VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 

 GONOSTOMA DENUDATUM 

 BATHYAL ZONE 

 DISTRIBUTION 

 GONOSTOMA ELONGATUM 

 CAUDAL SKELETON 

 ANATOMY 



DESCRIPTIVE EVOLUTION 

 ICHTHYOCOCCUS 

 SAGITTA 

 MAMMALIA 

 AS PREDATOR 

 MAUROLICUS JAPONICUS 



GENERAL STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR 

 BRAIN 



ANATOMY 

 HISTOLOGY 

 MAUROLICUS MUELLERI 

 CAUDAL SKELETON 

 ANATOMY 



DESCRIPTIVE EVOLUTION 

 OTOLITHS 



ANATOMY 

 SUBLITTORAL ZONE 

 BATHYAL ZONE 



DISTRIBUTION WITHIN HABITAT 

 EGG 

 LARVA 

 DISTRIBUTION 



MAUROLICUS PENNANTI 



DISTRIBUTION 

 SCOPELOIDES 



GROSS EXTERNAL ANATOMY 



OLIGOCENE 



PALEOECOLOGY 

 SCOPELOIDES GLARISIANUS 



SYNONYMY 



OLIGOCENE 



SKELETON 

 ANATOMY 

 VINCIGUERRIA 



GROSS EXTERNAL ANATOMY 



OLIGOCENE 



PALEOECOLOGY 

 SKELETON 

 ANATOMY 

 VINCIGUERRIA DISTINCTA 

 MORPHOMETRICS 

 OLIGOCENE 

 VINCIGUERRIA LUCETIA 

 HYOID ARCH 

 BRANCHIOSTEGALS 

 SAGITTA 

 DISTRIBUTION WITHIN HABITAT 



LARVA 

 COPEPODA 

 AS PARASITE 



PARASITE SYSTEMATICS 

 MAMMALIA 



AS PREDATOR 

 POPULATION DENSITY 

 VINCIGUERRIA OBSCURA 

 MORPHOMETRICS 

 OLIGOCENE 

 YARELLA CORYTHAEOLA 

 BATHYAL ZONE 

 DISTRIBUTION 



IDIACANTHIDAE 



IDIACANTHUS ANTROSTOMUS 



IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS 



LIFE SPAN 



RATE OF GROWTH 



WEIGHT LENGTH RELATIONSHIP 



MAXIMUM SIZE 



CRUSTACEA 



AS FOOD FOR FISH 



TELEOSTEI 



AS FOOD FOR FISH 



FEEDING 

 IDIACANTHUS FASCIOLA 



LARVA 



ANATOMY 

 IDIACANTHUS NIGER 



DISTRIBUTION 



MALACOSTEIDAE 



ARISTOSTOMIAS SCINTILLANS 

 IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS 

 HYOID ARCH 

 BRANCHIOSTEGALS 

 RATE OF GROWTH 

 MAXIMUM SIZE 

 VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 

 CRUSTACEA 



AS FOOD FOR FISH 

 DISTRIBUTION 

 REPRODUCTIVE SEASON 



803131 

 803131 



802680 

 802598 

 802598 

 803183 



803183 



802680 



802517 

 803131 

 803131 



802688 

 802132 

 802946 

 803131 



801029 



800747 

 800747 

 800747 



802662 

 802662 



802662 



800747 

 800747 

 802662 

 800747 



802662 



802662 

 802662 



801986 

 801986 

 802598 



802598 

 801778 



802662 

 802662 



803131 

 803131 



801858 

 801858 

 801858 

 801858 

 801858 



801858 



801858 

 801858 



800449 

 801655 



801858 

 801986 

 801986 

 801858 

 801858 

 801858 



801858 

 801858 

 801858 



MELANOSTOMIATIDAE 



IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS 

 BATHOPHILUS FLEMINGI 



DIAGNOSIS 



SYNONYMY 



VALIDATION 



HYOID ARCH 



BRANCHIOSTEGALS 



LIFE SPAN 



MAXIMUM SIZE 



VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 



CRUSTACEA 



AS FOOD FOR FISH 



DISTRIBUTION 



REPRODUCTIVE SEASON 

 BATHOPHILUS INDICUS 



DIAGNOSIS 



VALIDATION 



DISTRIBUTION 

 MELANOSTOMIAS TENTACULUS 



VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 



DISTRIBUTION 

 PACHYSTOMIAS MICRODON 



RELATIONSHIPS 



REDESCRIPTION 



DISTRIBUTION 

 PHOTONECTES MUNIFICUS 



NEW SPECIES 



RELATIONSHIPS 

 TACTOSTOMA MACROPUS 



HYOID ARCH 



BRANCHIOSTEGALS 



VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 



DEEP SCATTERING LAYER 



VERTICAL MIGRATIONS 



STERNOrTYCHIDAE 



IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS 

 SCOMBRIDAE 



THUNNUS ALALUNGA 

 AS PREDATOR 

 ARGYROPELECUS 

 PHOTOPHORES 



FUNCTION 

 HYOID ARCH 

 BRANCHIOSTEGALS 

 ARGYROPELECUS ACANTHURUS 

 BATHYAL ZONE 

 DISTRIBUTION 

 ARGYROPELECUS COSMOVICII 

 MORPHOMETRICS 

 OLIGOCENE 

 SKELETON 

 ANATOMY 

 ARGYROPELECUS HEMIGYMNUS 

 STRUCTURAL COLORS 

 BIOCHEMISTRY 

 FUNCTION 

 SKIN 

 SUBLITTORAL ZONE 

 BATHYAL ZONE 

 DISTRIBUTION 

 ARGYROPELECUS LYCHNUS 

 STRUCTURAL COLORS 

 BIOCHEMISTRY 

 FUNCTION 

 SKIN 

 ARGYROPELECUS OLFERSI 

 STRUCTURAL COLORS 

 BIOCHEMISTRY 

 FUNCTION 

 SKIN 

 BATHYAL ZONE 

 DISTRIBUTION 

 ARGYROPELECUS PACIFICUS 

 RATE OF GROWTH 

 MAXIMUM SIZE 

 VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 

 CRUSTACEA 



AS FOOD FOR FISH 

 DISTRIBUTION 

 POLYIPNUS 

 SAGITTA 

 BACTERIA 



AS COMMENSAL 

 INTESTINE 

 MAMMALIA 

 AS PREDATOR 

 STERNOPTYX DIAPHANA 

 VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION 

 BACTERIA 



AS COMMENSAL 

 INTESTINE 



STOMIATIDAE 



BATHOPHILUS 



RELATIONSHIPS 



IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS 



KEY 

 BATHOPHILUS ABARBATUS 



NEW SPECIES 



801858 



GONOSTOMATIDAE 

 (CONTINUED) 



800158 

 800158 

 800158 

 801986 

 801986 

 801858 

 801858 

 801858 



IDIACANTHIDAE 

 MALACOSTEIDAE 

 MELANOSTOMIATIDAE 



801858 

 800158 

 801858 



STERNOPTYCHIDAE 



800158 

 800158 

 800158 



STOMIATIDAE 



803060 

 803060 





801063 

 801063 

 801063 





802142 

 802142 





801986 

 801986 

 802296 

 802296 

 802296 





801858 

 801858 



801571 

 801986 

 801986 



803131 

 803131 



802662 



802662 



801764 

 803131 

 803131 

 803131 



801764 

 803131 

 803131 



801858 

 801858 

 801858 



801858 

 801858 



802598 



801654 

 802598 

 803060 



801654 



802215 

 802215 

 802215 



