CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS AND MATERIALS 2 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS 3 



LIST OF FISHES 3 



Albulidae 4 



Chlopsidae 4 



Muraenidae 4 



Ophiclithidae 4 



Congridae 4 



Derichthyidae 5 



Nemichthyidae 5 



Serrivomeridae 6 



Cyematidae 6 



Eurypharyngidae 6 



Engraulidae 7 



Bathylagidae 7 



Microstomatidae 7 



Opistlioproctidae 8 



Platytroctidae 8 



Gonostomatidae 8 



Sternoptycliidae 10 



Phosichtliyidae 11 



Chauliodoiitidae 12 



Stomiidae 12 



Astronesthidae 12 



Melanostomiidae 13 



Malacosteidae 14 



Idiacanthidae 15 



Scopelarcliidae 15 



Notosudidae 16 



Paralepididae 16 



Anotopteridae 17 



Evermannellidae 17 



Neoscopelidae 18 



Myctopliidae 18 



Bregmacerotidae 29 



Macrouridae 29 



Moridae 29 



Melanonidae 29 



Bythitidae 30 



Linophrynidae 30 



Scomberesocidae 30 



Exocoetidae 30 



Radiicephalidae 30 



Trachipteridae 30 



Stylephoridae 31 



Anoplogastridae 31 



Melamphaidae 31 



Cetomimidae 33 



Macrurocyttidae 33 



Centriscidae 33 



Scorpaenidae 33 



Carangidae 33 



Coryphaenidae 34 



Caristiidae 34 



Howellidae 34 



Labridae 34 



Chiasmodontidae 35 



Gempylidae 35 



Scombridae 35 



Triciiiuridae 35 



Nomeidae 35 



Paralichthyidae 36 



Bothidae 36 



Cynoglossidae 36 



Balistidae 36 



Ostraciidae 37 



Molidae 37 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 37 



LITERATURE CITED 37 



TABLES 53 



FIGURES 64 



