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Fam. Platycephalidae 

 " Hoplichthyida3 

 Superfatn. Agonoidea Gill 



Fam. Agonidae 

 Superfatn. Trigloidea Gill 

 Fam. Triglidae 



" Dactylopteridae 

 Suborder Jugulares {Linn.) Boulenger* 

 Superfatn. Percophoidea Gill 

 Fam. Trachinidae 

 " Percophiidae 

 ' ' Leptoscopidas 

 " Nototheniidae 

 " Uranoscopidae 

 Superfatn. Callionymoidea * nom. nov. 

 Fam. Trichonotidas 

 " Callionymidas 

 " Gobiesocidae 



Superfatn. Blennoidea 1 f 



Fam. Bleniidas 



Ptilichthyidaa 

 Batrachidas 

 Pholididaa 

 Zoarcidas 

 Congrogadidae 

 Ophidiidae 

 Podatelidae 

 Order Selenichthyes Boulenger (Incertae Sedis) 



Fam. Lamprididae 

 Order Tseniosomi Jordan and Evermann (Incertae Sedis) 



Fam. Trachypteridae 

 Order Plectognathi /. Mutter * 

 Suborder Scleroderma (Cuvier) » 

 Fam. Triacanthidas 

 " Triodontidas 

 " Balistidae 

 " Monacanthidae 

 " Ostraciidas 

 Suborder Gymnodontes (Cuvier) J 

 Fam. Tetrodontidas 

 '" Diodontidae 

 Molidas 



1 Families as defined by Boulenger. 



2 A division of this order into superfamilies is desirable. 



