Description
Book SynopsisThere are more than 33,000 species of living fishes, accounting for more than half of the extant vertebrate diversity on Earth. This comprehensive reference showcases the basic anatomy and diversity of all 82 orders of fishes and more than 150 of the most commonly encountered families, focusing on their distinctive features.
Trade Review"Technical and accurate, this book will be an important reference for ichthyologists for many years to come." -- P. Chakrabarty CHOICE "This book is an excellent and exceptionally accessible part of the 'toolbox of taxonomists.'" -- David Feary Frontiers of Biogeography "An accessible, beautifully illustrated, and very reasonably priced guide ... Nothing quite like Fishes currently exists, and the authors are to be congratulated for producing it." -- Melanie L. J. Stiassny Systematic Biology "The authors have turned hundreds of surprisingly beautiful photographs of preserved fishes into an art form and have used them as the foundation for this very useful volume... this book should be on the desk or laboratory bench of every undergraduate and graduate student of ichthyology." The Quarterly Review of Biology
Table of ContentsComplete Contents Introduction Anatomy of Fishes THE FISHES: VERTEBRATA -- Vertebrates Agnatha (Cyclostomata) -- Jawless Fishes Gnathostomata -- Jawed Vertebrates Chondrichthyes -- Cartilaginous Fishes Osteichthyes -- Bony Fishes Sarcopterygii -- Lobe-finned Fishes Actinopterygii -- Ray-finned Fishes Actinopterygii I -- Lower Ray-finned Fishes Actinopterygii II: Acanthomorpha -- Spiny-rayed Fishes Glossary References Index
