Fishes : an introduction to ichthyology /

Main Author: Moyle, Peter B.
Other Authors: Cech, Joseph J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1996
Edition:3rd
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I, Introduction
  • Part II, Structure and form [Form and movement, Respriration, Blood and its circulation, Buoyancy and thermal regulation, Hydromineral balance, Feeding, nutrition, digestion, and excetion, Growth, Reproduction, Sensory perception, Behavior and Communication]
  • Part III, The fishes [Systematics, Evolution, Hagfishes and lampreys, Sharks, rays and chimaeras, Relict bony fishes, Teleost offshoots: bonytongues, herrings, and eels, Minnows, characins, and catfishes, Pike, smelt, and salmon, Anglerfish, barracudinas, cods, and dragonfish, Silversides, flying fish, and killifish, Opahs, squirrelfish, dories, pipefish, and sculpins, Perciformes: snooks to snakeheads, Flounders, pufflers, and molas]
  • Part IV, Zoogeography [Zoogeography of freshwater fishes, Zoogeography of marine fishes]
  • Part V, Ecology [Introduction to ecology, Temperate streams, Temperate lakes and reservoirs, Tropical freshwater lakes and streams, Estuaries, Coastal habitats, Tropical reefs, Epipelagic zone, Deepsea habitats, Polar regions, Concervation]