Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes

by John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm

Overview

This book is the second of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the orders Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, and Tetraodontiformes. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families, which are arranged phylogenetically, and for the species, which are arranged alphabetically, described (including distribution and life history), and distinguished from similar species. All but a few species are illustrated. The volume also includes a biogeographical synopsis of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292778382
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	09/15/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1014
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

John D. Mceachran is Professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University.

Janice D. Fechhelm is a science teacher at Cypress Grove Intermediate School in College Station, Texas.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Scope of the Book
  • How to Identify Fishes
  • Biogeography of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
  • Appendix: New Records and Emendations to Fishes Included in Volume 1 of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
  • Literature Cited
• Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
• Scorpaeniformes
  • Dactylopteridae
  • Scorpaenidae
  • Triglidae
  • Peristediidae
• Perciformes
  • Centropomidae
  • Moronidae
  • Acropomatidae
  • Howellidae
  • Serranidae
  • Grammatidae
  • Opistognathidae
  • Priacanthidae
  • Apogonidae
  • Epigonidae
  • Malacanthidae
  • Pomatomidae
  • Echeneidae
  • Rachycentridae
  • Coryphaenidae
  • Carangidae
  • Bramidae
  • Caristiidae
  • Emmelichthyidae
  • Lutjanidae
  • Symphysanodontidae
  • Lobotidae
  • Gerreidae
  • Haemulidae
  • Inermiidae
  • Sparidae
  • Polynemidae
  • Sciaenidae
  • Mullidae
  • Pempheridae
  • Bathyclupeidae
  • Chaetodontidae
  • Pomacanthidae
  • Kyphosidae
  • Cirrhitidae
  • Pomacentridae
  • Labridae
  • Scaridae
  • Zoarcidae
  • Chiasmodontidae
  • Percophidae
  • Uranoscopidae
  • Tripterygiidae
  • Dactyloscopidae
  • Labrisomidae
  • Chaenopsidae
  • Blenniidae
  • Gobiesocidae
  • Callionymidae
  • Draconettidae
  • Eleotridae
  • Gobiidae
  • Microdesmidae
  • Ephippidae
  • Luvaridae
  • Acanthuridae
  • Scombrolabracidae
  • Sphyraenidae
  • Gempylidae
  • Trichiuridae
  • Scombridae
  • Xiphiidae
  • Centrolophidae
  • Nomeidae
  • Ariommatidae
  • Tetragonuridae
  • Stromateidae
• Pleuronectiformes
  • Bothidae
  • Scophthalmidae
  • Paralichthyidae
  • Poecilopsettidae
  • Achiridae
  • Cynoglossidae
• Tetraodontiformes
  • Triacanthodidae
  • Balistidae
  • Monacanthidae
  • Ostraciidae
  • Tetraodontidae
  • Diodontidae
  • Molidae
• Glossary
• References
• Index of Scientific Names
• Index of Common Names