120 VISION 



MATERIALS AND METHODS 



Gross Anatomy 



The genera used in this analysis are listed in Table 1. Those that I examined 

 are indicated by an asterisk; published accounts exist for all other genera 

 listed. The taxonomic scheme is that of Compagno (1973, 1977). 



Table 1. Chondrichthian Central Nervous Systems described in literature 

 or examined by author.* 



Class Chondrichthyes 



Subclass Holocephali 



Rhinochimaera pacifica 

 (Garman 1904) 

 Callorhynchus antarcticus 

 (Kuhlenbeck and Niimi 1969) 

 Callorhynchus milii 

 (Garman 1904) 

 Chimaera monstrosa 



(Sterzi 1905, Johnston 1910, Kappers and Carpenter 1911, 

 Holmgren 1922, Faucette 1969a, 1969b, Schnitzlein and Faucette 

 1969) 

 *Hydrolagus colliei 

 (Garman 1904, Kuhlenbeck and Niimi 1969) 



Subclass Elasmobranchii 



Superorder Squalomorphii 



Order Hexanchiformes 



Chlamydoselachus anguineus 

 (Masai 1961) 

 Hexanchus 

 (Kappers et al. 1936) 

 *Notorynchus maculatus 

 (Daniel 1934) 

 Heptranchias 

 (Johnston 1911, Backstrom 1924) 



*Those examined by author. 



