CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Acknowledgements .... 



Part I. Classification of the Iniomi 

 The Family Scopelarchidae . 



Scopelarchus cavei sp.n. 



Neoscopelarchoides dubius sp.n. 



Neoscopelarchoides elongatus (Norman) 



Neoscopelarchoides sp. . 



Relationships and synonymies of the g 



Key to the Scopelarchidae . 

 The family Paralepididae 



Macroparalepis molestus sp.n. 

 The Family Anotopteridae 



Anotopterus pharao Zugmayer 



Part II. Comparison of the alepisauroid and 

 The swim-bladder . 

 Ossification of the skeleton 

 The setting of the pectoral fins 

 The dorsal fin .... 



Intermuscular bones 



Distensibility of the stomach and body-wall 

 Interrelationships of the AJepisauroidea 



Summary 



Bibliography 



Plate XIX 



myctophoid fishes 



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