Table of Contents - Volume One

INTRODUCTION xiii Acknowledgments xiv Institutional Abbreviations xv Methods and Terminology. By EUGENIA B. BOHLKE 1 Phylogenetic Relationships of Anguilliform Fishes. By C. RICHARD ROBINS 9 Order Anguilliformes 25 Family Anguillidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 25 Genus Anguilla 32 Family Heterenchelyidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 48 Genus Pythonichthys 52 Family Moringuidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 55 Genus Neoconger 60 Genus Moringua 65 Family Chlopsidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 72 Genus Linkenchelys 78 Genus Robinsia 80 Genus Catesbya 82 Genus Chilorhinus 84 Genus Kaupichthys 86 Genus Chlopsis 92 Family Myrocongridae. By DAVID G. SMITH 98 Genus Myroconger 98 Family Muraenidae. By EUGENIA B. BOHLKE, JOHN E. McCosKER, and JAMES E. BOHLKE 104 Subfamily Uropterygiinae 116 Genus Anarchias 117 Genus Channomuraena 122 Genus Uropterygius 126 Subfamily Muraeninae 129 Genus Echidna 130 Genus Enchelycore 134 Genus Gymnothorax 145 Genus Monopenchelys 191 Genus Muraena I94 Family Synaphobranchidae. By CATHERINE H. ROBINS and C. RICHARD ROBINS 207 Subfamily Simenchelyinae 214 Genus Simenchelys 214 viii Table of Contents

Subfamily Synaphobranchinae 218 Genus Synaphobranchus 219 Genus Haptenchelys 232 Subfamily Ilyophinae 234 Genus llyophis 235 Genus Meadia 239 Genus Atractodenchelys 240 Genus Dysommina 242 Genus Dysomma 244 Family Ophichthidae. By JOHN E. McCosKER, EUGENIA B. BOHLKE, and JAMES E. BOHLKE 254 Subfamily Myrophinae 270 Genus Ahlia 272 Genus Asarcenchelys 276 Genus Mixomyrophis 277 Genus Myrophis 279 Genus Pseudomyrophis 289 Subfamily Ophichthinae 296 Genus Aprognathodon 300 Genus Callechelys 303 Genus Letharchus 313 Genus Apterichtus 317 Genus Ichthyapus 322 Genus Stictorhinus 325 Genus Bascanichthys 329 Genus Caralophia 338 Genus Ethadophis 341 Genus Gordiichthys 343 Genus Phaenomonas 351 Genus Aplatophis 354 Genus Echiophis 357 Genus Herpetoichthys 364 Genus Hyphalophis 367 Genus Kertomichthys 368 Genus Lethogoleos 370 Genus Myrichthys 372 Genus Ophichthus 379 Genus Quassiremus 409 Family Colocongridae. By DAVID G. SMITH 413 Genus Coloconger 417 Family Derichthyidae. By CATHERINE K ROBINS 420 Genus Derichthys 424 Genus Nessorhamphus 427 Family Muraenesocidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 432 Genus Cynoponticus 436 Family Nemichthyidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 441 Genus Avocettina 447 Table of Contents ix

Genus Labichthys 459 Genus Nemichthys 452 Family . By DAVID G. SMITH 460 Subfamily Heterocongrinae 482 Genus Heteroconger 484 Subfamily Bathymyrinae 499 Genus Ariosoma 491 Genus Parabathymyrus 503 Genus Paraconger 506 Subfamily Congrinae 511 Genus 513 Genus 521 Genus 525 Genus Rhechias 532 Genus 541 Genus 545 Genus 549 Genus 551 Genus 554 Genus 558 Family Nettastomatidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 568 Genus Hoplunnis 576 Genus Saurenchelys 590 Genus Facciolella 596 Genus Nettenchelys 599 Genus Nettastoma 604 Genus Venefica 609 Family Serrivomeridae. By KENNETH A. TIGHE 613 Genus Serrivomer 617 Genus Stemonidium 625 Order Saccopharyngiformes. By DAVID G. SMITH 629 Family Cyematidae. By DAVID G. SMITH 630 Genus Cyema 633 Families Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae, and Monognathidae. By E BERTELSEN, JORGEN G. NIELSEN, and DAVID G. SMITH 636 Family Saccopharyngidae 642 Genus Saccopharynx 643 Family Eurypharyngidae 648 Genus Eurypharynx 649 Family Monognathidae 650 Genus Monognathus 652 This page intentionally left blank