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Bibliography: p. 485-538.

Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Preface 000 -- Acknowledgments 000 -- Introduction 000 -- Phylum Chordata 000 -- Subphylum Craniata 000 -- Superclass Myxinomorphi to Osteostracomorphi 000 -- Superclass Gnathostomata 000 -- ?Class Placodermi, 000 -- Class Chondrichthyes, -- Subclass Holocephali, -- Order Chimaeriformes, -- Subclass Elasmobranchii, -- Order Heterodontiformes, -- Order Orectolobiformes, -- Order Lamniformes, -- Order Carcharhiniformes, -- Order Hexanchiformes, -- Order Echinorhiniformes, -- Order Squaliformes, -- Order Squatiniformes, -- Order Pristiophoriformes, -- Order Torpediniformes, -- Order Pristiformes, -- Order Rajiformes, -- Order Myliobatiformes, -- ?Class Acanthodii, -- Class Actinopterygii, -- Subclass Cladistia, -- Order Polypteriformes, -- Subclass Chrondrostei, -- Order Acipenseriformes, -- Subclass Neopterygii, -- Order Lepisosteiformes, -- Order Amiiformes, -- Division Teleostei, -- Subdivision Osteoglossomorpha, -- Order Hiodontiformes, -- Order Osteoglossiformes, -- Subdivision Elopomorpha, -- Order Elopiformes, -- Order Albuliformes, -- Order Anguilliformes, -- Order Saccopharyngiformes, -- Subdivision Ostarioclupeomorpha (= Otocephala), -- Superorder Clupeomorpha, -- Order Clupeiformes, -- Superorder Ostariophysi, -- Order Gonorhynchiformes, -- Order Cypriniformes, -- Order Characiformes, -- Order Siluriformes, -- Order Gymnotiformes, -- Subdivision Euteleostei, -- Superorder Protacanthopterygii, -- Order Argentiniformes, -- Order Osmeriformes, -- Order Salmoniformes, -- Order Esociformes, -- Superorder Stenopterygii, -- Order Stomiiformes, -- Superorder Ateleopodomorpha, -- Order Ateleopodiformes, -- Superorder Cyclosquamata, -- Order Aulopiformes, -- Superorder Scopelomorpha, -- Order Myctophiformes, -- Superorder Lampriomorpha, -- Order Lampriformes, -- Superorder Polymixiomorpha, -- Order Polymixiiformes, -- Superorder Paracanthopterygii, -- Order Percopsiformes, -- Order Gadiformes, -- Order Ophidiiformes, -- Order Batrachoidiformes, -- Order Lophiiformes, -- Superorder Acanthopterygii, -- Order Mugiliformes, -- Order Atheriniformes, -- Order Beloniformes, -- Order Cyprinodontiformes, -- Order Stephanoberyciformes, -- Order Beryciformes, -- Order Zeiformes, -- Order Gasterosteiformes, -- Order Synbranchiformes, -- Order Scorpaeniformes, -- Order Perciformes, -- Order Pleuronectiformes, -- Order Tetraodontiformes, 000 -- Class Sarcopterygii, -- Subclass Coelacanthimorpha, -- Order Coelacanthiformes, -- Subclass Dipnotetrapodomorpha, -- Order Ceratodontiformes, -- Unranked Tetrapodomorpha, -- Infraclass Tetrapoda, -- APPENDIX Checklist of the classes (numbered), extant subclasses (not numbered), extant orders (numbered), extant suborders (not numbered), and extant families (numbered). Page number given for all. 000 -- Bibliography 000 -- Index 000.