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Fishes in the fresh waters of Florida : an identification guide and atlas
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This book is an identification guide to fishes in Florida's fresh waters with outstanding color photographs and dot distribution maps for each species.
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- Creator
- Robert H. Robins, Lawrence M. Page, James D. Williams, Zachary S. Randall, and Griffin E. Sheehy
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- English
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- Publication
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- Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2018]
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 467 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781683400332, 168340033X
- OCLC
- on1002043972
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-447) and index.
- Introduction -- Florida's inland waters -- Distributions of Florida fishes -- Fish morphology -- Format of family and species accounts -- Pictorial guide to the families -- Family and species accounts -- Family Petromyzontidae (Lampreys) -- Family Dasyatidae (Whiptail Stingrays) -- Family Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) -- Family Lepisosteidae (Gars) -- Family Amiidae (Bowfins) -- Family Notopteridae (Featherfin Knifefishes) -- Family Elopidae (Tenpounders) -- Family Megalopidae (Tarpons) -- Family Anguillidae (Freshwater Eels) -- Family Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) -- Family Engraulidae (Anchovies) -- Family Clupeidae (Herrings) -- Family Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows) -- Family Catostomidae (Suckers) -- Family Cobitidae (Loaches) -- Family Callichthyidae (Callichthyid Armored Catfishes) -- Family Loricariidae (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes) -- Family Clariidae (Labyrinth Catfishes) -- Family Ariidae (Sea Catfishes) -- Family Ictaluridae (North American Catfishes) -- Family Esocidae (Pikes and Mudminnows) -- Family Aphredoderidae (Pirate Perches) -- Family Mugilidae (Mullets) -- Family Atherinopsidae (New World Silversides) -- Family Belonidae (Needlefishes) -- Family Cynolebiidae (New World Rivulines) -- Family Fundulidae (Topminnows) -- Family Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) -- Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers) -- Family Syngnathidae (Pipefishes and Seahorses) -- Family Synbranchidae (Swamp Eels) -- Family Mastacembelidae (Freshwater Spiny Eels) -- Family Centropomidae (Snooks) -- Family Moronidae (Temperate Basses) -- Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes) -- Family Elassomatidae (Pygmy Sunfishes) -- Family Percidae (Perches and Darters) -- Family Lutjanidae (Snappers) -- Family Gerreidae (Mojarras) -- Family Sparidae (Porgies) -- Family Sciaenidae (Drums and Croakers) -- Family Cichlidae (Cichlids and Tilapias) -- Family Eleotridae (Sleepers) -- Family Gobiidae (Gobies) -- Family Osphronemidae (Gouramies) -- Family Channidae (Snakeheads) -- Family Paralichthyidae (Sand Flounders) -- Family Achiridae (American Soles) -- Appendix I : Nonindigenous fishes collected but not established -- Appendix II : Marine fishes occasionally encountered in fresh water