Research Catalog

Title

Biology of fishes / Carl E. Bond.

Author

Bond, Carl E.

Publication

Fort Worth : Saunders College Pub., [1996], ©1996.

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Details

Description

xviii, 750 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Subjects

• Fishes
• Ichthyology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 661-713) and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Introduction to the Fishes. Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. General Morphology -- Pt. 2. Evolution and Diversity. Ch. 3. Introduction to Classification. Ch. 4. Jawless Fishes. Ch. 5. Early Gnathostomes, Elasmobranchs, and Relatives. Ch. 6. Teleostomi: Acanthodians and Sarcopterygians. Ch. 7. Primitive Actinopterygians. Ch. 8. Division Teleostei: Fossil Teleosts, Bonytongues, Tarpons, Eels, and Herrings. Ch. 9. Euteleostei: Carps, Catfishes, and Gymnotoids. Ch. 10. Euteleostei: Pikes, Smelts, and Salmons. Ch. 11. Euteleostei: Lightfishes Through Beardfishes. Ch. 12. Euteleostei: Paracanthopterygii. Ch. 13. Euteleostei: Acanthopterygii, Mugilomorpha, and Atherinomorpha. Ch. 14. Acanthopterygii: Berycoids Through Snailfishes. Ch. 15. Acanthopterygii: Perches and Relatives. Ch. 16. Acanthopterygii: Flatfishes Through Molas -- Pt. 3. Organismic Biology of Fishes. Ch. 17. Nervous and Endocrine Systems. Ch. 18. Muscles, Locomotion, and Buoyancy.
• Ch. 19. Color, Light, Sound, and Electricity. Ch. 20. Vision. Ch. 21. Auditory, Mechanosensory, and Electrosensory Systems. Ch. 22. Olfaction, Gustation, and Other Chemical Senses. Ch. 23. Circulation, Respiration, and the Gas Bladder. Ch. 24. Excretion and Osmoregulation. Ch. 25. Feeding, Nutrition, and Growth. Ch. 26. Reproduction. Ch. 27. The Genetics of Fishes. Ch. 28. Behavior: Doing What Fishes Do Best -- Pt. 4. Population, Species, and Communities. Ch. 29. Ecology: Environments, Habitats, and Adaptations. Ch. 30. Distribution and Migration. Ch. 31. Fishes and Human Endeavor.

ISBN

0030703425

LCCN

95067414

OCLC

• 34042862
• ocm34042862

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries