Berra Freshwater Fish Distribution

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-08-053201-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 604 Seiten, Web PDF

This book clearly identifies nearly 170 families of fishes through the use of high-quality illustrations and includes an accurate account of selected members of that particular fish family, as well as a distribution map and accompanying commentary on classification, distribution, and diversity.Key Features* High-quality illustrations of representatives from each family* Distribution map provided for each family* Commentary for each family

Tim M. Berra received his B.S. in biology from St. Louis University, Missouri. He earned a M.S. and Ph.D. in biology from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was awarded a Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellowship to the Australian National University in Canberra in 1969-1970; in 1971 he joined the faculty of the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. He joined the Department of Zoology at Ohio State University reaching the rank of Full Professor in 1985. Berra received a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship to Monash University in 1979, and he has returned to Australia in 1986 and 1988-1989 as Research Associate at the Western Australian Museum in Perth. He has also done field work in Chile and New Zealand. Berra is the author of more than 50 papers in scientific journals and three books. He is the ichthyological book review editor of Copeia, the journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and is former Editor-in-Chief of The Ohio Journal of Science. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Columbus Zoo and the zoo's Conservation and Collection Management Committee. In July 1995, Berra took early retirement from the Ohio State University where he is now Professor Emeritus in order to devote full time to research, writing, and photography.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berra, Tim M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Freshwater Fish Distribution;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Contents;8
5;Preface;14
6;Acknowledgments;16
7;Introduction;20
8;Pronunciation of Family Names;38
9;Families and Maps;40
10;AGNATHA—Jawless Fishes;42
11;Petromyzontidae—lampreys;44
12;Geotriidae—pouched lamprey;47
13;Mordaciidae—Southern Hemisphere lampreys;50
14;GNATHOSTOMATA—Jawed Fishes;54
15;Chondrichthyes—Cartilaginous Fishes;54
16;Carcharhinidae—requiem sharks;56
17;Potamotrygonidae—river stingrays;59
18;Dasyatidae—whiptail stingrays;63
19;SARCOPTERYGII—Lungfishes;66
20;Ceratodontidae—Australian lungfish;68
21;Lepidosirenidae—South American lungfish;70
22;Protopteridae—African lungfishes;72
23;ACTINOPTERYGII—Ray-Finned Fishes;76
24;Polypteridae—bichirs;78
25;Acipenseridae—sturgeons;80
26;Polyodontidae—paddlefishes;83
27;Lepisosteidae—gars;87
28;Amiidae—bowfin;89
29;Osteoglossidae—bonytongues;91
30;Pantodontidae—butterflyjfish;95
31;Hiodontidae—mooneye and goldeneye;97
32;Notopteridae—featherbacks;99
33;Mormyridae—elephantfishes;101
34;Gymnarchidae—aba;105
35;Anguillidae—freshwater eels;107
36;Denticipitidae—denticle herring;111
37;Engraulidae—anchovies;113
38;Pristigasteridae—pristigasterids;116
39;Clupeidae—herrings;118
40;Sundasalangidae—sundasalangids;122
41;Kneriidae—kneriids;124
42;Phractolaemidae—snake mudhead;126
43;Cyprinidae—minnows, carps;128
44;Gyrinocheilidae—algae eaters;136
45;Catostomidae—suckers;137
46;Cobitidae—loaches;144
47;Balitoridae—river or hillstream loaches;146
48;Distichodontidae—distichodontids;149
49;Citharinidae—citharinids;152
50;Parodontidae—parodontids;153
51;Curimatidae—curimatids;155
52;Prochilodontidae—prochilodontids;157
53;Anostomidae—anostomids, headstanders;159
54;Chilodontidae—chilodontids, headstanders;161
55;Crenuchidae—crenuchids, South American darters;163
56;Hemiodontidae—hemiodontids;165
57;Alestidae—African characins or tetras;167
58;Gasteropelecidae—hatchetfishes, flying characians;169
59;Characidae—characids;171
60;Acestrorhynchidae—acestrorhynchids;179
61;Cynodontidae—cynodontids;181
62;Erythrinidae—trahiras;183
63;Lebiasinidae—lebiasinids;185
64;Ctenoluciidae—pike characins;187
65;Hepsetidae—African pike characins;189
66;Diplomystidae—diplomystids;190
67;Cetopsidae—whale-like catfishes;193
68;Ictaluridae—North American or bullhead catfishes;196
69;Claroteidae—claroteid catfishes;200
70;Austroglanididae—austroglanidid catfishes;202
