Hermaphroditic gonads 



Sex ratio 

 Polydactylies quadrifi/is 



Seasonal abundance 



Habitat preference 

 Salinity 

 Polydactylus sextarius 



Subspecies 



Protandrous hermaphroditism 



Distribution 

 Polydactylus virginicus 



Distribution 

 Polydactylus xanthonemus 



Hermaphroditic gonads 



Sex ratio 

 Polynemus 



Distribution 

 Polynemus heptadactylus 



Vertical distribution 

 Polynemus paradiseus 



Habitat preference 

 Polynemus tetradactylus 



Seasonal abundance 



Scombroidei 



Relationships 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Gempylidae 



Poison content 



Biochemistry 

 Gill arch teeth 



Anatomy 

 Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Diplospinus multistriatus 

 Relationships 

 Alepisauridae 



Alepisaurus ferox 

 As predator 

 Distribution 

 Reproductive season 

 Gut contents 



Geographic variation 

 Epinnula orientalis 



Weight length relationship 

 Vertical distribution 

 Gempylus serpens 

 Copepoda 



Intensity of infection 

 Distribution 

 Larva 

 Jordamdia solandri 

 Identifying characters 

 Popular names 

 Distribution 



Nealotus tripes 

 Alepisauridae 



Alepisaurus ferox 

 As predator 

 Distribution 

 Nesiarchus nasutus 

 Alepisauridae 



Alepisaurus ferox 

 As predator 

 Distribution 



Rexea promctheoides 



Weight length relationship 

 Ruvettus pretiosus 



Lipid and fatty acid content 

 Biochemistry 

 Scombrolabrax heterolepis 



Distribution 

 Thyrsites a tun 



Popular names 



Distribution 



Gut contents 



Seasonal changes 

 Istiophoridae 

 Body form 

 Swimming 

 Function 

 Rostrum 

 Feeding 

 Function 



806120 



808020 



804280 

 804280 

 806062 



807752 

 808591 

 804267 



805462 



807964 

 804194 

 804194 

 806067 

 808653 



804194 



806067 

 804194 

 806067 



807694 



805040 

 805040 

 805039 

 805040 



806067 

 803880 

 807697 



808409 



807946 



804194 



805040 

 804183 

 805039 

 805040 



804831 



805578 

 807932 



Ovarian cycles 

 Testicular cycles 

 Larva 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Seasonal abundance 

 Hydrodynamics 

 Swimming speed 

 Migrations 

 Fishery statistics 

 Radioactive pollutants 



Distribution 

 Istiophorus albicans 



Invalidation 

 Istiophorus gladius 



Invalidation 

 Istiophorus greyi 



Invalidation 

 Istiophorus platypterus 



Synonymy 



Validation 



Meristics 



Morphometries 



Ovarian cycles 



Seasonal abundance 



Swimming 

 Young 



Gut contents 



Migrations 

 Makaira 



Habitat preference 

 Temperature 

 Makaira indica 



Sexually dimorphic size 

 Weight length relationship 

 Gut contents 

 Makaira mazara 

 Visceral skeleton 

 Urohyal 

 Anatomy 



Identification 

 Makaira nigricans 

 Visceral skeleton 

 Urohyal 

 Anatomy 



Identification 

 Ovarian cycles 

 Sexually dimorphic size 

 Larva 



Weight length relationship 

 Sex ratio 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Population changes 

 Reproductive season 

 Seasonal abundance 



Preying on large prey 

 Tetrapterus albidus 



Distribution 

 Larva 



Gut contents 



Migrations 

 Tetrapterus angustirostris 



Ovarian cycles 



Seasonal abundance 

 Juvenile 



Gut contents 



Tetrapterus audax 

 Relationships 

 Gills 



Anatomy 



Weight length relationship 

 Seasonal abundance 



Gut contents 



Migrations 



Tetrapterus pfluegeri 

 Distribution 



807189 Scombroidei 



807189 



806633 



808473 



808474 Gempylidae 



6UO3/0 T ,. , ., 



804968 Istiophoridae 



807189 



807570 



807570 



807570 



807570 

 807570 



807570 

 807570 



808279 



807210 

 805449 



808474 

 807932 



807307 



807932 

 807932 

 807932 

 807932 

 806746 

 806215 

 806618 



808654 

 805449 



807932 



807932 



806746 

 806215 

 805449 

 805991 



808279 

 808654 

 808473 



807620 



807620 

 808879 

 807932 

 807932 

 808279 



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