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This review is from: Probably More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast (Paperback)
Without a doubt, the funniest taxonomic work on Ichthyology you will ever come across- and extremely and extensively informative to boot. Even the preface is a delight to read, where Love discusses the intelligence of fish (stupider than the stupidest mouse to ever live), if fish sleep, how their names relate to Communism, if they will harm us emotionally, and Love's relative intelligence when compared to other marine biologists. Then he goes through, fish by fish, all the main species off the Pacific Coast, from BC to SoCal. (If you're looking for fish from the Gulf of Alaska, you will be disappointed.) He begins with Myxini and Petromyzone, moves to Chondrichthyes, and then onto Osteichthyes. (Hagfish, Lampreys, Sharks and Rays, and Bony Fish- for fish are actually four different creatures, as separate from each other as Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals are from each other.) Each section looks at the identifying characteristics, distribution, anatomy, commercial fishery, and extra tidbits, still with that trademark humor. And then there's a bit of the parasitic at the tail end of the book. Perhaps my favorite line: "Your average hagfish can take a bucket full of water and almost solidify it with slime in a few minutes. (I don't know about you, but that makes me proud to be American.)"
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This review is from: Probably More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast (Paperback)
If you have any interest at all in the fishes of the Pacific Coast, this is THE book. I recommend it to the students in my Marine Biology class as one of the most accurate and fun (!) works they will find. The information is up there with the classics by David Starr Jordan, whose books are now collectables. Dr. Love, who is legendary in the world of Fisheries for his research and publications, has added his distinct sense of humor to the usually dry descriptions of fishes. If you are interested in Marine Biology of Fishes you need this book.
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This review is from: Probably More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast (Paperback)
I know Milton in real life from UCSB, and he is as hilarious and knowledgeable as he is in the book. I'm studying marine biology, and this helped me so much.
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Unfortunately, many of you do not know the names of various parts of fishes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
drifting kelp mats, marine recreational catch, cow rockfish, vessel anglers, females grow faster than males, rockfish fishery, rockfish catch, white seaperch, shallow subtidal waters, bank rockfish, distribution and biology, other rockfishes, small commercial fishery, gammarid amphipods, intertidal waters, spotted ratfish, high cockscombs, kelp bass, warm water years, yellowtail rockfish, rock wrasse, most spawning, juvenile rockfishes, recreational species, widow rockfish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baja California, British Columbia, Bering Sea, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Puget Sound, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Monterey Bay, North America, Vancouver Island, Columbia River, San Diego, Santa Catalina Island, Santa Cruz, Aleutian Islands, Morro Bay, Long Beach, Baia California, Kodiak Island, Punta Baja, Sea of Japan, Channel Islands, Punta Eugenia, San Miguel Island New!
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Unfortunately, many of you do not know the names of various parts of fishes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
drifting kelp mats, marine recreational catch, cow rockfish, vessel anglers, females grow faster than males, rockfish fishery, rockfish catch, white seaperch, shallow subtidal waters, bank rockfish, distribution and biology, other rockfishes, small commercial fishery, gammarid amphipods, intertidal waters, spotted ratfish, high cockscombs, kelp bass, warm water years, yellowtail rockfish, rock wrasse, most spawning, juvenile rockfishes, recreational species, widow rockfish Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baja California, British Columbia, Bering Sea, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Puget Sound, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Monterey Bay, North America, Vancouver Island, Columbia River, San Diego, Santa Catalina Island, Santa Cruz, Aleutian Islands, Morro Bay, Long Beach, Baia California, Kodiak Island, Punta Baja, Sea of Japan, Channel Islands, Punta Eugenia, San Miguel Island New!
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- Puget Sound: 15 Stories by C. C. Long on page 63, and page 312
- Dangerous Marine Animals by Bruce W. Halstead on page 278
- British Columbia by Bill Brooks on page 233
- Pacific Coast Inshore Fishes by Daniel W. Gotshall in Back Matter
- Native America (Color & Learn) by Kathy Rogers on page 58
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- Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics by Sharon K. Collinge on page 131
- Alaska's Fish: A Guide to Selected Species (Alaska Pocket Guide) by Robert H Armstrong on page 78
- Fish: An Enthusiast's Guide by Peter B. Moyle on page 238
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