71;Bagridae—bagrid catfishes;203
72;Pimelodidae—long-whiskered catfishes;206
73;Cranoglanididae—armorhead catfishes;210
74;Siluridae—silurid catfishes;212
75;Schilbeidae—schilbeid catfishes;214
76;Pangasiidae—pangasiid catfishes;216
77;Chacidae—squarehead, angler, or frogmouth catfishes;219
78;Plotosidae—eeltail catfishes;220
79;Clariidae—air-breathing or walking catfishes;223
80;Heteropneustidae—air sac or stinging catfishes;227
81;Malapteruridae—electric catfishes;229
82;Ariidae—sea catfishes;231
83;Mochokidae—upside-down catfishes, squeakers;234
84;Doradidae—thorny or talking catfishes;237
85;Auchenipteridae—driftwood catfishes, siopehead catfishes;240
86;Amblycipitidae—torrent catfishes;244
87;Akysidae—stream catfishes;246
88;Sisoridae—sisorid catfishes;248
89;Erethistidae—erethistid catfishes;250
90;Aspredinidae—banjo catfishes;252
91;Amphiliidae—loach catfishes;255
92;Nematogenyidae—nematogenyid catfishes;257
93;Trichomycteridae—parasitic or pencil catfishes;258
94;Callichthyidae—armored catfishes;262
95;Scoloplacidae—spiny dwarf catfishes;265
96;Loricariidae—suckermouth armored catfishes;267
97;Astroblepidae—climbing catfishes;271
98;Sternopygidae—glass knifefishes;274
99;Rhamphichthyidae—sand knifefishes;276
100;Hypopomidae—hypopomid knifefishes;278
101;Apteronotidae—ghost knifefishes;280
102;Gymnotidae—naked-back knifefishes;282
103;Electrophoridae—electric eel or electric knifefish;284
104;Esocidae—pikes;286
105;Umbridae—mudminnows;289
106;Osmeridae—smelts;293
107;Salangidae—icefishes or noodlefishes;297
108;Retropinnidae—Southern Hemisphere smelts and graylings;298
109;Lepidogalaxiidae—salamanderfish;301
110;Galaxiidae—galaxiids;304
111;Salmonidae—salmons, trouts;313
112;Percopsidae—trout-pcrehes;321
113;Aphredoderidae—pirate perch;323
114;Amblyopsidae—cavefishes;325
115;Bythitidae—viviparous brotulas;327
116;Gadidae—cods;329
117;Batrachoididae—toadfishes;332
118;Mugilidae—mullets;334
119;Bedotiidae—bedotiids;337
120;Melanotaeniidae—rainbowfishes;339
121;Pseudomugilidae—blue eyes;341
122;Atherinidae—silversides;343
123;Telmatherinidae—sailfin silversides or Celebes ranibowfishes;347
124;Phallostethidae—phallostethids or priapium fishes;348
125;Adrianichthyidae—ricefishes, medakas;350
126;Belonidae—needlefishes;353
127;Hemiramphidae—halfbeaks;356
128;Aplocheilidae—Old World aplocheiloids;360
129;Rivulidae—New World aplocheiloids or rivulines;363
130;Profundulidae—Middle American killifishes;366
131;Fundulidae—topminnows and killifishes;367
132;Valenciidae—valenciids;372
133;Anablepidae—four-eyed fishes;373
134;Poeciliidae—poeciliids;376
135;Goodeidae—goodeids;381
136;Cyprinodontidae—pupfishes, killifishes;384
137;Gasterosteidae—sticklebacks;389
138;Syngnathidae—pipefishes and seahorses;393
139;Indostoimidae—indostomids;395
140;Synbranchidae—swamp eels;397
141;Chaudhuriidae—earthworm eels;400
142;Mastacembelidae—spiny eels;403
143;Cottidae—sculpins;405
144;Comephoridae—Baikal oilfishes;409
145;Abyssocottidae—abyssocottids;410
146;Centropomidae—snooks;412
147;Ambassidae—Asiatic glassfishes;416
148;Moronidae—temperate basses;418
149;Percichthyidae—temperate perches;422
150;Centrarchidae—sunfishes;429
151;Percidae—perches, darters;439
152;Apogonidae—cardinalfishes, mouth-almighty;447
153;Coiidae—tigerperches;450
154;Polynemidae—threadfins;452
155;Sciaenidae—drums, croakers;456
156;Monodactylidae—moonfishes;459
157;Toxotidae—archerfishes;461
158;Nandidae—Asian leaffishes;463
159;Polycentridae—African and South American leaffishes;466
160;Pristolepididae—pristolepidids;469
161;Terapontidae—grunters;470
162;Kuhliidae—flagtails;473
163;Elassomatidae—pygmy sunfishes;476
164;Cichlidae—cichlids;478
165;Embiotocidae—surfperches;489
166;Bovichthyidae—bovichthyids;492
167;Cheimarrhichthyidae—torrentfish;495
168;Rhyacichthyidae—loach gobies;496
169;Odontobutidae—odontobutids;499
170;Eleotridae—sleepers, gudgeons;500
171;Gobiidae—gobies;506
172;Kurtidae—nurseryfishes;512
173;Scatophagidae—scats;516
174;Luciocephalidae—pikehead;518
175;Anabantidae—climbing gouramies;521
176;Helostomatidae—kissing gourami;524
177;Belontiidae—gouramies;526
178;Osphronemidae—giant gouramies;529
179;Channidae—snakeheads;531
180;Achiridae—american soles;534
181;Soleidae—soles;537
182;Cynoglossidae—tonguefishes;539
183;Tetraodontidae—puffers;541
184;Glossary;548
185;Appendix A: Principal Rivers of the World;552
186;Appendix B: Principal Lakes of the World;558
187;Bibliography;562
188;Subject Index;626