1. Reassessment and comparative morphology of the Gonorynchiform head skeleton / Terry Grande and Francisco Jos ̌Poyato-Ariza -- 2. Morphological analysis of the Gonorynchiform postcranial skeleton / Terry Grande and Gloria Arratia -- 3. Early ossification and development of the cranium and paired girdles of Chanos chanos (Teleostei, Gonorynchiformes) / Gloria Arratia and Teodora Bagarinao -- 4. A review of the cranial and pectoral musculature of Gonorynchiform fishes, with comments on their functional morphology and a comparison with other otocephalans / Rui Diogo -- 5. The epibranchial organ and its anatomical environment in the Gonorynchiformes, with functional discussions / Franȯise Pasleau, Rui Diogo and Michel Chardon -- 6. The fossil record of Gonorynchiformes / Emmanuel Fara, Mireille Gayet and Louis Taverne -- 7. Gonorynchiform interrelationships : historic overview, analysis, and revised systematics of the group / Franciso Jos ̌Poyato-Ariza, Terry Grande and Rui Diogo -- 8. A new teleostean fish from the early late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of SE Morocco, with a discussion of its relationships with Ostariophysans / Frďřic Pittet, Lionel Cavin and Franciso Jos ̌Poyato-Ariza -- 9. Gonorynchiformes in the Teleostean phylogeny : molecules and morphology used to investigate interrelationships of the Ostariophysi / Guillaume Lecointre -- 10. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of cypriniformes / Andrew M. Simons and Nicholas J. Gidmark -- 11. Review of the phylogenetic relationships and fossil record of Characiformes / Wasila M. Dahdul -- 12. State of the art of siluriform higher-level phylogeny / Rui Diogo and Zuogang Peng -- 13. The mitochondrial phylogeny of the South American electric fish (Gymnotiformes) and alternative hypothesis for the otophysan historical biogeography / Jos ̌A. Alves-Gomes -- 14. A nomenclatural analysis of Gonorynchiform taxa / William N. Eschmeyer, Terry Grande and Lance Grande.