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INDEX 



Artediellus 



preopercular spikes of, 332 

 Aspicottus, Fig. 216 



skull of, 339 

 Aspius 



modifications of jaws, 193 

 Astrontsthes 



skull of, 157, 158 

 Astroscopus, Figs. 247, 248 



eyes in, 439 



skull of, 367 



sources of specializations in, 365 

 Aulaxia, 299 

 Atherinidae, 261, 264 



skull of, 264 

 Atherinopsis, Fig. 143 

 Auditory caecum, 169 

 Auditory capsules, 440 

 Auditory fenestra, 168 

 Aulopidse 



Regan on, 380 

 Aulopus, Figs. 85, 283 



otolith of, 212 



premazilla and maxilla of, Fig. 283 



skull of, 380 

 Aulorhynchus, Fig. 301 

 Aulostomus, Fig. 104 

 Auxis, 319, Fig. 190 

 Ayers, Howard 



on jaws of gnathostomes, 80, 99 



B 



BalisUs, Figs. 161, 162, 165 



specializations in, 295 

 Balistoidei, Figs. 165, 290 



classification of, 279, 281 



comparative series of skulls of, Fig. 

 165 



eyes in, 439 



neurocranium of, 438 



skull of, 284 



suspensorium in, Fig. 290 

 BapheUs, Fig. 9 

 Barilius 



otoliths of, 193, 220 

 Barracuda, see Sphyrasnidse 

 Basibranchial teeth 



of Gonorhynchus, 177 

 " Basic patents," 181, 448 

 Basilichthys, Fig. 139 

 Basipterygoid processes, 164 

 Basking-shark, see Cetorhinus 

 Basses, see Serranidae 

 BathymasUr 



compared with Trichodon, 371 



skull of, 358 

 Bathyrissa, 144 

 Bathysudis, 207 

 Batrachididse, 372 

 Batrachoidea, 387 



mouth of, 416 

 Beebe, William 



collection of ceratioids, 402, 404 



on illicium of Rhynchoceratias, 408 



laboratory at Bermuda, 428 



on olfactory sacs of Haplophryne, 407 



on Remora, 320 

 Belone, 229 

 Belonesox, Figs. 96, 97 



skull of, 218 

 Benninghoff, A. 



cited by Noble, 454 

 Berycoidei, 233 



otoliths of, 237, 253, 273 



skull of, 234 

 Bigelow and Welsh 



on larval stages of teleosts, 445 



on puffers, 288 



on Sebasus, 325, Fig. 204 

 Blennies, see Blennioidei 

 Blennioidei, 374 



derivation of Opisthomi from, 354 

 BUnnius, Fig. 252 



dentition of, 424 



skull of, 374 

 Boar-fist), see Zeoidei 

 Bones 



power of growth or reduction in, 386 

 Bonito, see Scombroidei 

 Borophryne, 403 

 Boulenger, G. A. 



on Acanthuridse, 279 



on Amphipnous, 350 



on Chaetodontoidea, 274 



on Cheilodactylus, 260 



on Cirrhitidae, 259 



on cranial osteology of fishes, 412 



on Cyclopteridae, 339 



on Gadidae, 380 



on Gerres, 253 



on Haplomi, 214 



on Labyrinthici, 269 



on Leiognathus, 254 



on Lipogenys, 201 



on Mormyridae, 173 



on notopterids, 174 



on Opisthomi, 354 



on Percesoces, 223 



on Platycephalidae, 330 



on Rachycentron, 304 



on " Scombriformes," 300 



on synentognaths, 223 



on vertebrae of acanthopts, 301 

 Bovichlhys, Fig. 240 



skull of, 358 

 Brama, Fig. 182 



comparison with Coryphana, 306 



comparison with Psettus, TJS 



relation to Meru, 306 

 Branchial arches 



connection with neurocranium, 439 



description of, 412 



figured by Allis, 42S 



forms of, 81 



homologies of, 80 



muscles of, 425 



origin of, 84 



relation to gills, 424 

 Branchial basket, 77 



Branchiocranium, see also Skull, Syn- 

 cranium 



bones of, 75, 89, 90, 412 



differentiated from neurocranium, 77 



form and evolution of, 412 



functions of, 443 

 Branchionichihys, 394, Fig. 264 

 Branchiostegal rays 



in Acanthopterygii, 231 



in Haplomi and Iniomi, 214 



in Isospondyli, 135 



in Microcyprini, 219 



in Ostariophysi, 182 



in Salmopercas, 232 



in Synentognathi, 224 



in typical percomorph, 86 



variability in number of, 182, 427 

 Breder, C. M. 



feeding habits of Pterois, 329 

 Bregmaceros, Fig. 261 

 Brevoortia, 424 

 Bridge, T.W. 



cited by Watson, 123 



on teeth of Osteoglossum, 166 

 Broili, Ferdinand 



on Gemundina, 101 

 Brotulidae, 379 

 Brycon, Fig. 70 

 Bryant, W. L., 107, 108 

 Burr, cited by Noble, 454 

 Butterfly fishes, see Chaetodontoidea 



Casioperca, 247 

 Calamus, Fig. 122 

 Callionymidae, 373 

 Callionymus, Fig. 242 



mesethmoid of, 440 



preopercular of, 427 



preopeicular spikes of, 332 



relationships of, 363 



skull of, 361 



specializations in, 361 

 Caproidx 



grouped with Zeids, 271 



resemblances to Scorpis, TJS 

 Capros, Fig. 149 



skull of, 272 

 Caracanthus, 339, 341 

 Carangidae 



affinity with, primitive percomorph 

 type, 302 



compared with Scombridae, 300, 304 



derivations of, 300 



relation to stromateoids, 306 



resemblance of Leiognathus to, 254 



skull characters of, 302 



tazonomic relations of, 300 



vertebrae of, 301 

 Carpiodes, Fig. 76 

 Carps, see Eventognathi 

 Catfishes, see Nematognathi 

 Catostomus, 189, 190 

 Caularchus, 372 



