Description
Book SynopsisDescribes almost all the known native and introduced fishes found in freshwater habitats of Washington State, including most of the fishes of Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia. Featuring 103 colour illustrations of Washington fish, it provides ecological information related to distribution, habits, habitat, age, reproduction, and food.
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Key to the Families of Freshwater and Anadromous Fishes of Washington
Species Keys and Life History Accounts
Family Petromyzontidae--Lampreys
Family Acipenseridae--Sturgeons
Family Clupeidae--Herrings
Family Salmonidae--Trouts
Family Osmeridae--Smelts
Family Umbridae--Mudminnows
Family Esocidae--Pikes
Family Cyprinidae--Carps and Minnows
Family Catostomidae--Suckers
Family Cobitidae--Loaches
Family Ictaluridae--Bullhead Catfishes
Family Cyprinodontidae--Killifishes
Family Poeciliidae--Livebearers
Family Gadidae--Cods
Family Gasterosteidae--Sticklebacks
Family Percopsidae--Trout-perches
Family Percichthyidae--Temperate Basses
Family Centrarchidae--Sunfishes
Family Embiotocidae--Surfperches
Family Percidae--Perches
Family Cottidae--Sculpins
Family Pleuronectidae--Righteye Flounders
Appendices
References
Index
About the Authors
