Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas / / ed. by James S. Albert, Peter van der Sleen.
The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras an...
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Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas / ed. by James S. Albert, Peter van der Sleen. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017] ©2018 1 online resource (464 p.) : 190 color illus. 700 line illus. 500 maps. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Princeton Field Guides ; 115 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- IDENTIFICATION KEY TO FISH FAMILIES -- PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO FISH FAMILIES -- THE FISH FAMILIES -- GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS -- LITERATURE CITED -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras and catfishes, and the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, the pirarucu. Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater Amazonia, a vast and still mostly remote region of tropical rainforests, seasonally flooded savannas, and meandering lowland rivers.The guide's contributors include more than fifty expert scientists. They summarize the current state of knowledge on the taxonomy, species richness, and ecology of these fish groups, and provide references to relevant literature for species-level identifications. This richly illustrated guide contains 700 detailed drawings, 190 color photos, and 500 distribution maps, which cover all genera. An extensive and illustrated glossary helps readers with the identification keys.The first complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas, this comprehensive guide is essential for anyone interested in the freshwater life inhabiting this part of the world.First complete overview of the fish diversity in the Amazon and Orinoco basinsContributors include more than fifty expertsIdentification keys and distribution maps for all genera190 stunning color photos 700 detailed line drawingsExtensive and illustrated glossary Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) Fishes Amazon River Identification. Fishes Guiana Identification. Fishes Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia) Identification. Freshwater fishes Amazon River Region Identification. Freshwater fishes Guiana Identification. Freshwater fishes Orinoco River Valley (Venezuela and Colombia) Identification. NATURE / Animals / Fish. bisacsh Albert, James S., editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Goulding, Michael J., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Malabarba, Luiz R., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb van der Sleen, Peter, editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2017 9783110548211 ZDB-23-DPM Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606591 print 9780691170749 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888801?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400888801 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400888801/original |
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