Description
Book SynopsisThe authoritative expert's guide to fascinating frogfishes and their unusual lives. Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Single Volume Reference in Science by the Association of American PublishersUnique among the world's fishes, frogfishes display a bizarre combination of attributes and behaviors that make them a subject of fervent study. Through cunning and trickery, they turn would-be predators into prey; they walk across the ocean floor and jet-propel through open water; some lay their eggs in a floating mucoid mass, while others employ complex patterns of parental care; and they are certainly among the most colorful of nature's productions. In Frogfishes, two of the world's leading anglerfish experts, Theodore W. Pietsch and Rachel J. Arnold, bring together an enormous amount of information about these incredible creatures. The only detailed exploration of frogfishes in print, the book touches on everything from their morphology and biomechanics to their diets and habitats. Enhanc
Trade ReviewThis impressive book includes all of the information, with beautiful photographs and illustrations, for the 52 species of frogfishes (family Antennariidae, order Lophiiformes) known as of 2020 . . . Every university library should have a copy. Ichthyologists, collectors of books on fishes and others with a serious interest in anglerfishes will also find this book a valuable addition to their libraries.
—Bruce C. Mundy,
FisheriesTable of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Approach and Procedures
3. What Makes a Frogfish?
4. Biodiversity
5. Evolutionary Relationships
6. Zoogeography
7. Behavioral Ecology
8. Tips for Aquarists and Divers and the Need for Conservation
With Scott W. Michael
Reallocation of Nominal Species of Frogfishes
Glossary
References
Illustration Credits
Index
