CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Materials and methods 1 



Results 3 



List of fishes 



Elopidae 14 



Muraenidae 14 



Congridae 14 



Ophichthidae 14 



Nemichthyidae 14 



Clupeidae 15 



Engraulidae 15 



Synodontidae 15 



Myctophidae 15 



Antennariidae 15 



Gadidae 16 



Ophidiidae 16 



Exocoetidae 16 



Belonidae 19 



Atherinidae 19 



Holocentridae 20 



Syngnathidae 20 



Priacanthidae 20 



Apogonidae 20 



Pomatomidae 21 



Echeneidae 21 



Carangidae 21 



Coryphaenidae 24 



Lutjanidae 24 



Lobotidae 24 



Sparidae 24 



Sciaenidae 25 



Mullidae 25 



Kyphosidae 26 



Chaetodontidae 26 



Pomacentridae 26 



Mugilidae 26 



Sphyraenidae 27 



Uranoscopidae 27 



Blenniidae 27 



Gobiidae 27 



Gempylidae 27 



Scombridae 27 



Xiphiidae 30 



Istiophoridae 30 



Stromateidae 30 



Scorpaenidae 31 



Triglidae 31 



Dactylopteridae 31 



Bothidae 31 



Soleidae 31 



Cynoglossidae 32 



Balistidae 32 



Ostraciidae 35 



Tetraodontidae 35 



Diodontidae 35 



Unidentified 35 



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