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Tables of Contents for Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
1
20
Scope of the Book
1
2
Physical and Biological Description of the Gulf of Mexico
3
6
Overview
3
2
Geological History of the Gulf of Mexico
5
1
Currents and Tides in the Gulf of Mexico
6
1
Freshwater Input and Sediment Patterns
6
1
Meteorology
7
1
Biological Assemblages
7
2
History of Biological Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico
9
3
How to Identify Fishes
12
4
Names of Fishes
12
2
Structural Anatomy of Fishes
14
2
Measurements and Counts
16
1
Literature Cited
16
5
Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
21
1046
Key to the Orders of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
21
9
Myxiniformes
30
5
Petromyzontiformes
35
2
Chimaeriformes
37
6
Orectolobiformes
43
5
Lamniformes
48
12
Carcharhiniformes
60
37
Hexanchiformes
97
5
Squaliformes
102
25
Squatiniformes
127
2
Torpediniformes
129
6
Pristiformes
135
3
Rajiformes
138
33
Myliobatiformes
171
26
Acipenseriformes
197
2
Semionotiformes
199
5
Elopiformes
204
4
Albuliformes
208
2
Notacanthiformes
210
9
Anguilliformes
219
109
Clupeiformes
328
31
Siluriformes
359
5
Osmeriformes
364
44
Stomiiformes
408
137
Ateleopodiformes
545
3
Aulopiformes
548
67
Myctophiformes
615
65
Lampridiformes
680
12
Polymixiiformes
692
3
Ophidiiformes
695
54
Gadiformes
749
59
Batrachoidiformes
808
6
Lophiiformes
814
58
Mugiliformes
872
9
Atheriniformes
881
9
Cyprinodontiformes
890
41
Beloniformes
931
33
Stephanoberyciformes
964
33
Beryciformes
997
27
Zeiformes
1024
14
Gasterosteiformes
1038
29
Glossary
1067
8
References
1075
28
Index of Scientific Names
1103