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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
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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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