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The highly anticipated second volume of Freshwater Fishes of North
America, a monumental, fully illustrated reference that provides
comprehensive details on the freshwater fishes of the United
States, Canada, and Mexico. When the first volume of Freshwater
Fishes of North America was published, it was immediately hailed as
the definitive reference in the field. Readers have been fervently
awaiting the next volume in this encompassing three-book set ever
since. Now complete, volume 2, covering families Characidae to
Poeciliidae, is the result of decades of analysis by leading fish
experts from universities and research laboratories across North
America. Each volume in this authoritative synthesis covers the
ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior,
taxonomy, conservation, and the fossil record of the included North
American fish families. The encyclopedic reviews of each family are
accompanied by color photographs (nearly 250 in this volume alone),
range maps, and artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R.
Tomelleri. The result is a rich textual and visual experience that
covers everything known about the diversity, natural history,
ecology, and biology of North American freshwater fishes. Volume 2
covers the following North American families of fishes: Characidae
(Characins) Ictaluridae (North American Catfishes) Ariidae (Sea
Catfishes) Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled Catfishes) Osmeridae
(Smelts) Esociformes (Esocidae, Pikes and Umbridae, Mudminnows)
Percopsidae (Trout-perches) Amblyopsidae (Cavefishes)
Aphredoderidae (Pirate Perches) Gadidae (Cods and Cuskfishes)
Mugilidae (Mullets) Atherinopsidae (New World Silversides)
Beloniformes (Needlefishes and Halfbeaks) Rivulidae (New World
Rivulines) Profundulidae (Middle American Killifishes) Goodeidae
(Goodeids) Fundulidae (Topminnows) Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes)
Poeciliidae (Livebearers) The chapter authors of Volume 2 are:
Gianetta Adams Clyde Barbour Micah Bennett Ricardo Bentancur-R.
Peter B. Z. Berendzen Brooks M. Burr Mollie Cashner Robert C.
Cashner Bruce B. Collette Matthew Davis Alice F. Echelle Anthony A.
Echelle Fernando Galvez Michael Ghedotti Nicholas Gidmark Terry
Grande Robert L. Hopkins Lauren M. Kuehne Frank McCormick Norman
Mercado-Silva Ann U. O'Connell Martin T. O'Connell Julian D. Olden
Claudia Patricia Ornelas-Garcia Mark Sabaj Perez Kyle R. Piller
Steven Powers Jacob Schaefer Juan J. Schmitter-Soto Andrew M.
Simons Roger A. Tabor Cheryl Thiele Matthew Thomas Melvin L.
Warren, Jr. Mark V. H. Wilson
There are nearly 1,000 species of freshwater fishes in North
America alone, and identifying them can sometimes be a daunting
task. In fact, in just the twenty years since publication of the
first edition of the "Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes,"
the number of species has risen by almost 150, including 19 marine
invaders and 16 newly established nonnative species. This second
edition incorporates all of these new species, plus all-new maps
and a collection of new and revised plates. Some of the species can
be told apart only by minute differences in coloration or shape,
and these beautifully illustrated plates reveal exactly how to
distinguish each species.
The guide includes detailed maps and information showing where to
locate each species of fish--whether that species can be found in
miles-long stretches of river or small pools that cover only dozens
of square feet. The ichthyologic world of the twenty-first century
is not the same as it was in the twentieth, and this brand-new
edition of the definitive field guide to freshwater fishes reflects
these many changes.
Lake Michigan, winding creeks, sprawling swamps, and one of the
world's great rivers--Illinois's variety of aquatic habitats makes
the Prairie State home to a diverse array of fishes. The first book
of its kind in over forty years, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a
combination of nature guide and natural history. It provides
readers with an authoritative resource based on the extensive
biological data collected by scientists since the mid-1850s. Each
of the entries on Illinois's 217 current and extirpated fish
species offers one or more color photographs; maps depicting
distributions at three time periods; descriptions of identifying
features; notes on habitat preference; and comments on
distribution. In addition, the authors provide a pictorial key for
identifying Illinois fishes. Scientifically up-to-date and
illustrated with over 240 color photos, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes
is a benchmark in the study of Illinois's ever-changing fish
communities and the habitats that support them.
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