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[2856] McCosker, John Edward. 1979. Inferred natural his¬ 
tory of the living coelacanth. In John Edward McCosker 
and Michael D. Lagios, eds., The Biology and 
Physiology of the Living Coelacanth. Occasional 
Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (134.4 
[22 December]): 17-23, 5 figs., 1 table. 
[2857] McCosker, John Edward. 1979. The snake eels 
(Pisces, Ophichthidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with the 
description of two new species. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 42(2 [2 March]): 
57-67, 6 figs., 2 tables. 
[2858] McCosker, John Edward. 1982. A new genus and 
two new species of remarkable Pacific worm eels 
(Ophichthidae, subfamily Myrophinae). Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 43(5 [4 No- 
vember]):59-66, 5 figs., 1 table. 
[2859] McCosker, John Edward. 1985. Two new genera and 
two new species of deepwater western Atlantic worm 
eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Califor¬ 
nia Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 44(2[29 August]):9-15, 
6 figs. 
[2860] McCosker, John Edward. 1998. A revision of the 
snake-eel genus Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichth¬ 
idae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific 
species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 50(7 
[27 April]): 185-215, 14 figs., 1 pi., 4 tables. 
[2861] McCosker, John Edward. 2004. A new species of 
finless snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from 
Ascension Island, with comments on Ichthyapus acu- 
tirostris. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sci¬ 
ences, ser. 4, 55(7[22 April]): 169-173, figs. 1-2, 
2 tables. 
[2862] McCosker, John Edward. 2005. A new species of 
deepwater snake eel, Ophichthus pullus (Anguilli¬ 
formes: Ophichthidae) from Angola and Guinea-Bissau. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
4, 56(36[30 December]):669-674, figs. 1-3, 1 table. 
[2863] McCosker, John Edward. 2006. A new species of 
sand eel, Yirrkala moorei (Anguilliformes: Ophichth¬ 
idae), from the South Pacific. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57(10 
[18 April]):373-377, figs. 1-3, 1 table. 
[2864] McCosker, John Edward. 2006. Notes and com¬ 
ments on some Eastern Atlantic snake eels (Anguilli¬ 
formes: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57(Short Communications 
[15 September]):736-738. 
[2865] McCosker, John Edward. 2007. The history of 
research at the California Academy of Sciences’ 
Steinhart Aquarium and Department of Aquatic Biology. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
4, 58(11 [11 May]):171-195, figs. 1-14. 
[2866] McCosker, John Edward. 2008. Trachyscorpia osh- 
eri and Idiastion hageyi, two new species of deepwater 
scorpion fishes (Scorpaeniformes: Sebastidae, Scor- 
paenidae) from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 59(3 
[16 May]): 113-123, figs. 1-5, 1 table. 
[2867] McCosker, John Edward, and Michael D. Lagios. 
1979. Introduction. In John Edward McCosker and 
Michael D. Lagios, eds., The Biology and Physiology of 
the Living Coelacanth. Occasional Papers of the Cali¬ 
fornia Academy of Sciences (134.1 [22 December]): 1-5, 
5 figs. 
[2868] McCosker, John Edward, and Robert N. Lea. 2006. 
White shark attacks upon humans in California and 
Oregon, 1993-2003. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57(17[15 September]): 
479-501, figs. 1-4, 3 tables. 
[2869] McCosker, John Edward, and John E. Randall. 1977. 
Three new species of Indio-Pacific moray eels (Pisces: 
Muraenidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of 
Sciences, ser. 4, 41(3[15 April]): 161-168, 5 figs., 
1 table. 
[2870] McCosker, John Edward, and John E. Randall. 1982. 
Synonymies of Indian Ocean eels, with the description 
of Gymnothorax enigmaticus, a moray previously 
known as G. ruppeli. Proceedings of the California 
Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 43(2[15 June]): 17-24, 
7 figs. 
[2871] McCosker, John Edward, and John E. Randall. 2007. 
A new genus and species of mud-dwelling moray eel 
(Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Indonesia. 
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 
4, 58(22[28 September]):469-476, figs. 1-7, 2 tables. 
[2872] McCosker, John Edward, and John E. Randall. 2008. 
A new species of Indo-Pacific moray eel (Anguilli¬ 
formes: Muraenidae) from Indonesia. Proceedings of 
the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 59(16 
[30 December]):711-714, figs. 1-3. 
[2873] McCosker, John Edward, and Richard H. 
Rosenblatt. 1975. The moray eels(Pisces: Muraenidae) 
of the Galapagos Islands, with new records and syn¬ 
onymies of extralimital species. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 40(13 [3 Octo- 
ber]):417-427, 2 figs. 
[2874] McCosker, John Edward, and Richard H. 
Rosenblatt. 1993. A revision of the snake eel genus 
Myrichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the 
description of a new Eastern Pacific species. Proceed¬ 
ings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 48(8 
[21 December]): 153-169, 10 figs., 3 tables. 
[2875] McCosker, John Edward, and Richard H. Rosen¬ 
blatt. 1998. A revision of the Eastern Pacific snake-eel 
genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichth-idae) with 
the description of six new species. Proceedings of the 
California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 50(19[18 De- 
cember]):397-432, 16 figs.,3 tables. 
[2876] McCosker, John Edward, and Richard H. Rosen¬ 
blatt. 2010. The fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago: an 
update. In Michael Tenant Ghiselin and Alan Edward 
