Description |
1 online resource (853 pages) |
Contents |
Cover Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Purpose and Scope -- A Brief History of Illinois -- Identifying Illinois Fishes -- Accounts of Illinois Fishes -- 150 Years of Change -- Setting the Scene -- Early Period (Pre-1850s) -- Surficial Geology -- Soils and Groundwater -- Landcover -- Forbes and Richardson Era (1853-1909) -- Landcover -- Status of Illinois Fishes -- Smith Era (1910-1978) -- Landcover -- Status of Illinois Fishes -- Contemporary Era (1979-2019) -- Landcover -- Status of Illinois Fishes -- A Historical Perspective of Illinois Fishes |
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Fish Fossil Record -- 19th-Century Exploitation of Fishes -- Ichthyofaunal Surveys -- Fish Morphology -- Organization of Illinois Family and Species Accounts -- Family Accounts -- Species Accounts -- Photographs -- Maps -- Identification -- Similar Species -- Distribution in Illinois -- Remarks -- Methods for Mapping Species Distributions -- Record Sources and Characteristics -- Mapping Process -- Key to the Families of Illinois Fishes -- Lampreys (Family Petromyzontidae) -- Key to the Lampreys -- Ohio Lamprey, Itchthyomyzon bdellium -- Chestnut Lamprey, Ichthyomyzon castaneus |
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Northern Brook Lamprey, Ichthyomyzon fossor -- Silver Lamprey, Ichthyomyzon unicuspis -- Least Brook Lamprey, Lampetra aepyptera -- American Brook Lamprey, Lethenteron appendix -- Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus -- Sturgeons (Family Acipenseridae) -- Key to the Sturgeons -- Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens -- Pallid Sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus -- Shovelnose Sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus -- Paddlefishes (Family Polyodontidae) -- Paddlefish, Polyodon spathula -- Gars (Family Lepisosteidae) -- Key to the Gars -- Alligator Gar, Atractosteus spatula -- Spotted Gar, Lepisosteus oculatus |
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Longnose Gar, Lepisosteus osseus -- Shortnose Gar, Lepisosteus platostomus -- Bowfins (Family Amiidae) -- Bowfin, Amia calva -- Freshwater Eels (Family Anguillidae) -- American Eel, Anguilla rostrata -- Mooneyes (Family Hiodontidae) -- Key to the Mooneyes -- Goldeye, Hiodon alosoides -- Mooneye, Hiodon tergisus -- Shads and Herrings (Family Clupeidae) -- Key to the Shad and Herrings -- Alabama Shad, Alosa alabamae -- Skip Jack Herring, Alosa chrysochloris -- Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus -- Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum -- Threadfin Shad, Dorosoma petenense -- Suckers (Family Catostomidae) |
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Key to the Suckers -- River Carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio -- Quillback, Carpiodes cyprinus -- Highfin Carpsucker, Carpiodes velifer -- Longnose Sucker, Catostomus catostomus -- White Sucker, Catostomus commersonii -- Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus -- Western Creek Chubsucker, Erimyzon claviformis -- Lake Chubsucker, Erimyzon sucetta -- Northern Hog Sucker, Hypentelium nigricans -- Smallmouth Buffalo, Ictiobus bubalus -- Bigmouth Buffalo, Ictiobus cyprinellus -- Black Buffalo, Ictiobus niger -- Spotted Sucker, Minytrema melanops -- Silver Redhorse, Moxostoma anisurum |
Summary |
"Lake Michigan, winding creeks, sprawling swamps, and one of the world's great rivers--Illinois's variety of aquatic habitats makes the Prairie State home to a diverse array of fishes. The first book of its kind in over forty years, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a combination of nature guide and natural history. It provides readers with an authoritative resource based on the extensive biological data collected by scientists since the mid-1850s. Each of the entries on Illinois's 217 current and extirpated fish species offers one or more color photographs; maps depicting distributions at three time periods; descriptions of identifying features; notes on habitat preference; and comments on distribution. In addition, the authors provide a pictorial key for identifying Illinois fishes. Scientifically up-to-date and illustrated with over 240 color photos, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a benchmark in the study of Illinois's ever-changing fish communities and the habitats that support them"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
River Redhorse, Moxostoma carinaturm |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Fishes -- Illinois -- History
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Fishes -- Illinois -- Maps
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Fishes -- Illinois -- Identification
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Fishes
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Illinois
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Genre/Form |
Maps
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Burr, Brooks M
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Hinz Jr., Leon C
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Page, Lawrence M
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Taylor, Christopher A
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ISBN |
9780252053085 |
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0252053087 |
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