Britain's freshwater fishes / Mark Everard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everard, Mark, author.

Series:

WildGuides.

Britain's wildlife

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Great Britain.

Fishes.

Freshwater fishes--Great Britain.

Freshwater fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Britain hosts a diversity of freshwater environments, from torrential hill streams and lowland rivers to lakes and reservoirs, ponds and canals, and ditches and estuaries. Britain's Freshwater Fishes covers more than 50 species of freshwater and brackish fish found in these waters. This beautifully illustrated guide features in-the-hand and in-the-water photographs throughout, and accessible and informative overviews of topics such as fish biology and life cycles. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, with information on status, size and weight, habitat, ecology, and conservation. The book also includes a glossary and suggestions for further reading. This easy-to-use field guide will be invaluable to anyone interested in Britain's freshwater fish life, from naturalists and academics to students and anglers. Covers all of Britain's freshwater fishes Features beautiful photos throughout Includes detailed information on more than 50 species, the places they inhabit, and their roles in Britain's ecosystems Attractively designed and easy to use."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Life-cycles of British freshwater fishes

How to identify fishes

The types of fishes

Glossary and technical terms

Salmon watching

The species accounts

Introduction to the species accounts

Carp and minnow family

Salmon, trout, charr, freshwater whitefish and grayling family

Pike family (Esocidae)

Perch family (Percidae)

Sheatfish catfish family (Siluridae)

North American freshwater catfish family (Ictaluridae)

Sunfish family (Centrarchidae)

River loach (or hillstream loach) family (Balitoridae)

Loach family (Cobitidae)

Sculpin family (Cottidae)

Sturgeon family (Acipenseridae)

Hake and burbot family (Lotidae)

Herring, shad, sardine and menhaden family (Clupeidae)

Stickleback and tubesnout family (Gasterosteidae)

Freshwater eel family (Anguillidae)

Lamprey family (Petromyzontidae)

Marine visitors

Silversides family (Atherinidae)

Smelt family (Osmeridae)

Righteye flounder family (Pleuronectidae)

Temperate bass family (Moronidae)

Mullet family (Mugilidae)

Fishy fantasies

Conservation and legislation

Further reading

Acknowledgements and photographic credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299441965

1299441963

9781400846894 (electronic book)

1400846897

OCLC:

839679470