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Osteology and ontogeny of the wrymouths, genus C ryptacanthodes ( C ottiformes: Z oarcoidei: C ryptacanthodidae)
Author(s) -
Schnell Nalani K.,
Hilton Eric J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.20366
Subject(s) - osteology , biology , ontogeny , genus , temperate climate , zoology , phylogenetic tree , morphology (biology) , systematics , evolutionary biology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Cover illustration . Cryptacanthodes maculatus (Cryptacanthodidae), caudal skeleton. Cryptacanthodidae are eel‐like, burrowing fishes distributed in the cold‐temperate coastal waters of the North Pacific and the western North Atlantic. In this issue of the Journal of Morphology, Schnell and Hilton (pp. 185–208 10.1002/jmor.20331 ) describe the osteology and aspects of the ontogenetic skeletal development of two Cryptacanthodes species and discuss the phylogenetic relationships of Cryptacanthodidae among other zoarcoid families.