Fishes of the World

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JOSEPH S. NELSON, PhD, (1937-2011) is the author of the first four editions, was a Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. TERRY C. GRANDE, PhD, is an expert in fish morphology, development, and phylogeny. She is Professor of Biology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA. MARK V.H. WILSON, PhD, is an expert in fish evolution, paleontology, and taxonomy. He is a Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and Affiliate Professor of Biology at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA.

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Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers new phylogenetic diagrams that clarify the relationships among fish groups, as well as cutting-edge global knowledge that brings this classic reference up to date. With this resource, you can classify orders, families, and genera of fishes, understand the connections among fish groups, organize fishes in their evolutionary context, and imagine new areas of research. To further assist your work, this text provides representative drawings, many of them new, for most families of fishes, allowing you to make visual connections to the information as you read. It also contains many references to the classical as well as the most up-to-date literature on fish relationships, based on both morphology and molecular biology. The study of fishes is one that certainly requires dedication--and access to reliable, accurate information. With more than 30,000 known species of sharks, rays, and bony fishes, both lobe-finned and ray-finned, you will need to master your area of study with the assistance of the best reference materials available. This text will help you bring your knowledge of fishes to the next level. Explore the anatomical characteristics, distribution, common and scientific names, and phylogenetic relationships of fishes Access biological and anatomical information on more than 515 families of living fishes Better appreciate the complexities and controversies behind the modern view of fish relationships Refer to an extensive bibliography, which points you in the direction of additional, valuable, and up-to-date information, much of it published within the last few years Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is an invaluable resource for professional ichthyologists, aquatic ecologists, marine biologists, fish breeders, aquaculturists, and conservationists.

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PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PHYLUM CHORDATA Subphylum Craniata Superclass Myxinomorphi to Osteostracomorphi Superclass Gnathostomata Class Placodermi Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Holocephali Order Chimaeriformes Subclass Elasmobranchii Order Heterodontiformes Order Orectolobiformes Order Lamniformes Order Carcharhiniformes Order Hexanchiformes Order Echinorhiniformes Order Squaliformes Order Squatiniformes Order Pristiophoriformes Order Torpediniformes Order Pristiformes Order Rajiformes Order Myliobatiformes Class Acanthodii Class Actinopterygii Subclass Cladistia Order Polypteriformes Subclass Chrondrostei Order Acipenseriformes Subclass Neopterygii Order Lepisosteiformes Order Amiiformes Division Teleostei Subdivision Osteoglossomorpha Order Hiodontiformes Order Osteoglossiformes Subdivision Elopomorpha Order Elopiformes Order Albuliformes Order Anguilliformes Order Saccopharyngiformes Subdivision Ostarioclupeomorpha (= Otocephala) Superorder Clupeomorpha Order Clupeiformes Superorder Ostariophysi Order Gonorynchiformes Order Cypriniformes Order Characiformes Order Siluriformes Order Gymnotiformes Subdivision Euteleostei Superorder Protacanthopterygii Order Argentiniformes Order Osmeriformes Order Salmoniformes Order Esociformes Superorder Stenopterygii Order Stomiiformes Superoder Ateleopodomorpha Order Ateleopodiformes Superorder Cyclosquamata Order Aulopiformes Supeorder Scopelomorpha Order Myctophiformes Superorder Lampriomorpha Order Lampriformes Superorder Polymixiomorpha Order Polymixiiformes Superorder Paracanthopterygii Order Percopsiformes Order Gadiformes Order Ophidiiformes Order Batrachoidiformes Order Lophiiformes Superorder Acanthopterygii Series Mugilomorpha Order Mugiliformes Series Atherinomorpha Order Atheriniformes Order Beloniformes Order Cyprinodontiformes Series Percomorpha Order Stephanoberyciformes Order Beryciformes Order Zeiformes Order Gasterosteiformes Order Synbranchiformes Order Scorpaeniformes Order Perciformes Order Pleuronectiformes Order Tetraodontiformes Class Sarcopterygii Subclass Coelacanthimorpha Order Coelacanthiformes Subclass Dipnotetrapodomorpha Order Ceratodontiformes Unranked Tetrapodomorpha Infraclass Tetrapoda BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX