Encyclopedia of fishes

Abstract

2nd ed. Contains entries that profile different species of fish, chronicle the history and evolution of fish, discuss their behavior, and study the factors that are endangering many fish species. Introducing fishes / Karel F. Liem -- Classifying fishes / Stanley H. Weitzman -- Fishes through the ages / Lance Grande -- Habitats & adaptations / John R. Paxton -- Fish behavior / Julia K. Parrish -- Endangered species / Patricia C. Almada-Villela -- Jawless fishes / Ian C. Potter -- Sharks, rays & chimaeras / John Stevens & Peter R. Last -- Lungfishes & coelacanth / Michael N. Bruton -- Bichirs & their allies / Edward O. Wiley -- Bonytongues & their allies / Original text by P. Humphry Greenwood ; revised by Mark V.H. Wilson -- Eels & their allies / John E. McCosker -- Sardines & their allies / Gareth Nelson -- Carps & their allies / Keith E. Banister. Characins & their allies / Stanley H. Weitzman & Richard P. Vari -- Catfishes & knifefishes / Carl J. Ferraris, Jr -- Salmons & their allies / Robert M. McDowall -- Dragonfishes & their allies / William L. Fink -- Lizardfishes & their allies / Robert K. Johnson & William N. Eschmeyer -- Lanternfishes / P. Alexander Hulley -- Troutperches & their allies ; Codfishes & their allies / Daniel M. Cohen -- Cuskeels & their allies / Jorgan G. Nielsen -- Toadfishes / J. Barry Hutchins -- Anglerfishes / Original text by E. Bertelsen ; revised by Theodore W. Pietsch -- Clingfishes & their allies / Original text by John C. Briggs ; revised by J. Barry Hutchins -- Flyingfishes & their allies / Bruce B. Collette & Nikolay V. Parin -- Killifishes & ricefishes / Lynne R. Parenti -- Silversides & their allies / Gerald R. Allen. Oarfishes & their allies / John E. Olney -- Squirrelfishes & their allies / John R. Paxton -- Dories & their allies / Christine Karrer & Hans-Christian John -- Pipefishes & their allies / James Wilder Orr & Theodore W. Pietsch -- Swampeels & their allies / Karel F. Liem -- Scorpionfishes & their allies / William N. Eschemeyer -- Perches & their allies / G. David Johnson & Anthony C. Gill -- Groupers, seabasses & their allies / John E. Randall -- Cichlids / Original text by P. Humphry Greenwood ; revised by Melanie L.J. Stiassny -- Damselfishes / Gerald R. Allen -- Wrasses & parrotfishes / J. Howard Choat & David R. Bellwood -- Blennies / Victor G. Springer -- Gobies / Douglass F. Hoese -- Flatfishes / François-Chapleau & Kunio Amaoka -- Triggerfishes & their allies / Keiichi Matsuura & James C. Tyler.