Gonorynchiformes and Ostariophysan relationships : a comprehensive review / senior volume editor, Terry Grande ; volume coeditors, Francisco José Poyato-Ariza, Rui Diogo.

CONTENTS

Reassessment and Comparative Morphology of the Gonorynchiform Head Skeleton;

Morphological Analysis of the Gonorynchiform Postcranial Skeleton;

Early Ossification and Development of the Cranium and Paired Girdles of Chanos chanos (Teleostei, Gonorynchiformes;

A Review of the Cranial and Pectoral Musculature of Gonorynchiform Fishes, with Comments on Their Functional Morphology and a Comparison with Other Otocephalans;

The Epibranchial Organ and Its Anatomical Environment in the Gonorynchiformes, with Functional Discussions;

The Fossil Record of Gonorynchiformes;

Gonorynchiform Interrelationships: Historic Overview, Analysis, and Revised Systematics of the Group;

A New Teleostean Fish from the Early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of SE Morocco, with a Discussion of its Relationships with Ostariophysans;

Gonorynchiformes in the Teleostean Phylogeny: Molecules and Morphology Used to Investigate Interrelationships of the Ostariophysi;

Systematics and Phylogenetic Relationships of Cypriniformes;

Review of the Phylogenetic Relationships and Fossil Record of Characiformes;

State of the Art of Siluriform Higher-level Phylogeny;

The Mitochondrial Phylogeny of the South American Electric Fish (Gymnotiformes) and an Alternative Hypothesis for the Otophysan Historical Biogeography;

A Nomenclatural Analysis of Gonorynchiform Taxa

Includes bibliographical references and index.