Fishes of the WorldJohn Wiley & Sons, 16. 3. 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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... catfishes, 207 †Family ANDINICHTHYIDAE, 210 †Family BACHMANNIIDAE, 210 Family DIPLOMYSTIDAE (141)—velvet catfishes, 210 †Family HYPSIDORIDAE, 211 Family CETOPSIDAE (142)—whale catfishes, 211 Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE xvi Contents.
... catfishes, 211 Family TRICHOMYCTERIDAE (143)—pencil catfishes or parasitic catfishes, 212 Family NEMATOGENYIDAE (144)—mountain catfishes, 214 Family CALLICHTHYIDAE (145)—callichthyid armored catfishes, 214 Family SCOLOPLACIDAE (146) ...
... Catfish Species Inventory Project, and the Cypriniform, Euteleost and Chondrichthyan Tree of Life projects have expanded our knowledge, challenged traditional paradigms, and stimulated new efforts. Transformative technologies in both ...
... catfishes and percomorphs. There has also been an explosion in the number and variety of web-based databases 1077 new spp.; 28% of total 674 new; 17% of total e t w; and interactive tools, including Encyclopedia of Life, Phenoscape ...
... catfish ponds in the southern United States, but which then escaped and headed north) causes alarm. These carps are spreading widely in North American waterways, leading to habitat destruction and provoking sometimes unwise and ...