Fishes of the World

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John Wiley & Sons, 28. mar. 2016 - 752 strani

Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level

Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world’s fishes. The updated text offers new phylogenetic diagrams that clarify the relationships among fish groups, as well as cutting-edge global knowledge that brings this classic reference up to date. With this resource, you can classify orders, families, and genera of fishes, understand the connections among fish groups, organize fishes in their evolutionary context, and imagine new areas of research. To further assist your work, this text provides representative drawings, many of them new, for most families of fishes, allowing you to make visual connections to the information as you read. It also contains many references to the classical as well as the most up-to-date literature on fish relationships, based on both morphology and molecular biology.

The study of fishes is one that certainly requires dedication—and access to reliable, accurate information. With more than 30,000 known species of sharks, rays, and bony fishes, both lobe-finned and ray-finned, you will need to master your area of study with the assistance of the best reference materials available. This text will help you bring your knowledge of fishes to the next level.

  • Explore the anatomical characteristics, distribution, common and scientific names, and phylogenetic relationships of fishes
  • Access biological and anatomical information on more than 515 families of living fishes
  • Better appreciate the complexities and controversies behind the modern view of fish relationships
  • Refer to an extensive bibliography, which points you in the direction of additional, valuable, and up-to-date information, much of it published within the last few years
Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is an invaluable resource for professional ichthyologists, aquatic ecologists, marine biologists, fish breeders, aquaculturists, and conservationists.

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INTRODUCTION
1
PHYLUM CHORDATA
13
SUBPHYLUM CONODONTOPHORIDA conodonts
17
SUPERCLASS PETROMYZONTOMORPHI
23
SUPERCLASS THELODONTOMORPHI
30
SUPERCLASS OSTEOSTRACOMORPHI
32
Order XENACANTHIFORMES
47
Division SELACHIIsharks
58
Superorder OSMEROMORPHA
252
Superorder ATELEOPODOMORPHA
265
Family PARAULOPIDAE 208cucumber fishes
269
Family ENCHODONTIDAE
275
Order STYLEPHORIFORMES 50tubeeyes or threadtails
293
Superorder ACANTHOPTERYGII
302
Family BATRACHOIDIDAE 272toadfishes
321
Subseries Ovalentaria
333

Family HEMISCYLLIIDAE 12bamboo sharks
61
Order CARCHARHINIFORMES 7ground sharks
68
Order SQUATINIFORMES 11angel sharks
79
Grade TELEOSTOMI
95
Family CHEIRACANTHIDAE
100
Infraclass ONYCHODONTIDA
106
Family ASIATOCERATODONTIDAE
109
Family PLATYSIAGIDAE
116
Division GINGLYMODI
122
Subdivision TELEOSTEI
128
Family DORSETICHTHYIDAE
130
Family SACCOPHARYNGIDAE 87swallowers
150
Cohort OTOCEPHALA
161
Superorder ALEPOCEPHALI
172
Order CYPRINIFORMES 32carps loaches minnows
180
Subseries Siluriphysi
207
Family HYPSIDORIDAE
211
Family SILURIDAE 149sheatfishes
218
Family AMBLYCIPITIDAE 159torrent catfishes
224
Family CLARIIDAE 169airbreathing catfishes
230
Family HEPTAPTERIDAE 178heptapterids
236
Family RHAMPHICHTHYIDAE 182sand knifefishes
239
Order BLENNIIFORMES 61Blennies
346
Order ATHERINIFORMES 63silversides
354
Family PHALLOSTETHIDAE 307priapiumfishes
361
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES 66swamp eels
380
Order ANABANTIFORMES 69labyrinth fishes
390
Family CITHARIDAE 345largescale flounders
397
Family SOLEIDAE 356soles
403
Order ICOSTEIFORMES 72ragfishes
412
Order TRACHINIFORMES 76
421
Family BRAMIDAE 427pomfrets
451
Family HAEMULIDAE 435grunts
457
Family SIGANIDAE 446rabbitfishes
463
Family ZOARCIDAE 469eelpouts
479
Family ANOPLOPOMATIDAE 481sablefishes
485
Family COTTIDAE 489sculpins
491
Order SPARIFORMES 82breams and porgies
502
Order CAPROIFORMES 83boarfishes
506
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES 85plectognaths
518
BIBLIOGRAPHY
527
INDEX
651
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JOSEPH S. NELSON, PhD, (1937 2011) is the author of the first four editions, was a Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

TERRY C. GRANDE, PhD, is an expert in fish morphology, development, and phylogeny. She is Professor of Biology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA.

MARK V.H. WILSON, PhD, is an expert in fish evolution, paleontology, and taxonomy. He is a Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and Affiliate Professor of Biology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA.

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