This comprehensive, geographically balanced manual offers readers complete hands-on coverage of morphology,
identification, classification, physiological adaptations, and natural history. The book�s taxonomic and geographic
coverage is impressively broad as well, applying to a variety of fishes and areas: jawless, cartilaginous, and
bony; fresh- and saltwater; temperate and tropical; and inshore and offshore. Helpful discussions and explanations
introduce the guidebook�s collection of well-designed exercises, making the connections between principles and
specific inquiries easier to formulate. This approach works to help students transform memorized facts into concepts
that stimulate further explorations.
Table of Contents
1. Morphology of Fishes: Form and Function
Basic Anatomy: External
Basic Anatomy: Internal
Osteology of Bony Fishes
Muscular Morphology of Bony Fishes
Exercises in Functional Morphology
2. Taxonomic Characters in Identification, Variation, and Classification
Finding and Measuring Characters
Key Characters and Identification of Taxa
Character Trends and Morphological Variation
Shared Characters and Classification
3. Natural History of Fishes
Habitats: Collecting and Survey Techniques
Care and Handling of Specimens
Age and Growth
Feeding
Reproduction
Parasites
Anomalous Fishes
