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Sea Bats (Platax) Dories (Cyttidce) Stromateids and Coryphsenas (Stroma- 

 teidce and Coryph&nidce) Coryphcena Sunfish (Lampris) Nomaeids 

 (Nomczidcz) Mackerels (Scomberidce) Thunnies (Thy anus) Sucking Fishes 

 (Echeneis) Stargazers and Weavers (Trachinida) Uranoscopus Trachinus 

 Tilefish (Lopholatilus) Other Groups Soft Spines and Frogfishes (Mala- 

 canthidce and Batrachidce) Batrachus Angler Fish and Their Allies (Lophiidce) 

 'Anglers (Lophius) Tentacle Fish (Antennarius) Bullheads and Gurnards ( Cot- 

 tidce Bullheads (Coitus) Gurnards (Trigla) Beaked Gurnards (Peristethus) 



Flying Gurnards (Dactylopterus) Dragon Fishes (Pegasus) Lumpsuckers 

 (Cyclopteridce) Gobies and Mud Skippers (Gobiidtz) Gobius Periophthalmus 



Band Fishes (Cepolidce) Hairy Backs (Trichonotidce) Chiridce Blennies 

 (Blenniidce) Viviparous Blennies (Zoarces) Wolf Fishes (Anarrhichas) 

 Oblique-Spined Blenny (Acantkoclinidce) Spiny Eels (Rhynchobdellidte) Oil 

 Fish (Comephorus) Barracuda Pikes (Sphyrcenidce) Sand Smelts (Atherinidce) 



Square Tail (Tetragonurus) Gray Mullets (Mugilidce) Gar Pike and Flying 

 Fish (Scombresocidce) Gar Pike (Belone) Flying Fish (Exoccetus) Sticklebacks 

 (Gastrosteidce) Flutemouths (Aulostomatidce) Trumpet Fish (Centriscidce) 

 Sucker Fishes (Gobioesocidcz) Serpent Heads (Ophiocephalidce) Labyrinth- 

 Gilled Fishes (Anabantidce and Luciocep halt dee) Climbing Perch 

 (Anabas) Paradise Fish (Polyacanthus) Gurami ( Osphromenus) Fighting Fish 

 (Betta) Unicorn Fish (Lophotidce) Ribbon Fish (Trachypteridce) Thornbacks 

 (Notacanthidce) Pomacentridce Wrasses (Labridce) True Wrasses (Labrus) 

 Parrot Wrasses (Scarus) Viviparous Wrasses (Dtatrematida?) Chromids (Chro- 

 mididce} Tuft-Gilled Fishes (Suborder Lophobranchii) Mailed Tube Mouths 

 (Solenostomatidce) Pipefishes and Sea Horses (Syngnathidcz) Comb-Gilled 

 Group (Suborder Plectognathi) Filefishes and Coffer Fishes (Balistida) 

 Globefishes and Sunfishes (Diodontidce) Soft-Finned Fishes (Suborder Ana- 

 canthini) Lycodidce The Cod Tribe (Gadtdtz) True Cod (Gadus) Haddock 



Other Species Hakes (Merluccius) Burbot (Lota) Ling and Rockling 

 (Molva) Sand Eels and Their Allies (Ophidiidcz) Cave Fish (Luctfuga) Snake- 

 fishes (Ophidtum) Parasitic Fish (Fierasfer} Sand Eels (Ammodytes) Conyro- 

 dus The Longtails (Macruridce) Flatfishes (Pleuronectidce) Psettodes 

 Holibut (Hippoglossus) Turbot, etc. (Rhombus) Plaice and Flounder (Pleuron- 

 ectes) Soles (Solea) Blind Soles (Soleotalpa) The Tube-Bladdered Fishes (Sub- 

 order Physostomi) Eel Tribe (Murcenidce) Muraenas (Murtzna) True Eels 

 (Anffuilla) Congers ( Conger) Serpent Eels (Ophichthys) Deep-Sea Eels (Syna- 

 phobranchus) Single-Slit Eels (Symbranchidce) Electric Eel (Gymttotidtg) Cat- 

 fishes (Siluridce) Eel-like Catfish ( Clarias) Wels (Silurus) Yarrell's Cat- 

 fish (Bagarius) Electric Catfishes (Malapterurus) Mailed Catfishes (Cal- 

 lichthys, etc.) Carp Tribe (Cyprinidce) True Carp (Cyprinus) Crucian and 

 Golden Carp (Carassius) Barbels (Barbus) Gudgeon (Gobio) Whitefish 

 (Leuciscus) Tench (Tinea) Beaked Carp (Chondrostomd) Bitterling (Rhodeus) 



Bream (Abramis) Rapfen (Aspius) Bleak (Alburnus) Sichel (Pelecus) 

 Loaches ( Cobitis, etc.) African Loaches (Kneriida) Characinoid Fishes (Ery- 

 thrinidce) Cyprinodonts (Cyprinodontidee) Double Eyes (Anableps) Blind- 

 fish (Antblyopsidfz) Umbres (Umbridce) Pike (Esocidcs) African Beaked Fish 

 (Mormyridtz) Feather Backs (Notopteridce') Southern Pikelets (Galaxiida?) 

 Arapaimas ( Osteoglossidce) Arapaima ( A rapaima) Barbelled Arapaima ( Osteoglos- 

 sum) Small-Mouthed Arapaima (Heterotis) Moon Eye (Hyodontidce) Chisel 

 Jaw (Pantodontidce) Beaked Salmon (Gonorhynchidte) The Scopeloids (Scope- 

 HdcE) Phosphorescent Scopeloids (Sternoptychidtz and Stomateidce) Silvery Light 

 Fish (PkoticJtthys) Hedgehog-Mouths (Echiostoma) The Dorab ( Chirocentridee) 



Long-Finned Herring (Bathythrissidce) The Extinct Saurodonts (Enchodontidie, 

 Saurocephalidce, etc.) The Herring Tribe (Clupeidce) Typical Group (Clupea) 



