TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • THE FISHES

    __ LAMPREYS

  • Petromyzontidae - lampreys

  • __CARTILAGINOUS FISHES
  • Triakidae - hound sharks
  • Hexanchidae - cow sharks
  • Squalidae - dogfish sharks
  • Rajidae - skates
  • Urolophidae - round stingrays
  • Myliobatidae - eagle rays
  • Chimaeridae - chimaeras

  • __BONY FISHES
  • Acipenseridae - sturgeons
  • Ophichthidae - snake eels
  • Engraulidae - anchovies
  • Clupeidae - herrings
  • Osmeridae - smelts
  • Salmonidae - trouts & salmon
  • Gonostomatidae - lightfishes
  • Myctophidae - lanternfishes
  • Trachipteridae - ribbonfishes
  • Ophidiidae - cusk-eels
  • Gadidae - cods
  • Batracoididae - toadfishes
  • Atherinidae - silversides
  • Gasterosteidae - sticklebacks
  • Syngnathidae - pipefishes
  • Scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes
  • Hexagrammidae - greenlings
  • Cottidae - sculpins
  • Hemitripteridae
  • Agonidae - poachers
  • Liparidae - snailfishes
  • Moronidae - temperate basses
  • Acropomatidae - temperate ocean-basses
  • Sciaenidae - croakers
  • Embiotocidae - surfperches
  • Stichaeidae - pricklebacks
  • Cryptacanthodidae - wrymouths
  • Pholidae - gunnels
  • Anarhichadidae - wolffishes
  • Trichodontidae - sandfishes
  • Ammodytidae - sand lances
  • Gobiidae - gobies
  • Luvaridae - louvar
  • Centrolophidae - medusafishes
  • Stromateidae - butterfishes
  • Paralichthyidae - sanddabs & halibut
  • Pleuronectidae - righteye flounders
  • Cynoglossidae - tonguefishes
  • Molidae - molas

  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • INDEX