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Author:   G Helfman ,  Bruce B. Collette ,  Douglas E. Facey ,  Brian W. Bowen
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 28.10cm
Weight:   2.255kg
ISBN:  

9781405124942

ISBN 10:   1405124946
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   09 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781119341918
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition xi Preface to the first edition xii Phylogenetic relationships among living and extinct  fishgroups xv Part I Introduction 1 1 The science of ichthyology 3 What is a fish? 3 Superlative fishes 5 A brief history of ichthyology 6 Additional sources of information 7 Summary 9 2 Systematic procedures 11 Species 11 Taxonomy versus systematics 12 Approaches to classification 12 Taxonomic characters 14 Vertebrate classes 15 Units of classification 16 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 16 PhyloCode 17 Name changes 17 Collections 18 Summary 19 Supplementary reading 19 Part II Form, function, and ontogeny 21 3 Skeleton, skin, and scales 23 Skeleton 23 Integumentary skeleton 36 Summary 40 Supplementary reading 40 4 Soft anatomy 41 Muscles 41 Cardiovascular system 45 Alimentary canal 48 Gas bladder 50 Kidneys 52 Gonads 52 Nervous system 54 Summary 56 Supplementary reading 56 5 Oxygen, metabolism, and energetics 57 Respiration and ventilation 57 Gas transport 64 Metabolic rate 66 Energetics 68 Summary 73 Supplementary reading 73 6 Sensory systems 75 Mechanoreception 75 Electroreception 80 Vision 84 Chemoreception 87 Magnetic reception 89 Summary 89 Supplementary reading 90 7 Homeostasis 91 Coordination and control of regulation 91 Temperature relationships 94 Osmoregulation, excretion, ion and pH balance 100 The immune system 105 Stress 106 Summary 108 Supplementary reading 109 8 Functional morphology of locomotion and feeding 111 Locomotion: movement and shape 111 Feeding: biting, sucking, chewing, and swallowing 119 Summary 127 Supplementary reading 128 9 Early life history 129 Complex life cycles and indeterminate growth 129 Early life history: terminology 130 Eggs and sperm 130 Embryology 137 Larvae 139 Getting from here to there: larval transport mechanisms 145 Summary 147 Supplementary reading 148 10 Juveniles, adults, age, and growth 149 Juveniles 149 Adults 153 Age and growth 157 The ontogeny and evolution of growth 162 Summary 164 Supplementary reading 165 Part III Taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolution 167 11 “A history of fishes” 169 Jawless fishes 170 Gnathostomes: early jawed fishes 175 Advanced jawed fishes I: teleostomes (Osteichthyes) 178 Advanced jawed fishes II: Chondrichthyes 197 A history of fishes: summary and overview 200 Summary 203 Supplementary reading 204 12 Chondrichthyes: sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras 205 Subclass Elasmobranchii 205 Subclass Holocephali 227 Summary 229 Supplementary reading 230 13 Living representatives of primitive fishes 231 Jawless fishes: lancelets, hagfishes, and lampreys 231 Primitive bony fishes 241 Conclusions 258 Summary 258 Supplementary reading 259 14 Teleosts at last I: bonytongues through anglerfishes 261 Teleostean phylogeny 261 A survey of living teleostean fishes 263 Neognathi 280 Neoteleostei 281 Acanthomorpha: the spiny teleosts 284 Summary 289 Supplementary reading 290 15 Teleosts at last II: spiny-rayed fishes 291 Superorder Acanthopterygii: introduction 291 Series Mugilomorpha 292 Series Atherinomorpha 293 Series Percomorpha: basal orders 296 Series Percomorpha, Order Perciformes: the perchlike fishes 300 Series Percomorpha: advanced percomorph orders – flatfishes and twisted jaws 322 Summary 325 Supplementary reading 326 Part IV Zoogeography, genetics, and adaptations 327 16 Zoogeography 329 Marine fishes 329 Freshwater fishes 339 Summary 354 Supplementary reading 354 17 Fish genetics 355 Fish genomics 355 Molecular ecology 360 Population genetics 365 Phylogeography 370 Molecular evolution 379 Conservation genetics 385 Summary 389 Supplementary reading 390 18 Special habitats and special adaptations 393 The deep sea 393 The open sea 401 Polar regions 405 Deserts and other seasonally arid habitats 410 Strong currents and turbulent water 415 Caves 417 Summary 420 Supplementary reading 421 Part V Behavior and ecology 423 19 Fishes as predators 425 Search and detect 425 Pursuit 426 Attack and capture 429 Handling 433 Scavengers, detritivores, and herbivores 436 Optimally foraging fishes 437 Summary 437 Supplementary reading 438 20 Fishes as prey 439 Avoiding detection 439 Evading pursuit 446 Preventing and deflecting attacks 447 Discouraging capture and handling 448 Balancing foraging against predatory threat 452 Summary 453 Supplementary reading 454 21 Fishes as social animals: reproduction 455 Reproductive patterns among fishes 455 Courtship and spawning 461 Parental care 468 Alternative mating systems and tactics 473 Summary 475 Supplementary reading 476 22 Fishes as social animals: aggregation, aggression, and cooperation 477 Communication 477 Agonistic interactions 485 Aggregations 488 Interspecific relations: symbioses 492 Summary 496 Supplementary reading 497 23 Cycles of activity and behavior 499 Diel patterns 499 Semilunar and lunar patterns 507 Seasonal patterns 509 Annual and supra-annual patterns: migrations 515 Summary 522 Supplementary reading 523 24 Individuals, populations, and assemblages 525 Individuals 525 Populations 529 Assemblages 536 Summary 549 Supplementary reading 550 25 Communities, ecosystems, and the functional role of fishes 551 Community-level interactions between fishes and other taxonomic groups 551 The effects of fishes on plants 554 The effects of fishes on invertebrate activity, distribution, and abundance 559 Fishes in the ecosystem 563 Influence of physical factors and disturbance 577 Summary 580 Supplementary reading 581 Part VI The future of fishes 583 26 Conservation 585 Extinction and biodiversity loss 585 General causes of biodiversity decline 589 What can be done? 618 Summary 621 Supplementary reading 622 References 625 Index 693

