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Cheimarrichthyidae: one stained and partly dissected Cheimar- 

 richthys josteri (198510). 



Bovictidae: one partly dissected Cottoperca gobio (114925). 



Nototheniidae: one stained and partly dissected Trematomus 

 pennellii (179676) and one partly dissected Eleginops maclovina 

 (77319). 



Harpagiferidae: one stained and partly dissected Harpagifer bispinis 

 (77282). 



Trachinidae: partly dissected Trachinus draco (31064), T. vipera 

 (39473), and T. radiatus (2213). 



Uranoscopidae : one partly dissected Uranoscopus japonicus (122508) 



Dactyloscopidae: one slightly dissected Dactyloscopus crossotus 

 (114411). 



Leptoscopidae: one slightly dissected Leptoscopus angusticeps 

 (39684). 



Congrogadidae: one stained and partly dissected Congrogadus 

 subducens (173805). 



Notograptidae: one stained and partly dissected Notograptus 

 guttatus (173798). 



Tripterygiidae: one stained and partly dissected Enneapterygius 

 etheostoma (71528). 



Clinidae: one stained and partly dissected Labrisomus nuchipinnis 

 (uncataloged) ; one partly dissected specimen of Clinus superciliosus 

 (93637). 



Blenniidae: one partly dissected Blennius cristaius (185376); one 

 stained and partly dissected specimen of Runula tapeinosoma (195704). 



Bathymasteridae: one skeleton (26230) and one partly dissected 

 Bathymaster signatus (111994); one partly dissected Ronguilus jordani 

 (103689). 



Anarhichadidae: a partial skeleton of Anarhichas lupus (110814). 



Cryptacanthodidae: one skeleton of Cryptacanthodes maculatus 

 (26512). 



Zoarcidae: one stained and partly dissected Lycodes species? 

 (177654); one partly dissected Zoarces viviparus (10065); a partial 

 skeleton of Z. anguillarus (26498). 



A good deal of additional material, not included in the Blennioidei, 

 was used in delimiting it. 



The Basis of Perciform Classification 



The Perciformes are the largest order of modern fishes. The classi- 

 fication, like that of fishes in general, has evolved piecemeal over the 

 years; nevertheless, out of the efforts of such ichthyologists as Jordan 

 and Regan, the classification of the Perciformes (and of the higher 

 teleostean fish orders) has developed a largely unstated but nonethe- 



