General Section

Abstract

The following chapters deal with the general external and internal morphology of the Gonostomatidae (= gonostomatids) and the Kahliellidae (= kahliellids), and terms specific to these taxa are described and explained. For general terms see also the corresponding sections of the previous volumes (Berger 1999, 2006a, 2008), especially Fig. 6a, b in Berger (1999), Fig. 1c, d, f, g in Berger (2006a), and Fig. 1a–h, 7a, b in Berger (2008). However, the illustrations of the individual species described in the systematic section are labelled in great detail so that even inexperienced workers will understand the morphology easily in most cases. For explanation of other terms, see Corliss (1979), Corliss & Lom (1985, 2002), Lynn & Corliss (1991), Hausmann & Bradbury (1996), Hausmann & Hülsmann (1996, 1996a), Hausmann et al. (2003), Fokin (2007), and Lynn (2008). The (supposed) ground pattern of the Hypotricha is discussed in detail in the phylogeny chapter of Berger (2008, p. 23).