Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

Author: James S. Albert

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2011-03-08

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 0520268687

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“Full of the details we ichthyologists love, this book will clearly be a standard reference on South American fishes for decades to come. The amazingly detailed glossary alone may well be worth the price of the book!” --Peter B. Moyle, author of Inland Fishes of California “A major contribution to our understanding of multiple aspects of the Neotropical freshwater fish fauna. The book will be of interest not only to ichthyologists, but also to a broader audience of researchers working on freshwater organisms and general biogeographic patterns.”--Richard P. Vari, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution “An up-to-date summary of our knowledge of a major continental biodiversity area, that should attract a wide variety of readers."--William Fink, University of Michigan “Successfully brings together disparate information and introduces new data and analyses, giving a vast overview of neotropical freshwater fishes.” --Brian Crother, Southeastern Louisiana University


Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas

Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas

Author: Peter van der Sleen

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-12-11

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1400888808

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The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras and catfishes, and the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, the pirarucu. Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater Amazonia, a vast and still mostly remote region of tropical rainforests, seasonally flooded savannas, and meandering lowland rivers. The guide’s contributors include more than fifty expert scientists. They summarize the current state of knowledge on the taxonomy, species richness, and ecology of these fish groups, and provide references to relevant literature for species-level identifications. This richly illustrated guide contains 700 detailed drawings, 190 color photos, and 500 distribution maps, which cover all genera. An extensive and illustrated glossary helps readers with the identification keys. The first complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas, this comprehensive guide is essential for anyone interested in the freshwater life inhabiting this part of the world. First complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon and Orinoco basins Contributors include more than fifty experts Identification keys and distribution maps for all genera 190 stunning color photos 700 detailed line drawings Extensive and illustrated glossary


Biology and Physiology of Freshwater Neotropical Fish

Biology and Physiology of Freshwater Neotropical Fish

Author: Bernardo Baldisserotto

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-11-09

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 0128158735

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Biology and Physiology of Freshwater Neotropical Fish is the all-inclusive guide to fish species prevalent in the neotropical realm. It provides the most updated systematics, classification, anatomical, behavioral, genetic, and functioning systems information on freshwater neotropical fish species. This book begins by analyzing the differences in phylogeny, anatomy, and behaviour of neotropical fish. Systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, digestive, reproductive, muscular, and endocrine are described in detail. This book also looks at the effects of stress on fish immune systems, and how color and pigmentation play into physiology and species differentiation. Biology and Physiology of Freshwater Neotropical Fish is a must-have for fish biologists and zoologists. Students in zoology, ichthyology, and fish farming will also find this book useful for its coverage of some of the world’s rarest and least-known fish species. Features chapters written by top neotropical fish researchers and specialists Discusses environmental effects on neotropical fishes, including climate change and pollution Details the phylogenetic occurrence of electroreceptors and electric organs in fish


Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2013 Edition

Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2013 Edition

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Publisher: ScholarlyEditions

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 1184

ISBN-13: 149010741X

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Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Ocean Research. The editors have built Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Ocean Research in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.


The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname

The Freshwater Fishes of Suriname

Author: Jan H.A. Mol

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-09-19

Total Pages: 899

ISBN-13: 9004207651

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With some 480 currently known fresh- and brackish-water fish species, Suriname has a rich inland fish fauna that is related to the most diverse freshwater fish fauna on planet Earth, i.e. that of the Amazon River. Interest in the freshwater fishes of Suriname by naturalists and scientists extends back over more than two centuries. Suriname is undoubtedly the site of origin of the oldest extant preserved specimens of South American fishes and 19 Surinamese fish species were described and figured by Linnaeus. Building on ichthyological studies initiated in the 1960s by the Brokopondo Project, this book provides an introduction to the freshwater fish fauna of Suriname, including identification keys, photographs of the species and descriptions of their habitats, that should be especially useful to decision makers, conservation biologists, aquarium hobbyists and eco-tourists.


Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition

Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition

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Publisher: ScholarlyEditions

Published: 2012-01-09

Total Pages: 855

ISBN-13: 1464965498

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Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life. The editors have built Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Life Sciences: Aquatic and Marine Life: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.


Fishes

Fishes

Author: Alfredo Carvalho Filho

Publisher: Literare Books

Published: 2023-08-02

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 6559226603

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This is the first large-scale work that allows the identification of more than 1,000 species of coastal marine fish along the Brazilian coast, from the Guianas to Argentina. With the publication of "Fishes of the Brazilian Coast", Alfredo Carvalho-Filho fills a fundamental gap in the knowledge of fish worldwide. The author has participated in the Workshops for the Assessment of the State of Conservation of Marine Actinopterygii Species at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation and gives lectures on Communications, Ichthyology and, among these, the one entitled "Biology and Marketing", with two disciplines so diverse gathered in a single presentation!


Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2012 Edition

Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2012 Edition

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Publisher: ScholarlyEditions

Published: 2013-01-10

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1481646478

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Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Marine Science. The editors have built Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Marine Science in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Life Sciences—Aquatic and Marine Life: 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.