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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... southern lampreys, 25 Family MORDACIIDAE (4)—southern topeyed lampreys, 26 †SUPERCLASS PTERASPIDOMORPHI 26 †Class PTERASPIDOMORPHA, 26 †Subclass ASTRASPIDA, 27 †Order ASTRASPIDIFORMES, 27 †Subclass ARANDASPIDA, 27 †Order ...
... southern graylings, 258 Family RETROPINNIDAE (199)—southern smelts, 258 Order STOMIIFORMES (42)—dragonfishes, 259 Family GONOSTOMATIDAE (200)—bristlemouths, 259 Family STERNOPTYCHIDAE (201)—marine hatchetfishes, 260 Family ...
... southern hakes, 295 Family BATHYGADIDAE (242)—rattails, 296 Family MACROURIDAE (243)—grenadiers (rattails), 296 Family TRACHYRINCIDAE (244)—whiptails and trachyrincines, 296 Family EUCLICHTHYIDAE (245)—eucla cod, 297 Family MORIDAE (246) ...
... southern sandfishes, 425 Family AMMODYTIDAE (387)—sand lances, 425 Family TRACHINIDAE (388)—weeverfishes, 426 Family URANOSCOPIDAE (389)—stargazers, 426 Order LABRIFORMES (77)—wrasses and relatives, 427 Family LABRIDAE (390)—wrasses ...
... 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 expensive containment ...