VERTEBRATA 39 



Sub-order Polynemoidea 

 ( = Rhegnopteri) 

 Polynemus 

 Order SCLEROPAREI (mail-cheeked fishes) 

 (=:Cataphracti, Loricati) 

 Sub-order Scorpaenoidea 



Sebastes; Trigla (gurnard); Cottus (bullhead, 

 miller's thumb) 

 Sub-order Cephalacanthoidea (flying gurnards) 

 ( = Dactylopteroidea) 

 Cephalacanthus ( = Dactylopterus) 

 Order THORACOSTEI (sticklebacks) 

 ( = G asterostoidea) 

 Gasterosteus; Spinachia 

 Order HYPOSTOMIDES (dragon-fishes) 

 ( = Pegasiformes) 

 Pegasus 

 Order HETEROSOMATA (flat-fishes) 

 ( =Pleuronectiformes) 

 Bothus; Pleuronectes; Psettodes; Limanda 

 (flounder) ; Solea 

 Order DISCOCEPHALI (sucker-fishes) 

 ( = Echeneiformes) 

 Echeneis; Re mora 

 Order PLECTOGNATHI (trigger-fishes, globe-fishes) 

 ( = Tetraodontiformes) 

 Sub-order Balistoidea 



( = Sclerodermi) 

 Balistes 

 Sub-order Tetraodontoidea 

 ( = Gymnodontes) 

 Tetraodon (puffer); Mola ( = Orthagoriscus) (sun- 

 fish) 

 Order MALACICHTHYES (rag-fishes) 

 ( =Icosteiformes) 

 Icosteus; Acrotus 

 Order XENOPTERYGII (Cornish suckers, cling-fishes) 



( = GOBIESOCIFORMES) 



Lepadogaster 

 Order HAPLODOCI (toad-fishes) 

 ( ==Batrachoidiformes) 



Opsanus; Thalassophryne 

 Order PEDICULATI 



( = LOPHIIFORMES) 



Sub-order Lophioidea 



Lophiiis (angler) 

 Sub-order Antennarioidea (sea toads, frog fishes) 



Pterophryne; Antennarius 

 Sub-order Ceratioidea (deep-sea anglerfishes) 

 Melanocetus 

 Order OPISTHOMI (spiny eels) 

 ( = Mastacembeliformes) 

 Mastacembelus; Macrognathus ( = Rhynchobdella) 



