Percopsiformes 

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Amblyopsidae 

 Aphredoderidae 

 Percopsidae 

 Cetomimiformes 



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Amblyopsidae 

 Relationships 

 Key 



Coloration 

 Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Eye 



Anatomy 



Development 

 Fecundity 

 Rate of growth 

 Infraspecific variation 

 Evolutionary adaptation 

 Subterranean waters 

 Subterranean waters 

 Adaptive evolution 

 Adaptation 



Evolutionary adaptation 

 Distribution 

 Population dynamics 

 Subterranean waters 

 Evolutionary adaptation 

 Reproductive season 

 Gut contents 

 Amblyopsis 



Exclusion principle 

 Reproduction 

 Amblyopsis spe/aea 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Chologaster agassizi 

 Meristics 



Infraspecific variation 

 Meristics 



Descriptive evolution 

 Monogenea 



Parasite systcmatics 

 Distribution 

 Gut contents 



Change with age 

 Subterranean waters 

 Preying on small prey 

 Mechanical senses 



Experimental analysis 

 Chemical senses 



Experimental analysis 

 Chologaster cornuta 

 Monogenea 



Parasite systcmatics 

 Reproduction 

 Typblichihys subterraneus 

 Exclusion principle 

 Aphredoderidae 

 Relationships 

 Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Visceral skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Aphredoderus sayanus 

 Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 



Gill arch teeth 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Rate of growth 

 Weight length relationship 

 Distribution 



Trichophanes fofiarum 

 Diagnosis 



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 808771 



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Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Pectoral girdle 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 



Oligocene 



Miocene 



Percopsidae 



Relationships 



Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Pectoral girdle 



Anatomy 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Amphiplaga bracbyptera 

 Diagnosis 

 Scales 

 Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Pectoral girdle 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Eocene 

 Erismatoptenis levatus 

 Diagnosis 

 Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Pectoral girdle 



Anatomy 

 Pelvic girdle 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Eocene 

 Percopsis omiscomaycus 

 Coloration 

 Silvery coloration 

 Guanine 



Biochemistry 

 Hypoxanthine 

 Biochemistry 

 Pelvic girdle 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Fecundity 

 Rate of growth 



Distribution within habitat 

 Vertical distribution 



Habitat preference 



Temperature 



Percopsis transmontana 



Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 



Cetomimiformes 



Relationships 



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