| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 911 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Characidae : characins / Norman Mercado-Silva [and 4 others] -- Ictaluridae : North American catsfihes / Brooks M. Burr, Melvin L. Warren, Jr., and Micah G. Bennett -- Ariidae : sea catsfihes / Matthew R. Thomas and Ricardo Betancur-R. -- Heptapteridae : seven- finned catsfihes / Matthew R. Thomas and Mark Henry Sabaj -- Osmeridae : smelts / Robert L. Hopkins II and Melvin L. Warren, Jr. -- Esociformes : esocidae, pikes, and umbridae (mudminnows) / Frank H. McCormick [and 8 others] -- Percopsidae : trout-perches / Brooks M. Burr and Melvin L. Warren, Jr. -- Amblyopsidae : caveshefis / Ginny L. Adams, Brooks M. Burr, and Melvin L. Warren, Jr. -- Aphredoderidae : pirate perches / Brooks M. Burr and Melvin L. Warren, Jr. -- Gadidae (Gadinae and Lotinae) : cods and cusksfihes / Peter B. Berendzen -- Mugilidae : mullets / Steven L. Powers -- Atherinopsidae : New World silversides / Kyle R. Piller and Clyde D. Barbour -- Beloniformes : Belonidae (needles fi hes) and Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks) / Bruce B. Collette and Stephen J. Walsh -- Rivulidae : New World rivulines / Ann M. Uzee O'Connell, Martin T. O'Connell, and Anthony A. Echelle -- Profundulidae : middle American killisfihes / Mollie F. Cashner and Anthony A. Echelle -- Goodeidae : goodeids / Shane A. Webb -- Fundulidae : topminnows / Robert C. Cashner [and 5 others] -- Cyprinodontidae : pupsfihes / Anthony A. Echelle and Alice F. Echelle -- Poeciliidae : livebearers / Michael J. Ghedotti, Matthew P. Davis, and Anthony A. Echelle |
| Summary |
When the first volume of Freshwater Fishes of North America was published, it was immediately hailed as the definitive reference in the field. Readers have been fervently awaiting the next volume in this encompassing three-book set ever since. Now complete, volume 2, covering families Characidae to Poeciliidae, is the result of decades of analysis by leading fish experts from universities and research laboratories across North America. Each volume in this authoritative synthesis covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and the fossil record of the included North American fish families. The encyclopedic reviews of each family are accompanied by color photographs (nearly 250 in this volume alone), range maps, and artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R. Tomelleri. The result is a rich textual and visual experience that covers everything known about the diversity, natural history, ecology, and biology of North American freshwater fishes. Volume 2 covers the following North American families of fishes: Characidae (Characins) Ictaluridae (North American Catfishes) Ariidae (Sea Catfishes) Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled Catfishes) Osmeridae (Smelts) Esociformes (Esocidae, Pikes and Umbridae, Mudminnows) Percopsidae (Trout-perches) Amblyopsidae (Cavefishes) Aphredoderidae (Pirate Perches) Gadidae (Cods and Cuskfishes) Mugilidae (Mullets) Atherinopsidae (New World Silversides) Beloniformes (Needlefishes and Halfbeaks) Rivulidae (New World Rivulines) Profundulidae (Middle American Killifishes) Goodeidae (Goodeids) Fundulidae (Topminnows) Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) Poeciliidae (Livebearers) The chapter authors of Volume 2 are: Gianetta Adams Clyde Barbour Micah Bennett Ricardo Bentancur-R. Peter B.Z. Berendzen Brooks M. Burr Mollie Cashner Robert C. Cashner Bruce B. Collette Matthew Davis Alice F. Echelle Anthony A. Echelle Fernando Galvez Michael Ghedotti Nicholas Gidmark Terry Grande Robert L. Hopkins Lauren M. Kuehne Frank McCormick Norman Mercado-Silva Ann U. O'Connell Martin T. O'Connell Julian D. Oldham Claudia Patricia Ornelas-Garcia Mark Sabaj Perez Kyle R. Piller Steven Powers Jacob Schaefer Juan J. Schmitter-Soto Andrew M. Simons Roger A. Tabor Cheryl Thiele Matthew Thomas Melvin L. Warren, Jr. Mark V.H. Wilson |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 739-887) and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed April 9, 2020) |
| Subject |
Freshwater fishes -- North America
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Freshwater fishes
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North America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tomelleri, Joseph R., illustrator.
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Warren, Melvin L., Jr., editor.
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Burr, Brooks M., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781421435138 |
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1421435136 |
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