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McClane's Field guide to freshwater fishes of North America / edited by A.J. McClane ; ill. by Frances Watkins, Richard E. Younger, and Ned Smith.
LIBRA QL625 .M3 1978
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClane, A. J. (Albert Jules), 1922-1991.
- Standardized Title:
- Field guide to freshwater fishes of North America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freshwater fishes--North America--Identification.
- Freshwater fishes.
- Fishes--North America--Identification.
- Fishes.
- North America.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Field guides.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 212 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Field guide to freshwater fishes of North America
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Henry Holt, [1978]
- Summary:
- The most complete, authoritative, and profusely illustrated handbook ever published for freshwater anglers. Up-to-date, scientific, and practical entries on all species of North American freshwater gamefishes.
- Contents:
- Measurements and Identification of Fishes xiii
- Herring Family
- Clupeidae 1
- Mooneye Family
- Hiodontidae 6
- Trout Family
- Salmonidae 8
- Smelt Family
- Osmeridae 46
- Silversides Family
- Atherinidae 48
- Minnow Family
- Cyprinidae 50
- Killifish Family
- Cyprinodontidae 85
- Sculpin Family
- Cottidae 87
- Sucker Family
- Catostomidae 88
- Catfish Family
- Ictaluridae 102
- Armored Catfish Family
- Loricariidae 112
- Walking Catfish Family
- Clariidae 112
- Characin Family
- Characidae 113
- Cichlid Family
- Cichlidae 115
- Sunfish Family
- Centrarchidae 116
- Perch Family
- Percidae 153
- Pike Family
- Esocidae 160
- Temperate Bass Family
- Percichthyidae 166
- Pirateperch Family
- Aphredoderidae 174
- Troutperch Family
- Percopsidae 174
- Stickleback Family
- Gasterosteidae 175
- Bowfin Family
- Amiidae 178
- Gar Family
- Lepisosteidae 179
- Needlefish Family
- Belonidae 183
- Paddlefish Family
- Polyodontidae 183
- Sturgeon Family
- Acipenseridae 185
- Sleeper Family
- Eleotridae 187
- Livebearer Family
- Poeciliidae 188
- Freshwater Eel Family
- Anguillidae 189
- Lamprey Family
- Petromyzontidae 190
- Cod Family
- Gadidae 192
- Drum Family
- Sciaenidae 194
- Mullet Family
- Mugilidae 196
- Tarpon Family
- Elopidae 197
- Snook Family
- Centropomidae 199
- Index of Fishes 207.
- Notes:
- Portions originally published in McClane's standard fishing encyclopedia and international angling guide (1965)--and McClane's new standard fishing encyclopedia and international angling guide (1974).
- "An Owl book."
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0805001948
- 9780805001945
- OCLC:
- 14580826
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