The first comprehensive field guide to freshwater fishes - covers all 790 species known in the United States and Canada. More than 700 illustrations, most in color, show identifying marks. Also includes 377 distribution maps and additional drawings of key details.
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DR. LAWRENCE M. PAGE is curator of fishes at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He is also principal scientist emeritus for the Illinois Natural History Survey's Center for Biodiversity, and an affiliate professor at the University of Florida.
DR. BROOKS M. BURR is a professor in the department of zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and is an affiliate scientist of the Illinois Natural History Survey. Dr. Page and Dr. Burr have extensive field experience and have published numerous papers on the freshwater fishes of North America.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Finishing the Trilogy,
By Currahee (South Mississippi) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback)
It might interest the reader of this review (since your looking at the book) to know that while fresh water only represents about 1% of the available aquatic habitat on earth over half of the known species of fish live in it. I'll leave it up to you to find out why. Peterson Field Guides have a winning formula, find an expert, set them up with a good illustrator and see what comes out. This book finishes the trio that covers all of the fishes likely to be encountered by a North American fisherman, diver or naturalist. Like the Fishes of the Atlantic Coast and the Fishes of the Pacific Coast it is well organized, well written, all inclusive (of species) and as informative as space will allow. If you are curious about fishes in general or encounter fresh water fish with any kind of regularity you owe it to yourself to find out what they are. And, if you live in North America you should have this book.
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The definitive guide to freshwater fishes.,
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This review is from: Peterson Field Guide(R) to Freshwater Fishes: North America (The Peterson Field Guide Series) (Paperback)
This volume by Page and Burr is the definitive guide to freshwater fishes of North America, written by two leading ichthyologists. The illustrations are excellent, the distribution maps are useful, and the data are precise. If you're looking for a fieldguide to freshwater fishes, buy this one before any other.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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The best field guide written for freshwater fishes.,
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides) (Paperback)
It is by far the best field guide for freshwater fishes in North America. Each description of the fish are accurate and the plate drawings are great.
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Primitive, eel-like fishes that lack jaws, scales, paired fins, and bone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Lakes, Gulf Slope, Rio Grande, Atlantic Slope, Mobile Bay, Hudson Bay, North America, Coastal Plain, Fall Line, Cape Fear, Former Mississippi Embayment, Gulf Coast, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, South America, Atlantic Coast, Bear Lake, Gulf Darter, Mottled Sculpin, Sacramento-San Joaquin, Tahoe Sucker, Central Stoneroller, Creek Chub, Edwards Plateau New!
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Primitive, eel-like fishes that lack jaws, scales, paired fins, and bone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Lakes, Gulf Slope, Rio Grande, Atlantic Slope, Mobile Bay, Hudson Bay, North America, Coastal Plain, Fall Line, Cape Fear, Former Mississippi Embayment, Gulf Coast, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, South America, Atlantic Coast, Bear Lake, Gulf Darter, Mottled Sculpin, Sacramento-San Joaquin, Tahoe Sucker, Central Stoneroller, Creek Chub, Edwards Plateau New!
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- Handbook of Darters by Lawrence M. Page in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology (5th Edition) by Peter B. Moyle in Back Matter
- A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies (Peterson Field Guide) by James Bond in Front Matter
- A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians (Peterson Field Guide) by Robert C. Stebbins in Front Matter
- Pacific States (First Book) by Don Lawson in Front Matter
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- West Coast Seafood: The Complete Cookbook by Jay Harlow in Back Matter
- Currier's Quick and Easy Guide to Warmwater Fly Fishing by Jeff Currier in Back Matter
- Freshwater Life of North America (Science Nature Guides) by Susan McKeever in Index
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