Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark V. H. Wilson

Fishes of the World (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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. * Explore the anatomical characteristics, distribution, common and scientific names, and phylogenetic relationships of fishes * Access biological and anatomical information on more than 515 families of living fishes * Better appreciate the complexities and controversies behind the modern view of fish relationships * Refer to an extensive bibliography, which points you in the direction of additional, valuable, and up-to-date information, much of it published within the last few years Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is an invaluable resource for professional ichthyologists, aquatic ecologists, marine biologists, fish breeders, aquaculturists, and conservationists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 752
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119220824
• Artikelnr.: 44966160

Autorenporträt

JOSEPH S. NELSON, PhD, (1937-2011) is the author of the first four editions, was a Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. TERRY C. GRANDE, PhD, is an expert in fish morphology, development, and phylogeny. She is Professor of Biology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA. MARK V.H. WILSON, PhD, is an expert in fish evolution, paleontology, and taxonomy. He is a Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and Affiliate Professor of Biology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PHYLUM CHORDATA Subphylum Craniata
Superclass Myxinomorphi to Osteostracomorphi Superclass Gnathostomata Class
Placodermi Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Holocephali Order Chimaeriformes
Subclass Elasmobranchii Order Heterodontiformes Order Orectolobiformes
Order Lamniformes Order Carcharhiniformes Order Hexanchiformes Order
Echinorhiniformes Order Squaliformes Order Squatiniformes Order
Pristiophoriformes Order Torpediniformes Order Pristiformes Order
Rajiformes Order Myliobatiformes Class Acanthodii Class Actinopterygii
Subclass Cladistia Order Polypteriformes Subclass Chrondrostei Order
Acipenseriformes Subclass Neopterygii Order Lepisosteiformes Order
Amiiformes Division Teleostei Subdivision Osteoglossomorpha Order
Hiodontiformes Order Osteoglossiformes Subdivision Elopomorpha Order
Elopiformes Order Albuliformes Order Anguilliformes Order
Saccopharyngiformes Subdivision Ostarioclupeomorpha (= Otocephala)
Superorder Clupeomorpha Order Clupeiformes Superorder Ostariophysi Order
Gonorynchiformes Order Cypriniformes Order Characiformes Order Siluriformes
Order Gymnotiformes Subdivision Euteleostei Superorder Protacanthopterygii
Order Argentiniformes Order Osmeriformes Order Salmoniformes Order
Esociformes Superorder Stenopterygii Order Stomiiformes Superoder
Ateleopodomorpha Order Ateleopodiformes Superorder Cyclosquamata Order
Aulopiformes Supeorder Scopelomorpha Order Myctophiformes Superorder
Lampriomorpha Order Lampriformes Superorder Polymixiomorpha Order
Polymixiiformes Superorder Paracanthopterygii Order Percopsiformes Order
Gadiformes Order Ophidiiformes Order Batrachoidiformes Order Lophiiformes
Superorder Acanthopterygii Series Mugilomorpha Order Mugiliformes Series
Atherinomorpha Order Atheriniformes Order Beloniformes Order
Cyprinodontiformes Series Percomorpha Order Stephanoberyciformes Order
Beryciformes Order Zeiformes Order Gasterosteiformes Order Synbranchiformes
Order Scorpaeniformes Order Perciformes Order Pleuronectiformes Order
Tetraodontiformes Class Sarcopterygii Subclass Coelacanthimorpha Order
Coelacanthiformes Subclass Dipnotetrapodomorpha Order Ceratodontiformes
Unranked Tetrapodomorpha Infraclass Tetrapoda BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX