Egertonia 

 Relationships 

 Synonymy 

 Paleocene 

 Eocene 

 Distribution 



Eodiaphyodus 

 Relationships 

 Gill arch teetl 



Anatomy 

 Cretaceous 

 Paleocene 



Parabula 



Relationships 



Redefinition 



Synonymy 



Cretaceous 



Paleocene 



Eocene 



Distribution 



Parabula case/ 

 New species 

 Gill arch teetl 

 Anatomy 



Eocene 

 Parabula stromcri 



Synonymy 



Oral teeth 



Parasphenoid teel 

 Phyllodontidae 



New family 



Relationships 



Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 

 Descriptive evolu 



Zoogeography 



Paleoecology 



Distribution 

 Phyllodus toiiapicus 



Relationships 



Synonymy 



Paleocene 



Eocene 



Miocene 

 Pseudoegertonia 



Relationships 



Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Paleocene 

 Albulidae 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Albula 



Relationships 



Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 

 Descriptive evolu 

 Albula vuJpes 



Relationships 



Redescription 



Synonymy 



Popular names 



Coloration 



Skull 



Infraorbital bones 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolut 

 Lateral line pores and a 

 Gas bladder 



Use in systematics 

 Anatomy 

 Gill arch teeth 



Anatomy 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Museum 



Broussonet Collection 

 Cor/ops amnicolus 

 New species 

 New genus 

 Relationships 

 Cretaceous 

 Population density 

 Palealbula neocomiensis 

 Relationships 

 Otoliths 

 Eocene 

 Pterothrissus 

 Relationships 



807593 

 807593 

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 807593 

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 807593 



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807593 



807964 

 804382 

 804382 

 805145 

 805703 



Otoliths 



804382 



807964 



804382 

 807618 



804910 

 804910 

 804910 



805613 

 805613 

 805613 



805613 

 807964 

 805613 



Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Eocene 

 Pterothrissus belloci 

 Meristics 

 Morphometries 

 Larva 



Fish communities 

 Distribution 

 Larva 

 Elopidae 



Relationships 

 Redefinition 

 Elops 



Distribution 

 Larva 

 Elops affinis 



Activity patterns 



Circadian rhythms 

 Preying on small prey 

 Schooling 

 Elops hawaiiensis 

 Gill arches 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Elops lacerta 



Seasonal abundance 

 Habitat preference 

 Salinity 

 Elops machnata 



Identifying characters 

 Redescription 

 Synonymy 

 Popular names 

 Coloration 

 Distribution 

 Skull 

 Elops saurus 

 Caudal skeleton 



Skull 



Infraorbital bones 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Lateral line pores and canals 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Gut contents 



Young 

 Fish control agents 

 Antimycin 



Lethal environmental limits 

 Holcolepis 

 Relationships 

 Cretaceous 

 Distribution 

 Megalopidae 

 Redefinition 

 Megalops 

 Gas bladder 



Use in systematics 

 Anatomy 

 Megalops atlantica 

 Adrenal cortex 

 Change with age 

 Histology 

 Biochemistry 

 Corpuscles of Stannius 

 Salinity 

 Histology 

 Biochemistry 

 Experimental analysis 

 Distribution 

 -Larva 



Juvenile 

 Juvenile 



Seasonal abundance 



Juvenile 

 Gut contents 



Change with age 

 Habitat preference 



Larva 

 Juvenile 



Juvenile 



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 807618 

 807618 

 806740 



807618 



808504 

 808135 



807618 



807618 



808465 

 808465 

 808465 



808020 



804382 

 804382 

 804382 

 804382 

 804382 

 804382 

 803541 



807964 

 809101 



805067 



804655 

 804655 

 804655 



807576 

 807576 

 807576 



807295 

 806978 

 808813 



807295 

 806978 

 808813 



Albulidae 

 Elopidae 

 Megalopidae 



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