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Description: |
253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-242) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Some facts about fishes: -- Distribution and conditions for existence -- Activities -- Reproduction -- Structure of a fish -- Key to the families of fishes found in the freshwaters of the United States -- Lamprey family, Petromyzontidae -- Sturgeon family, Acipenseridae -- Paddlefish family, Polyodontidae -- Bowfin family, Amilidae -- Gar family, Lepisosteidae -- Ten pounder family, Elopidae -- Tarpon family, Megalopidae -- herring family, Clupeidae -- Mooneye family, Hiodontidae -- Anchovy family, Engraulidae -- Salmon family, Salmonidae -- Grayling family, Thymallidae -- Smelt family, Osmeridae -- Mudminnow family, Umbridae -- Pike family, Escoidae -- Characin family, Characidae -- Sucker family, catostomidae -- Minnow family, Cyprinidae -- Catfish family, Ictaluridae -- Freshwater eel family, Anguillidae -- needlefish family, belonidae -- Cod family, Gadidae -- Stickelback family, Gasterosteidae -- Pipefish family, Syngnathidae -- Cavefish family, Amblyopsidae -- Killifish family, Cyprinodontidae -- Topminnow or Live bearer family, Poecilidae -- Troutperch family, Percopsidae -- Pirateperch family, Aphredoderidae -- Mullet family, Mugilidae -- Silversides family, Atherinidae -- Bass family, Serranidae -- Sunfish family, Centrarchidae -- Perch family, Percidae -- Drum or Sheepshead family, Sciaenidae -- Cichlid family, Cichidae -- Surf-fish family, Embiotocidae -- Sleeper family, Eleotridae -- Goby family, Gobiidae -- Sculpin family, Cottidae -- Flatfish family, Bothidae -- Flounder family, Pleuronectidae -- Sole family, Achiridae -- Index and pictured-glossary. The keys, illustrations and descriptions make this guide a valuable reference for those wanting to identify and learn more about North American fish. (Publisher) |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Subject: How to Know the Freshwater Fishes provides keys, descriptions, and (for nearly all species) a line-drawing of all the freshwater fish found in the United States. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Eddy, Samuel, 1897-1972. How to know the freshwater fishes. Dubuque, Iowa, W.C. Brown Co. [©1957] (OCoLC)646952168 |