Myctophidae 

 (continued) 



Neoscopelidae 



Omosudidae 



Paralepididae 



Lepidophanes longipes 



Identifying characters 

 Lepidophanes photothorax 



Identifying characters 

 Myctophum 

 Key 



Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Sagitta 

 Miocene 

 Distribution 

 Larva 

 Myctophum afhne 

 Gill arch teeth 

 Anatomy 

 Myctophum brachygnathum 



Identifying characters 

 Myctophum debile 

 Synonymy 

 Otoliths 

 Anatomy 



Infraspecific variation 

 Miocene 

 Myctophum pulchrum 

 Synonymy 

 Otoliths 

 Miocene 

 Myctophum punctatum 

 Digenea 



Parasite life history 

 Distribution 

 Xotoscope/us elongatus 



Migrations 

 Parvilux ingens 



Sex chromosomes 

 Protomyctophum parallelum 

 Relationships 

 Identifying characters 

 Scope/us colletti 

 Invalidation 

 List of types 



University of Oslo 

 Stenobranchius leucopsarus 



Fishing gear selectivity 

 Symbolophorus califomiensis 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Sex chromosomes 

 Symbolophorus evermanni 



Identifying characters 

 Symbolophorus rufinus 

 Identifying characters 

 Taaningichthys 

 Key 



Luminescent organs 

 Infraspecific variation 

 Tarletonbeania crenularis 

 Distribution 

 Larva 

 Tarletonbeania taylori 

 Distribution 

 Larva 

 Triphoturus mexicanus 

 Fishing gear selectivity 

 Neoscopelidae 

 Relationships 

 Axial skeleton 



Anatomy 



Caudal skeleton 



Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Xeoscope/us bruuni 



Invalidation 

 Seoscopelus macrolepidotus 

 Synonymy 

 Axial skeleton 

 Anatomy 



809093 

 809093 

 808135 



807262 

 807262 



807262 

 807262 

 806684 

 806684 

 806516 

 808471 



807964 

 809093 

 807965 



807965 

 807965 



807965 

 807965 

 807965 



809100 



804485 



809093 

 809093 



806655 



806655 



803881 



809093 

 809093 

 809093 

 809093 



808982 



808471 

 803881 

 807262 

 807262 



807262 

 807262 

 807262 



807262 

 807262 



805208 



805208 



807262 



Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Visceral skeleton 



Anatomy 

 Skull 



Anatomy 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Vertical distribution 

 Seoscopelus porosus 

 New species 

 Meristics 

 Photophores 

 Scopelengys trisds 

 Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Sex chromosomes 

 Solivomer arenidens 

 Caudal skeleton 

 Anatomy 



Descriptive evolution 

 Jaw muscles 

 Anatomy 

 Function 



Descriptive evolution 

 Omosudidae 

 Omosudis 

 Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 

 Paralepididae 



Vertical distribution 

 Alepisauridae 

 Alepisaums ferox 

 As predator 

 Distribution 



Larva 



Population changes 



Larva 

 Dolichosudis fuliginosa 



New species 



New genus 

 Lestidium 



Vertical distribution 



Distribution 

 Lestidium prolix urn 



Mass mortalities 

 Seasonal abundance 

 Temperature 

 Lestrolepis luetkeni 



Distribution 

 Maulichthys 



Identifying characters 



Meristics 



Morphometries 

 Sotolepis rissoi 



Vertical distribution 

 Paralepidini 



Key 

 Paralepis 



Identifying characters 



Meristics 



Morphometries 



Vertical distribution 



Distribution 



Gut contents 



Change with age 

 Paralepis adantica 



Meristics 



Distribution 



Gut contents 



Migrations 



Paralepis rissoi 



Distribution 



Larva 



Seasonal changes 

 Ponlosudis quadrimacu/ata 

 New species 



Lateral line pores and canals 

 Prymnothonus 

 Distribution 

 Larva 

 Sudis alrox 



Identifying characters 



807262 

 807262 

 807262 



805208 

 805208 

 805208 



807262 

 807262 

 804485 



806067 

 804194 

 808653 

 807694 



808314 



806736 

 806736 



804801 



805476 



805906 

 805906 

 805906 



807517 



808479 



805906 

 805906 

 805906 

 806736 

 806736 



807715 



808734 

 807663 

 808734 

 807663 

 807663 



806633 

 806683 



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