Vinciguerria 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Circadian rhythms 



Feeding 

 Larva 

 Gut contents 



Change with age 

 Vinciguerria lucetia 

 Identifying characters 

 Meristics 

 Luminescent organs 



Change with age 

 Larva 



Morpho 

 Distribution 



Young 

 Population d 



Vincigui 

 New species 

 Meristics 

 Morphometries 

 Oligocene 

 Vinciguerria nimbaria 

 Redescription 

 Scales 

 Alepisajjridae 



Alepisaurus ferox 

 As predator 

 Distribution 

 Availability and use o: 

 Food chains 

 Gut contents 

 Idiacanthidae 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Population changes 



Larva 



Idiacanthus 



Larva 



Anatomy 



Development 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Seasonal abundance 



Larva 

 Gut contents 

 Larva 

 Idiacanthus fasciola 

 Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 

 Malacosteidae 



Vertical distribution 



Distribution 



Malacosteus 



Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 

 Melanostomiatidae 

 Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 



Population changes 



Sternoptychidae 



Identifying characters 



Spines 

 Gross external anatomy 

 Caryotype 

 Vertical distribution 



Distribution 



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 805572 

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 805924 



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 804056 

 804056 

 804056 



Short term adaptive cc 

 Metencephalon 

 Histology 

 Function 

 Distribution 



Argyropelecus lychnus 

 Mineral content 

 Zinc 

 Polyipnus 



Vertical distribution 

 Distribution 

 Polyipnus asteroides 



Lipid and fatty acid c< 

 Sternoptyx diaphana 

 Ovarian cycles 

 Sex chromosomes 

 Alepisauridae 



Alepisaurus ferox 

 As predator 

 Stomiatidae 



Vertical distribution 



Circadian rhythms 

 Distribution 



Larva 

 Population changes 



Larva 

 Stomias 



Relationships 



Key 



Meristics 



Luminescent organs 

 Vertebrae 



Sexual dimorphism 



Maximum size 



Zoogeography 



Vertical distribution 

 Circadian rhythms 



Distribution 

 Stomias affinis 



Distribution 

 Stomias boa 



Subspecies 



Geographic variation 



Vertical distribution 



Distribution 



Vertical migrations 

 Stomias colubrinus 



Subspecies 



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Malacosteidae 



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Stomias danae 



Redescription 



Morphometries 



Stomias ferox 



Distribution 



Larva 



Seasonal changes 

 Stomias lampropeltis 

 New name 

 Meristics 

 Oral teeth 



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 806736 

 808653 

 807694 



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Melanostomiatidae 



Sternoptychidae 



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 804194 



Population changes 



Larva 

 Vertical migrations 

 Argyropelecus 



Vertical distribution 



Distribution 

 Argyropelecus affinis 



Identifying characters 

 Spines 

 Argyropelecus elongatus 



List of types 



University of Oslo 

 Argyropelecus gigas 



Identifying characters 

 Spines 



Distribution 

 Argyropelecus hemigymnus 



Photophores 



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