Explorations in the Life of Fishes / / N. B. Marshall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Marshall, N. B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Books in Biology ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.) :; 1 chart, 54 line Illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. The Success of Teleostean Fishes --; 2. Features of Dynamic Design --; 3. The Life of Deep-Sea Fishes --; 4. Life and Pressure in the Deep Sea --; 5. Aspects of Convergent Evolution --; Appendix. Classification and Evolution of Teleost Fishes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674865129; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674865129
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: N. B. Marshall.

Exploring what he considers to be the outstanding aspects of fish biology, Mr. Marshall surveys the present knowledge in the field and suggests possibilities for future investigation. He considers the causes of the overwhelming predominance of the teleost fishes, discusses the biology of deep-sea fishes, and studies such aspects of dynamic design as body form, fin pattern, muscular organization, and certain neural features in relation to movement and water. His last chapter, on convergent evolution, deals with convergences among fishes as well as with convergences among fishes and invertebrates, particularly crustaceans and cephalopods. The volume is illustrated with a chart on evolutionary relationships of fishes and over fifty line drawings.