Fishes of the WorldJohn Wiley & Sons, 25. 4. 2016 - 752 strán (strany) 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.
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Feeding occurs by straining minute organisms from the water that is constantly drawn in through the mouth. A good coverage of lancelets was given in Poss and Boschung (1996) and other articles in the same issue.
... mouth terminal; complex dermal head armor present in some; bone cells absent. Maximum length about 15 cm. Silurian (primarily Late Silurian, although some Late Devonian taxa, e.g., †Endeiolepis of Quebec, may be anaspidiform), ...
... bottom feeders with mouth subterminal, and eyes dorsal and closely placed; pineal organ between eyes; sockets of the head-body joint are on the head shield (opposite to the relationship in arthrodires). Maximum length about 1.2 m.
scales oriented toward the mouth cleft), but nevertheless consumed vertebrate prey. Originally classified incertae sedis as to class and order (Hanke and Wilson, 2004) it has since been considered a stem chondrichthyan (e.g., ...
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