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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Phylogenetic relationships among living and extinct fish groups
About the companion website
Part I – Introduction
Chapter 1 – The Science of Ichthyology
Chapter 2 – Systematic Procedures
Part II – Form, Function, Ontogeny
Chapter 3 – Structure and Function of the Head
Chapter 4 – Structure and Function of the Trunk
Chapter 5 – Circulation, Gas Transport, Digestion, Metabolism, and Energetics
Chapter 6 – Nervous and Sensory Systems
Chapter 7 – Homeostasis
Chapter 8 – Reproduction and Early Life History
Chapter 9 – Juveniles, Age and, Growth
Chapter 10 – Special Habitats and Adaptations
Part III – Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Evolution
Chapter 11 – “A History of Fishes”
Chapter 12 – Chondrichthyes
Chapter 13 – Living Representatives of Primitive Fishes
Chapter 14 – Teleosts I
Chapter 15 – Teleosts II
Part IV – Fish Behavior
Chapter 16 – Fishes as Predators and Prey
Chapter 17 – Fishes as Social Animals
Chapter 18 – Cycles of Activity and Behavior
Part V – Fish Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation
Chapter 19 – Zoogeography
Chapter 20 – Fish Populations
Chapter 21 – Communities, Ecosystems, and the Functional Role of Fishes
Chapter 22 – Conservation
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