Annotated Checklists of Fishes

An electronic journal published by the California Academy of Sciences

ISSN 1545-150X [CD-ROM]

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Sequential List of Fish Families for Which Checklists Are Available

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Nos. 1-20 (published 9 September 2003 on one CD-ROM):

1. Introduction to the series Annotated Checklists of Fishes (W.N. Eschmeyer)

2. Anoplopomatidae - sablefishes (C.W. Mecklenburg)

3. Hexagrammidae - greenlings (C.W. Mecklenburg and W.N. Eschmeyer)

4. Rhamphocottidae - grunt sculpins (C.W. Mecklenburg)

5. Hemitripteridae - sea ravens or sailfin sculpins (C.W. Mecklenburg)

6. Cyclopteridae - lumpsuckers (C.W. Mecklenburg and B.A. Sheiko)

7. Bathymasteridae - ronquils (C.W. Mecklenburg)

8. Cryptacanthodidae - wrymouths (C.W. Mecklenburg)

9. Pholidae - gunnels (C.W. Mecklenburg)

10. Anarhichadidae - wolffishes (C.W. Mecklenburg)

11. Scytalinidae - graveldivers (C.W. Mecklenburg)

12. Ptilichthyidae - quillfishes (C.W. Mecklenburg)

13. Zaproridae - prowfishes (C.W. Mecklenburg)

14. Icosteidae - ragfishes (C.W. Mecklenburg)

15. Trichodontidae - sandfishes (C.W. Mecklenburg)

16. Belonidae - needlefishes (B.B. Collette)

17. Ogcocephalidae - batfishes (M.G. Bradbury)

18. Molidae - molas or ocean sunfishes (P. Parenti)

19. Scombridae - mackerels, tunas and bonitos (B.B. Collette)

20. Anoplogastridae - fangtooths (A.N. Kotlyar)

Nos. 21-37 (published 27 February 2004 on one CD-ROM):

21. Scomberesocidae - sauries (B.B. Collette)

22. Hemiramphidae - halfbeaks (B.B. Collette)

23. Percopsidae - trout perches and sand rollers (W.J. Poly)

24. Aphredoderidae - pirate perches (W.J. Poly)

25. Amblyopsidae - cavefishes (W.J. Poly and G.S. Proudlove)

26. Hispidoberycidae - hispidoberycids (A.N. Kotlyar)

27. Stephanoberycidae - pricklefishes (A.N. Kotlyar)

28. Gibberichthyidae - gibberfishes (A.N. Kotlyar)

29. Melamphaidae - bigscales (A.N. Kotlyar)

30. Agonidae - poachers (B.A. Sheiko and C.W. Mecklenburg)

31. Liparidae - snailfishes (N.V. Chernova, D.L. Stein, and A.P. Andriashev)

32. Polynemidae - threadfins (H. Motomura)

33. Elassomatidae - pygmy sunfishes (C.R. Gilbert)

34. Zoarcidae - eelpouts (M.E. Anderson and V.V. Fedorov)

35. Stichaeidae - pricklebacks (C.W. Mecklenburg and B.A. Sheiko)

36. Scatophagidae - scatophagids (P. Parenti)

37. Pleuronectidae - righteye flounders (S.A. Evseenko)

 


 

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