Melamphaes bispinosus 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Melamphaes parvus 

 Sex chromosomes 

 Melamphaes pumilus 

 Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 

 Scope/oberyx robustus 



Sex chromosomes 

 Scopelogadus mizolepis 

 Sex chromosomes 

 Distribution 

 S/o nordenskjoeldi 

 Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 

 Monocentridae 

 Redefinition 

 Cleidopus gloriamaris 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Monocentris japonicus 

 Skull 



Infraorbital bones 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Lateral line pores and canals 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Infraspeciiic variation 

 Polymixiidae 

 Relationships 

 Redefinition 

 Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Polymixia japonica 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Infraspecific variation 

 Polymixia lowei 

 Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Distribution 



Polymixia nobilis 

 Gill arch teeth 



Anatomy 

 Vertical distribution 

 Stephanoberycidae 

 Relationships 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 

 Trachichthyidae 

 Distribution 

 Hoplopteryx 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 

 Hoplosteihus 

 Sagitta 

 Miocene 



Fish communities 



Hoplosteihus eiongatus 



Activity patterns 



Habitat preference 



Hoplostcthus islandicum 



Distribution 

 Hoplostcthus mediterraneus 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 



808135 



807262 

 807262 

 807262 



807262 

 807262 

 807262 



807262 

 807262 

 807517 



807262 

 807964 



807277 

 807237 



Trachichthys australis 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 

 Channiformes 

 Relationships 

 Neurohypophysis 

 Anatomy 

 Histology 

 Adenohypophysis 

 Anatomy 

 Histology 

 Gas bladder 



Use in systematics 



Anatomy 



Function 



Zoogeography 



Reservoirs 



Myxosporidia 



Incidence of infection 

 Nematoda 



Parasites shared with man 

 Distribution 



Channa 

 Visceral skeleton 

 Urohyal 

 Anatomy 



Identification 

 Gill arches 

 Anatomy 

 Gill arch teeth 



Anatomy 

 Fish control agents 

 Polygonum 



Vascular plants 

 Effect on fish 

 Channa argus 

 Metencephalon 

 CNS integration 



Experimental analysis 

 Oculomotor nerve 

 CNS integration 



Experimental analysis 

 Acousticolateralis nerve 



Nervous electrophysiology 

 Retina 



Experimental analysis 



Nervous electrophysiology 

 In vitro techniques 

 Gills 



Surface volume relationship 

 Anatomy 

 Function 

 Channa lucius 



Habitat preference 

 Channa marulius 

 Gut 



Anatomy 

 Histology 

 Nematoda 



Incidence of infection 

 Gut contents 

 Channa obscurus 

 Synonymy 

 Monogenea 



Parasite systematics 

 Distribution 

 Channa punctatus 

 Body content 

 Calorimetry 

 Mineral content 



Calcium and phosphorus 

 Seasonal changes 



Axial skeletal muscles 

 Liver 

 Urophysis 



Anatomy 

 Heart 



Anatomy 

 Heart nerve supply 

 Anatomy 

 Histology 

 Thrombocytes 

 Anatomy 

 Function 

 Gut 



Anatomy 

 Function 

 Ovarian cycles 

 Protein content 



Lipid and fatty acid content 

 Testicular cycles 



Protein content 

 Chromosome number 



Monocentridae 



807964 



807964 Polymixiidae 



805417 



Stephanoberycidae 



805417 



Trachichthyidae 



807954 



807954 



804941 _ ._ 



808630 Channiformes 



805497 



807307 

 807964 

 807964 



806102 

 806102 



806958 

 806407 



806706 



804257 



806708 



808994 



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