Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897-Clark, Eugenie.2005-10-062005-10-061947http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1184p. 291-319, [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-319)."One. The gross morphology of digestive tracts of all the suborders of the Plectognathi are described from representatives, with especial reference to the development of the mechanism of inflation. 2. The structure and operation of the inflation mechanism are discussed in detail. 3. The capacity for inflation of Spheroides maculatus is shown to vary directly with the length of the fish and to be proportional to the volume of a sphere, the diameter of which is 61 per cent of the standard length. 4. The comparative ontogeny of the various groups is discussed. 5. The ontogeny of Acanthostracion quadricornis is described and figured and shown to resemble that of the Gymnodontes more closely than that of the Sclerodermi. 6. The phylogeny of the Plectognathi is discussed in its broader aspects"--P. 317.16271598 bytesapplication/pdfen-USQH1 .A4 vol.88, art.5, 1947Tetraodontiformes.text