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FIGURES
A: Sanzo, L. 1931.
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B, C: Watson, W. 1996.
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E, G: Belyanina, T.N. 1984.
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F: Ahlstrom, E.H., W.J. Richards, and S.H. Weitzman. 1984.
Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, and associated stomiiform groups: Development and relationships. In H.G. Moser, W.J. Richards, D.M. Cohen, M.P. Fahay, A.W. Kendall, Jr., and S.L Richardson (eds.), Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. Spec. Publ. 1, Am. Soc. Ichthyol. Herpetol., p. 184-198. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS, 760 p.
