In this review, animal cell lines are considered to have two classes of attributes:“before-the-
fact”(ante factum) and “after-the-fact”(post factum) properties. Fish cell lines from …

More than half the ray-finned fishes and about one-quarter of all living vertebrates belong to
Percomorphacea. Among its 30 orders, Stromateiformes encompass 77 species in 16 …

Classification of the tremendous diversity of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) began with the
designation of taxonomic groups on the basis of morphological similarity. Starting in the late …

The spiracular region, comprising the hyomandibular pouch together with the mandibular
and hyoid arches, has a complex evolutionary history. In living vertebrates, the embryonic …

Threadfins are primarily marine bony fishes that have part of the pectoral fin modified into
specialized sensitive filaments. They compose the Polynemidae, a family with eight genera …

Although the Cretaceous is widely regarded as a time of great evolutionary transition for the
freshwater fish fauna of North America, the fossil record of this period is notoriously poor …

The most ventral muscles of the head (the mm. submentalis, intermandibularis, and
interhyoideus) provide support to the gular region and lift the buccal floor during ventilation …

The present study offers a broad comparative analysis of the dorsolateral head musculature
in the Gymnotiformes, with detailed descriptions and illustrations of the dorsolateral head …

The teleost order Anguilliformes, true eels, comprises more than 1000 described species in
20 families, commonly known as eels, congers, morays, and gulper eels. Comprehensive …

The recently discovered mass mortality of fishes from the Tanis Site in the North Dakota
portion of the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation contains many well-preserved, three …