Fishes: An Introduction to IchthyologyFor junior/senior-level courses in Fish Biology/Ecology, Ichthyology, and Fish Physiology. One of the most comprehensive and current general sources of information on fishes, this text covers a broad number of topics such as including the structure and physiology, evolution, otaxanomy, zoogeography, ecology, and conservation of fishes. While providing the basic background of fish biology, the conservation approach and up-to-date coverage conveys the excitement being generated by recent research on fishes. |
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acid adult Anal fin areas benthic blood body bony fishes breeding season breeding tubercles catfish caudal fin cavity Cech cells Chapter Chondrichthyes classification color common carp contact organs decreases dichromatic diffusion digest Dorsal fin eels elasmobranchs embryos energy environment environmental evolutionary excreted factors fecundity feeding females during spawning fertility FIFTH EDITION PETER Fishes AN INTRODUCTION freshwater gill rakers groups growth rates hagfish HCO3 hemoglobin hormones ICHTHYOLOGY FIFTH EDITION increase Intestine INTRODUCTION TO ICHTHYOLOGY juvenile kidney lampreys large numbers larvae length males marine metabolic mouth MOYLE musculature Nonguarders number of eggs olfactory open-substrate spawners otolithic ovaries oxygen pectoral fins pelagic pelagic spawners pelvic fins plasma predators prey produce protein rainbow trout rays reefs salmon sharks small number species sperm spines striped bass structures Supplemental Readings surface swimbladder teleosts temperature tissue tropical tubercles and contact tuna typically vertebrates white muscle young Π Π