Excerpt from A Manual of Paleontology, for the Use of Students, Vol. 2 of 2: With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology
Ganoidei, 958-991 chapter L. Characters of the Teleostei - Suborders and families of the Tele ostei - Literature of Pisces, 992-1017 chapter LI.
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