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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... Nelson published a modest volume with a bold title: Fishes of the World. Nelson was not the first to publish a book so named, but he was to become—for the next four decades—the only modern author associated with that title. This book ...
... Nelson (1984). This was validation of our place in the field of systematic ichthyology. A decade passed between the second and third editions. Cladistic analysis and classification, once considered rogue, were now mainstream in ...
Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark V. H. Wilson. Preface. Many years ago, when preparing to enter the American Museum of Natural History/CUNY doctoral program, I (TCG) was handed the first edition of Nelson's Fishes of the World by ...
... Nelson completed for each of the previous editions and a deeper understanding of the innovative and important work of our many ichthyological colleagues. It is our sincere hope that you, the reader, will find this edition of Fishes of ...
Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark V. H. Wilson. research that was incorporated into this book. Finally and most importantly, we wish to thank Joe Nelson for entrusting his book to us, and Claudine Nelson for giving us access to ...