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The book combines broad and comprehensive coverage with quite a lot of detail about the different themes that are dealt with ... .I heartily recommend the second edition of The Diversity of Fishes, both as a student textbook and as an introductory, general source of reference. (Aquaculture International, May 2009)

Author Information

Gene S. Helfman is an Emeritus Professor of Ecology in the Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia. He retired after 30 years of conducting research on and teaching about ichthyology, animal behavior, and conservation biology. His research focused on the behavioral ecology and conservation of fishes in lakes, streams, coastal oceans, and coral reefs. In addition to contributing to this textbook, Helfman in 2007 published a highly acclaimed reference and text, Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources. He received a BS from the University of California, an MS from the University or Hawaii, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Bruce Collette is a Senior Scientist at the National Systematics Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service based in the National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He studies the systematics and evolution of several groups of epipelagic fishes such as tunas, mackerels, halfbeaks, and needlefishes and benthic fishes such as toadfishes and has published over 250 papers on these and other fishes. He has co-authored books on fishes of the Gulf of Maine and Bermuda. He received his BS and PhD degrees at Cornell University. Doug Facey is a Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College in Vermont where he studies the ecology and physiology of fishes of Lake Champlain and its tributaries. One ongoing area of interest is fish diversity in lower tributaries, including some rare darters. Doug received his BS in Biology at the University of Maine-Orono, his MS in Zoology at the University of Vermont, and his PhD in Zoology at the University of Georgia. Brian Bowen spent the summers of his youth snorkeling in Cape Cod Bay, where he learned to appreciate fishes. Dr Bowen is a researcher at Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (University of Hawaii), with over two dozen research expeditions, and over 100 publications on the conservation genetics of fishes and other vertebrates. He holds a M.A. degree from Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a Ph.D. from University of Georgia, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Currently Dr. Bowen works on fish five days a week, and on the weekend prefers to go fishing.

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