Diversity of Fishes

Name: Diversity of Fishes
Price: 55.78 USD
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ISBN: 9780865422568

ISBN-10: 0865422567

ISBN-13: 9780865422568

Edition: 1997

Authors: Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey

List price: $133.99

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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.

Book details

List price: $133.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.388
Language: English



Introduction


The science of ichthyology


Systematic procedures


Form, Function and Ontogeny


Skeleton and skin


Soft anatomy


Oxygen, metabolism and energetics


The sensory systems


Homeostasis


Functional morphology of locomotion and feeding


Early life history


Juveniles, adults, age and growth


Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution


""A history of fishes""


Chondrichthyes: sharks, skates, rays and chimaeras


Living representatives of primitive fishes


Teleosts at last I: bonytongues through angler