Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa: With a Survey of Lophophorate, Echinoderm and Protochordate Sperm and an Account of Gamete Cryopreservation

Foreword Joseph S. Nelson Preface 1. Introduction. Lophophorata and Echinodermata 2. Hemichordata 3. Urochordata 4. Cephalochordata 5. Introduction to fish spermatozoa. The significance of the micropyle in fertilization B. G. M. Jamieson and L. K. -P. Leung 6. Agnatha. Class Myxini. Order Myxiniformes. Class Cephalaspidomorphi. Order Petromyzontiformes 7. Superclass Gnathostomata. Class Chondrichthyes. Subclasses Holocephali and Elasmobranchii 8. Class Osteichthyes. Subclass Actinopterygii. Infraclass Cladistia. Order Polypteriformes. Infraclass Chondrostei. Order Acipenseriformes 9. Subclass Crossopterygii. Superorder Coelacanthimorpha. Subclass Dipnoi. Orders Lepidosireniformes and Ceratodontiformes 10. Infraclass Neopterygii. 'Holosteans'. Division Ginglimodi. Order Lepisosteriformes. Division Halecostomi. Subdivision Halecomorphi. Order Lepisosteriformes. Division Halecostomi. Subdivision Halecomorphi. Order Amiiformes. Superorder Osteoglossomorpha. Order Osteoglossiformes 11. Superorder Elopomorpha. Orders Elopoformes and Anguilliformes. Superorder Clupeomorpha. Order Clupeomorpha 12. Infradicision Eitelostei. Superorder Esocomorpha. Order Esociformes. Superorder Ostariophysi. Orders Cypriniformes, Siluriformes and Characiformes 13. Order Salmoniformes ('Protacanthopterygii') 14. Neoteleostei. Superorder Scopelomopha. Orders Aulopiformes and Myctophiformes. Superorder Paracanthopterygii. Order Ophidiiformes, Gadiformes, Batrachoidiformes, Gobiesociformes and Lophiiformes 15. Superorder Acanthopterygii. Series Percomorpha. Orders Zeiformes, Syngnathiformes, Dactylopteriformes, Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes: Percoidei and Mugiloidei 16. Series Percomorpha. Perciformes Labroidei, Trachinoidei, Blennioidei, Scombroidei. Orders Pleuonectiformes and Tetraodontiformes 17. Series Atherinomorpha. Orders Atheriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes and Beloniformes 18. Summary and Conclusions. Fish sperm types and the plesiomorphic mode of fertilization. Morphological summary. Systematic and phylogenetic summary B. G. M. Jamieson and L. K. -P. Leung 19. Principles of biological cryopreservation L. K. -P. Leung 20. Live preservation of fish gametes L. K. -P. Leung and B. G. M. Jamieson References Author index Subject index Taxonomic index.