CONTENTS 



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List of Plates v 



Introduction vii 



Acknowledgments viii 



Explanations viii 



The Tortugas Islands x 



New Genera and Species xi 



Bibliography of Publications by William H. Longley Based on His Studies 

 at Tortugas xi 



Systematic Catalogue page 



Branchiostomidae i 



Scylliorhinidae i 



Ginglymostomidae i 



Carchariidae 2 



Sphyrnidae 3 



Squalidae 3 



Rajidae 4 



Dasyatidae 4 



Myliobatidae 4 



Elopidae 4 



Albulidae 5 



Clupeidae 5 



Dussumieriidae 12 



Engraulidae ■ 12 



Alepocephalidae 14 



Argentinidae 14 



Melanostomiatidae 15 



Gonostomidae 15 



Sternoptichidae 16 



Synaphobranchidae 16 



Congridae 17 



Echelidae 17 



Ophichthyidae 18 



Muraenidae 18 



Synodontidae 20 



Sudidae 24 



Myctophidae 26 



Belonidae 27 



Hemiramphidae 30 



Exocoetidae 31 



Macrouridae 32 



Bregmacerotidae 34 



Gadidae 35 



Merlucciidae 38 



Bothidae 39 



Pleuronectidae 48 



Achiridae 48 



Cynoglossidae 49 



Zeidae 50 



Polymixiidae 52 



Trachichthyidae 53 



Holocentridae 53 



Syngnathidae 55 



Aulostomidae 66 



Fistularidae 67 



Macrorhamphosidae 67 



Atherinidae 68 



Mugilidae 69 



Sphyraenidae 69 



Scombridae 71 



Gempylidae 72 



Trichuridae 73 



Istiophoridae 74 



Coryphaenidae 74 



Nomeidae 74 



Carangidae 75 



Apogonidae 83 



Centropomidae 92 



Serranidae 92 



Priacanthidae 112 



Pempheridae 113 



Lobotidae 115 



Lutianidae 115 



Haemulidae 122 



Sparidae 130 



Kyphosidae 134 



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