Fishes, as the largest group of living vertebrates, offer almost unlimited opportunities for the study of evolutionary adaptations to environmental and biotic selection pressures. The book covers basic fish anatomy, physiology and phylogeny, but the major theme of the book is evolution. For example, What has been the effect of evolutionary pressures on the form and function of fishes? Pitched at the undergraduate market, this book will serve as a core text for ichthyology courses offered by wildlife and fishery departments.
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"The Diversity of Fishes is a massive enterprise. The books 25 readable chapters explore the diversity of fish in terms of anatomy, taxonomy, phylogeny, physiology, ecology and behaviour, even science history, and also importantly their future." Nature
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The Diversity of Fishes by Gene S. Helfman, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; Bruce B. Collette, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia; and Douglas E. Facey, Department of Biology, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont.
As the largest group of extant vertebrates, fish offer and almost limitless number of striking examples of evolutionary adaptation to environmental and biotic selection pressure. With over 25’000 possible species of fishes, the study of ichthyology can be a daunting subject for students and researchers alike. The Diversity of Fishes approaches this overwhelming topic with excellent coverage of the basics (fish anatomy, physiology, and phylogeny) as well as more in-depth coverage based on the recurring themes of diversity and adaptation.
The Diversity of Fishes is an essential core text in ichthyology, and its extensive coverage of systematics, ecology, behavior of fishes, and ideal supplement for general biology, animal diversity, and evolutionary biology courses.
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This is an outstanding upper-division textbook on fishes, comparable to Moyle and Cech, with important differences. These authors place more emphasis on behavior and ecology. These authors also utilize cladistics (explained in an excellent early chapter on systematics) throughout in their classification of fishes. This textbook is probably a bit more detailed in its content and slightly less readable than Moyle and Cech, but both make excellent references. Helfman et al include a number of boxed readings which provide up-to-date information on scientific research and other interesting fish topics (like eelskin boots!)
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Fishes make up more than half of the 48,000 species of living vertebrates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bathypelagic region, amblyopsid cavefishes, endothermic fishes, major marine regions, teleostean groups, magnetic reception, temperate marine habitats, unconstricted notochord, mesopelagic region, suckermouth armored catfishes, megatooth shark, primary freshwater fishes, teleostean evolution, centrarchid sunfishes, anatomic traits, bathypelagic fishes, bathypelagic species, diurnal fishes, geal jaws, arcus palatini, anguillid eels, biol fish, gas bladder, intermuscular bones, nonparasitic species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South America, United States, New Zealand, Indo-West Pacific, South Africa, Red Sea, Southeast Asia, Lake Victoria, North Pacific, New Guinea, North Atlantic, Central America, Colorado River, Southern Hemisphere, Wallace's Line, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Laurentian Great Lakes, Middle America, New York, Sargasso Sea, Wendelaar Bonga, Buoyancy Regulation, Northern Hemisphere New!
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Fishes make up more than half of the 48,000 species of living vertebrates. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bathypelagic region, amblyopsid cavefishes, endothermic fishes, major marine regions, teleostean groups, magnetic reception, temperate marine habitats, unconstricted notochord, mesopelagic region, suckermouth armored catfishes, megatooth shark, primary freshwater fishes, teleostean evolution, centrarchid sunfishes, anatomic traits, bathypelagic fishes, bathypelagic species, diurnal fishes, geal jaws, arcus palatini, anguillid eels, biol fish, gas bladder, intermuscular bones, nonparasitic species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South America, United States, New Zealand, Indo-West Pacific, South Africa, Red Sea, Southeast Asia, Lake Victoria, North Pacific, New Guinea, North Atlantic, Central America, Colorado River, Southern Hemisphere, Wallace's Line, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Laurentian Great Lakes, Middle America, New York, Sargasso Sea, Wendelaar Bonga, Buoyancy Regulation, Northern Hemisphere New!
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- A history of fishes by J. R Norman on page 7, and page 279
- An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology by Nicholas B. Davies in Back Cover
- Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-PhysicalInteractions in the Oceans Second Edition by Kenneth Mann in Back Cover
- Fishes of the Gulf of Maine (Fishery bulletin) by Henry Bigelow in Back Matter
- Biology of Fishes by Q. Bone on page 8
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- Adaptive Speciation (Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics) by Ulf Dieckmann in Back Matter
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- Complete Encyclopedia of the Freshwater Aquarium by John Dawes in Back Matter
- Leeches, Lice and Lampreys: A Natural History of Skin and Gill Parasites of Fishes by Graham C. Kearn in Back Matter
- Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution (Society for Experimental Biology) by VL Bels on page 133
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