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Acknowledgments 



I wish to thank Tadashi Inada of Tohoku Regional 

 Fisheries Research Laboratory, Japan, for providing 

 the indispensable osteological data oi Steindachneria, 

 Macrouronus, Lyconus, and Gadomus; and Masahiro 

 Dojiri of Hyperion Treatment Plant, Playa del Rey, 

 California, and Gregory B. Deets of Institute of Para- 

 sitology, California State University, Long Beach, for 

 their suggestions on the first draft of this paper. I am 

 particularly indebted to Daniel M. Cohen of the Natural 

 History Museum of Los Angeles County for providing 

 information and literature on the gadiform fishes. Both 

 Daniel Cohen and Tadashi Inada have also read and 

 commented on the first draft of this paper. Five anon- 

 ymous reviewers gave their helpful comments on the 

 manuscript. However, the author bears the sole respon- 

 sibility for the interpretation presented herein. The 

 preparation of this work was supported by a grant from 

 California State University, Long Beach Foundation. 



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