The Macristiidae, a ctenothrissiform family based on juvenile and larval scopelomorph fishes

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2452

By

Rosen, Donn Eric, 1929-1986

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1971]

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 26, 1971."

"The genesis of the present review of macristiid relationships is the identification of an additional Macristium-like larva taken in mid-Atlantic by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's vessel, 'R.V. Chain'"--P. 2.

"A new Macristium-like larval fish is compared with published accounts of specimens previously assigned to the Macristiidae and with known myctophoid larvae. It is concluded that the new Macristium-like larva and all of the macristiids are myctophoids, and it is hypothesized that together they represent larval and juvenile bathysaurids and ipnopids or forms closely related to these families. The implications of that conclusion for ctenothrissiform classification are discussed"--P. 20.

Subjects

Atlantic Ocean , Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain) , Classification , Ctenothrissiformes , Fishes , Lanternfishes , Larvae , Macristiidae , Macristium chavesi

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2452, 1971

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 45585253