomical information is consistent with the hypothesis that alepocephaloids and argentinoids form a monophyletic assemblage. The two groups are included as two superfamilies, the Alepocephaloidea and Argentinoidea, of the suborder Argentinoidei. Suggested rearrangements of members of the Argentinoidea also are propsed"--P. [1].

Subjects

Alepocephalidae , Anatomy , Argentinoidea , Branchial arch , Classification , Pharynx

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2473, 1971

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 45624851