This volume deals with the deep-water fishes of New Caledonia.
It includes papers on taxonomy and biogeography of 15 fish families: Moridae,
Euclichthy-idae, Carapidae, Ophidiidae, Aphyonidae, Macro-rhamphosidae, Triglidae,
Gempylidae, Bothidae, Triacanthodidae, Monacanthidae, Ostraciidae, Triodontidae,
and Tetraodontidae. As a result, 85 species (17 new) belonging to 49 genera
are described.