Note: Front Cover -- Interrelationships of Fishes -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1. An Annotated Bibliography of the Work of Colin Patterson -- Chapter 2. Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes: Euselachii) -- I. Introduction -- II. Compagno's Hypothesis and Subsequent Studies -- III. Character Analysis -- IV. Discussion -- V. Classification -- VI. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Chapter 3. Higher-Level Elasmobranch Phylogeny, Basal Squaleans, and Paraphyly -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods -- III. Recent Elasmobranchs -- IV. Discussion -- V. Conclusions -- VI. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Chapter 4. Interrelationships of the Batoid Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods and Materials -- III. Results -- IV. Discussion -- V. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Chapter 5. Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes, with Comments on "Chondrostei -- I. Introduction -- II. Historical Overview of Acipenseriformes -- III. Descriptive Osteology of +Peipiaosteus pani -- IV. Phylogeny of Acipenseriformes -- V. Nomenclatural Recommendations -- VI. New Approaches to Phylogenetics of Chondrostei and Lower Actinopterygians -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Chapter 6. Interrelationships of Basal Neopterygians -- I. Introduction -- II. Fossils Included in Analysis -- III. Anatomical Features -- IV. Monophyletic Neopterygian Groups -- V. Molecular Evidence -- VI. Conclusions -- VII. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Chapter 7. Teleostean Monophyly -- I. Introduction -- II. A Note on Fossils and Names -- III. Characters -- IV. Discussion and Comparison with Molecular Data -- V. Summary -- References -- Chapter 8. Phylogeny of Osteoglossomorpha. , I. Introduction -- II. Monophyly and Extra-group Relationships of Osteoglossomorpha -- III. tLycopteridae as Stem-Group Osteoglossomorphs -- IV. Phylogeny of Hiodontiformes Sensu Stricto -- V. Remarks on Osteoglossiformes -- VI. Classification of Osteoglossomorpha -- VII. Some Implications -- VIII. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Chapter 9. Interrelationships of Elopomorph Fishes -- I. Introduction -- II. Morphological Analysis -- III. Molecular Analysis -- IV. Total Evidence -- V. Fossil Elopomorphs -- VI. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Chapter 10. Clupeomorpha, Sister-Group of Ostariophysi -- I. Clupeomorpha -- II. Isospondyli and Derivative Taxa -- III. Divisions I-III -- IV. Divisions of Clupeomorpha -- V. Clupeomorpha and Euteleostei -- VI. Molecular Data -- VII. Euteleostei: Doubtful Synapomorphies -- VIII. Clupeomorpha + Ostariophysi: Possible Synapomorphies -- IX. Clupeomorpha + Ostariophysi: Doubtful Synapomorphies -- X. Summary -- References -- Chapter 11. Interrelationships of Ostariophysan Fishes (Teleostei) -- I. Introduction -- II. Materials and Methods -- III. Classification -- IV. Review of Major Ostariophysan Lineages -- V. Review of the Evidence of Fink and Fink (1981) -- VI. Discussion -- VII. Summary -- References -- Chapter 12. Relationships of Lower Euteleostean Fishes -- I. Introduction -- II. Character Survey -- III. Discussion of Begle's (1991, 1992) Analyses -- IV. Monophyly and Interrelationships of Osmeridae -- V. Monophyly and Interrelationships of Osmeroidei -- VI. Monophyly of Argentinoidei (sensu Rosen and Greenwood, 1971 -- Argentinoidea + Alepocephaloidea) -- VII. Monophyly and Interrelationships of Argentinoidea -- VIII. Monophyly and Interrelationships of Alepocephaloidea -- IX. Monophyly and Relationships of Salmonoidei. , X. Monophyly and Relationships of Esociformes -- XI. Monophyly and Relationships of Euteleostei -- XII. Conclusions -- XIII. Summary -- References -- Material Examined -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Chapter 13. Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes -- I. Introduction -- II. Materials and Methods -- III. Basal Branching Order of Major Stomiiform Clades -- IV. Infraorders Gonostomata and Photichthya -- V. Sternoptychidae -- VI. Gonostomatidae -- VII. Photichthya -- VIII. Conclusions -- IX. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Chapter 14. Interrelationships of Aulopiformes -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods -- III. Bathysauroides Gen. Nov. -- IV. Monophyly of the Aulopiformes -- V. Character Analysis -- VI. Discussion -- VII. Classification -- VIII. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Chapter 15. Basal Ctenosquamate Relationships and the Interrelationships of the Myctophiform (Scopelomorph) Fishes -- I. Introduction -- II. Methods and Materials -- III. Character Survey -- IV. Discussion -- V. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Chapter 16. Phylogenetic Significance of the Pectoral-Pelvic Fin Association in Acanthomorph Fishes: A Reassessment Using Comparative Neuroanatomy -- I. Introduction -- II. Nerves as Systematic Characters -- III. Notes on Materials and Methods -- IV. Results -- V. Discussion -- VI. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Chapter 17. Morphology, Characters, and the Interrelationships of Basal Sarcopterygians -- I. Historical Background -- II. The Principal Sarcopterygian Groups -- III. The Character Set -- IV. Discussion -- V. Conclusions -- VI. Summary -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Systematic Index.