The American darters / Robert A. Kuehne and Roger W. Barbour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuehne, Robert A. (Robert Andrew), 1927- author.

Barbour, Roger W., 1919-1993, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darters (Fishes).

Fishes--North America.

Fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1983.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The darters are a fascinating group of colorful and diminutive freshwater fish whose beauty rivals that of the tropical reef fishes. Native only to North America, the darters occur widely, especially in the United States, but are little known to the general public, largely because of their small size -- few exceed six inches and some measure a mere one inch at maturity.This book is the first comprehensive guide to the darters, covering all named and several undescribed forms -- 140 species in all. Each species account includes a synoptic description to aid in separation of similar species and

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Glossary; A Key to the Darters; Percina and Its Subgenera; Hadropterus; Swainia; Alvordius; Ericosma; Odontopholis; Hypohomus; Cottogaster; Imostoma; Percina; Ammocrypta and Its Subgenera; Crystallaria; Ammocrypta; Etheostoma and Its Subgenera; Psychromaster; Litocara; Allohistium; Etheostoma; Ulocentra; Doration; Boleosoma; Ioa; Vaillantia; Nothonotus; ViIIora; Ozarka; Austroperca; OIigocephalus; Catonotus; Hololepis; Microperca; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6525-3

OCLC:

900345279