The intermuscular bones and ligaments of teleostean fishes

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is recorded in the Institution's annual report, Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN: The coral Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patterson, Colin The intermuscular bones and ligaments of teleostean fishes / Colin Patterson and G. David Johnson. p. cm. — (Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 559) Includes bibliographical references (p. 76). 1. Osteichthyes—Anatomy. 2. Bones. 3. Ligaments. 4. Muscles. I. Johnson, G. David. II. Title. III. Title: Teleostean fishes. IV. Series. QLl .S54no . 559 [QL639] 591 s—dc20 [597.50447] 94-10700 ® The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48—1984.