Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes: Volume 2

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This book is the second of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the orders Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, and Tetraodontiformes. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families, which are arranged phylogenetically, and for the species, which are arranged alphabetically, described (including distribution and life history), and distinguished from similar species. All but a few species are illustrated. The volume also includes a biogeographical ...
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Overview

This book is the second of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the orders Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, and Tetraodontiformes. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families, which are arranged phylogenetically, and for the species, which are arranged alphabetically, described (including distribution and life history), and distinguished from similar species. All but a few species are illustrated. The volume also includes a biogeographical synopsis of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780292706347
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press
  • Publication date: 1/28/2006
  • Pages: 1014
  • Product dimensions: 10.20 (w) x 7.30 (h) x 2.00 (d)

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JOHN D. McEACHRAN is Professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University.

JANICE D. FECHHELM is a science teacher at Cypress Grove Intermediate School in College Station, Texas.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Scope of the Book
How to Identify Fishes
Biogeography of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
Appendix: New Records and Emendations to Fishes Included in Volume 1 of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
Literature Cited

Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
Scorpaeniformes
Dactylopteridae
Scorpaenidae
Triglidae
Peristediidae
Perciformes
Centropomidae
Moronidae
Acropomatidae
Howellidae
Serranidae
Grammatidae
Opistognathidae
Priacanthidae
Apogonidae
Epigonidae
Malacanthidae
Pomatomidae
Echeneidae
Rachycentridae
Coryphaenidae
Carangidae
Bramidae
Caristiidae
Emmelichthyidae
Lutjanidae
Symphysanodontidae
Lobotidae
Gerreidae
Haemulidae
Inermiidae
Sparidae
Polynemidae
Sciaenidae
Mullidae
Pempheridae
Bathyclupeidae
Chaetodontidae
Pomacanthidae
Kyphosidae
Cirrhitidae
Pomacentridae
Labridae
Scaridae
Zoarcidae
Chiasmodontidae
Percophidae
Uranoscopidae
Tripterygiidae
Dactyloscopidae
Labrisomidae
Chaenopsidae
Blenniidae
Gobiesocidae
Callionymidae
Draconettidae
Eleotridae
Gobiidae
Microdesmidae
Ephippidae
Luvaridae
Acanthuridae
Scombrolabracidae
Sphyraenidae
Gempylidae
Trichiuridae
Scombridae
Xiphiidae
Centrolophidae
Nomeidae
Ariommatidae
Tetragonuridae
Stromateidae
Pleuronectiformes
Bothidae
Scophthalmidae
Paralichthyidae
Poecilopsettidae
Achiridae
Cynoglossidae
Tetraodontiformes
Triacanthodidae
Balistidae
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Tetraodontidae
Diodontidae
Molidae
Glossary
References
Index of Scientific Names
Index of Common Names

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