XXX.—A Monograph on the general Morphology of the Myxinoid Fishes, based on a study of Myxine. Part I. The Anatomy of the Skeleton

Abstract

The present work was commenced in the summer of 1902, with the object of writing a complete monograph of the morphology of Myxine. It had previously been undertaken by the late Professor G. B. Howes, F.R.S., but, owing to the pressure of other work, and the first indications of the illness which subsequently proved fatal, he handed the work over to me. During the earlier stages, however, he exhibited a characteristic interest in the research, and most generously placed his material and the late Dr Pollard's sections at my disposal. His death has removed a kindly and a stimulating figure from our midst; a man whose life was devoted to the service of his friends and the advancement of his favourite study, and whose generous and sympathetic nature was the wonder and the delight of all who knew him.