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ISSN 1545-150X [CD-ROM]
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Sequential List of Fish Families for Which Checklists Are Available
Click on a highlighted family name to view or download the checklist in postscript document format [PDF]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)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0208690.
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