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Brief history of ichthyology of the region -- Characteristics of fishes -- Habitat -- Zoogeography -- Collection and study of fishes -- Some impacts of humans on the fishes of the region -- Common names and scientific names -- Freshwater fishes of the region. Introduction ; Key to the families ; Lampreys, family Petromyzontidae ; Sturgeons, family Acipenseridae ; Paddlefishes, family Polyodontidae ; Gars, family Lepisosteidae ; Bowfins, family Amiidae ; Mooneyes, family Hiodontidae ; Freshwater eels, family Anguillidae ; Herrings, family Clupeidae ; Carps and minnows, family Cyprinidae ; Suckers, family Catostomidae ; Bullhead catfishes, family Ictaluridae ; Pikes, family Esocidae ; Mudminnows, family Umbridae ; Trouts, family Salmonidae ; Pirate perches, family Aphredoderidae ; Cavefishes, family Amblyopsidae ; Topminnows and killifishes, family Fundulidae ; Livebearers, family Poeciliidae ; Silversides, family Atherinidae ; Sticklebacks, family Gasterosteidae ; Sculpins, family Cottidae ; Temperate basses, family Moroniade ; Sunfishes, family Centrarchidae ; Pygmy sunfishes ; family Elassomatidae ; Perches, family Percidae ; Drums, family Sciaenidae -- Glossary -- Selected references -- Photo credits -- Index "This book provides information on how to identify some 260 species of freshwater fish, from the largemouth bass to the rosyside dace. Illustrated with more than 200 color photographs, most by James Parnell, this guide provides a detailed description of each species as well as notes on its distribution and abundance, habitat, and natural history (diet, spawning habits, growth, and so forth). Range maps show the distribution of each species. Of particular interest in this time of heightened awareness of environmental degradation are the many references to threatened and endangered species and the effects of deteriorating water quality on their survival."-- |
