NO. 7 



PROTECTIVE ADAPTATIONS McATEE 



115 



Identificat'wns of Pisces — Continued 



Group 



Sternoptychidae . . 



Idiacanthidae 



Halosauridae 



Notacanthidac . . . 



Lipogenyidae 



Dalliidae 



Umbridae 



Luciidae 



Poeciliidac 



Amblyopsidae . . . . 



Esocidae 



Hemiramphidae ... 

 Scombresocidae . . 



Exocoetidae 



Gasterostfidae . . . . 

 Aulorhynchidae . . 



Aulostomidae 



Fistulariidae 



Macrorbamphosida 

 Syngnatbidae . . . . 



Percopsidae 



Aphredoderidae . . 



Atberinidae 



Mugilidae 



Sphyraenidae . . . . 



Polynemidae 



Ammodytidae . . . . 

 Batbyclupeidae ... 

 Stephanoberycidae 

 Tracbichthyidae . . 



Berycidae 



Holocentridae . . . . 



Polymixiidae 



MulHdae 



Scombridae 



GempyHdae 



Lepidopidae 



Trichiuridac 



Istiopboridae 



Xipliiidac 



Nematistiidae . . . . 



Carangidac 



P(jmatomidae . . . . 

 Kacbycentridae .. . 



Number of 

 identifications 



8 

 4 



1 



III 



I 



38 

 18 



25 



Percentase of 

 identifications 

 among those 



of all 



fishes 



1828 

 4469 



7659 



i6-'5 

 0812 



0203 

 2547 



.1219 



.0203 

 .7719 



■3656 



.5078 



.0203 



Percentage 

 of species 

 of this group 

 among 

 North 

 American 

 fishes 

 .09S2 

 •065 s 

 .2292 

 .1965 

 .0327 

 •0327 

 •0655 

 .1965 

 3.8638 

 .1310 

 .6221 

 .2292 

 •0655 

 .6221 

 .2292 

 .0327 

 .0327 



.1422 

 .0812 

 .0203 



.0327 



I.I460 



■0655 



.0327 



III33 

 .5566 

 .1637 

 •1637 

 .1310 

 .0327 

 .0655 

 .0327 

 •3274 

 •4584 

 •0327 

 .2619 

 .4912 

 .2292 

 .1310 

 ■0327 

 .0982 



■0327 

 .0327 



I .()974 

 .0327 

 .0327 



