Fishes in the freshwaters of Florida / Robert H. Robins, Lawrence M. Page, James D. Williams, Zachary S. Randall, and Griffin E. Sheehy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robins, Robert H. (Robert Hale), author.

Sheehy, Griffin E., author.

Randall, Zachary S., author.

Williams, James D. (James David), 1941- author.

Page, Lawrence M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freshwater fishes--Florida.

Freshwater fishes.

Freshwater fishes--Florida--Identification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xvi, 467 pages) :) color illustrations, color maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fishes in the fresh waters of Florida

Place of Publication:

Gainesville [Florida] : University of Florida Press, [2017]

Summary:

This book is an essential identification guide to the 222 species of fishes in Florida's fresh waters. It includes recent discoveries, changes in taxonomy, marine species that enter Florida's fresh waters, and invasive species. Each species is presented with color photographs, key characteristics for identification, comparisons to similar species, habitat descriptions, and dot distribution maps. The authors have surveyed the extensive historical fish collections in ten natural history museums, providing a complete picture of the diversity and distributions of Florida's fishes. This guide includes some of the world's favorite sport fishes found in the state, including the Tarpon and Largemouth Bass. It also features three species native only to Florida--the Seminole Killifish, Flagfish, and Okaloosa Darter--and the smallest freshwater fish in North America, the Least Killifish. Ranging from the Panhandle to the Everglades, Florida's freshwater habitats include springs, creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, marshes, and man-made canals. As Florida's human population grows, the state's freshwater environments are being changed in ways that threaten its native fishes. This book provides important information on the diversity, distribution, and environmental needs of native species and the threat posed by nonindigenous species, helping us monitor and protect Florida's water and its aquatic inhabitants.

Contents:

Introduction

Florida's inland waters

Distributions of Florida fishes

Fish morphology

Format of family and species accounts

Pictorial guide to the families

Family and species accounts

Family Petromyzontidae Bonaparte 1831 (Lampreys)

Southern Brook Lamprey, Ichthyomyzon gagei Hubbs and Trautman 1937

Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus 1758

Family Dasyatidae Jordan and Gilbert 1879 (Whiptail Stingrays)

Atlantic Stingray, Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur 1824)

Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte 1831 (Sturgeons)

Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur 1818

Gulf Sturgeon, Acipenser desotoi Vladykov 1955

Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill 1815

Family Lepisosteidae Bonaparte 1835 (Gars)

Alligator Gar, Atractosteus spatula (Lacep¿de 1803)

Spotted Gar, Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864

Longnose Gar, Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus 1758)

Florida Gar, Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay 1842

Family Amiidae Bonaparte 1831 (Bowfins)

Bowfin, Amia calva Linnaeus 1766

Family Notopteridae Bleeker 1851 (Featherfin Knifefishes)

Clown Knifefish, Chitala ornata (Gray 1831)

Family Elopidae Valenciennes 1847 (Tenpounders)

Ladyfish, Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766

Family Megalopidae Jordan and Gilbert 1883 (Tarpons)

Tarpon, Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847

Family Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810 (Freshwater Eels)

American Eel, Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur 1817)

Family Ophichthidae Günther 1870 (Snake Eels)

Speckled Worm Eel, Myrophis punctatus Lütken 1852

Family Engraulidae Gill 1861 (Anchovies)

Bay Anchovy, Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes 1848)

Family Clupeidae Cuvier 1816 (Herrings)

Blueback Herring, Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill 1814)

Alabama Shad, Alosa alabamae Jordan and Evermann 1896

Skipjack Herring, Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque 1820)

Hickory Shad, Alosa mediocris (Mitchill 1814)

American Shad, Alosa sapidissima (Wilson 1811)

Yellowfin Menhaden, Brevoortia smithi Hildebrand 1941

Atlantic Menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe 1802)

Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur 1818)

Threadfin Shad, Dorosoma petenense (Günther 1867)

Family Cyprinidae Rafinesque 1815 (Carps and Minnows)

Bluestripe Shiner, Cyprinella callitaenia (Bailey and Gibbs 1956)

Bannerfin Shiner, Cyprinella leedsi (Fowler 1942)

Blacktail Shiner, Cyprinella venusta Girard 1856

Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758

Longjaw Minnow, Ericymba amplamala Pera and Armbruster 2006

Cypress Minnow, Hybognathus hayi Jordan 1885

Clear Chub, Hybopsis winchelli (Girard 1856)

Striped Shiner, Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque 1820

Bandfin Shiner, Luxilus zonistius Jordan 1880

Blacktip Shiner, Lythrurus atrapiculus (Snelson 1972)

Pallid Chub, Macrhybopsis species

Bluehead Chub, Nocomis leptocephalus (Girard 1856)

Golden Shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill 1814)

Rough Shiner, Notropis baileyi Suttkus and Raney 1955

Ironcolor Shiner, Notropis chalybaeus (Cope 1867)

Dusky Shiner, Notropis cummingsae Myers 1925

Longnose Shiner, Notropis longirostris (Hay 1881)

Taillight Shiner, Notropis maculatus (Hay 1881)

Blackmouth Shiner, Notropis melanostomus Bortone 1989

Coastal Shiner, Notropis petersoni Fowler 1942

Weed Shiner, Notropis texanus (Girard 1856)

Pugnose Minnow, Opsopoeodus emiliae Hay 1881

Apalachee Shiner, Pteronotropis grandipinnis (Jordan 1877)

Redeye Chub, Pteronotropis harperi (Fowler 1941)

Sailfin Shiner, Pteronotropis hypselopterus (Günther 1868)

Metallic Shiner, Pteronotropis metallicus (Jordan and Meek 1884)

Flagfin Shiner, Pteronotropis signipinnis (Bailey and Suttkus 1952)

Bluenose Shiner, Pteronotropis welaka (Evermann and Kendall 1898)

Dixie Chub, Semotilus thoreauianus Jordan 1877

Family Catostomidae Agassiz 1850 (Suckers)

Quillback, Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur 1817)

Highfin Carpsucker, Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque 1820)

Lake Chubsucker, Erimyzon sucett a (Lacep¿de 1803)

Sharpfin Chubsucker, Erimyzon tenuis (Agassiz 1855)

Spotted Sucker, Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque 1820)

River Redhorse, Moxostoma carinatum (Cope 1870)

Blacktail Redhorse, Moxostoma poecilurum Jordan 1877

Apalachicola Redhorse, Moxostoma species

Family Cobitidae Swainson 1838 (Loaches)

Oriental Weatherfish, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor 1842)

Family Callichthyidae Bonaparte 1835 (Callichthyid Armored Catfishes)

Brown Hoplo, Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock 1828)

Family Loricariidae Rafinesque 1815 (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes)

Suckermouth Catfish, Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758)

Sailfin Catfishes, Pterygoplichthys Gill 1858

Family Clariidae Bonaparte 1845 (Labyrinth Catfishes)

Walking Catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus 1758)

Family Ariidae Bleeker 1858 (Sea Catfishes)

Gafftopsail Catfish, Bagre marinus (Mitchill 1815)

Hardhead Catfish, Sciades felis (Linnaeus 1766)

Family Ictaluridae Gill 1861 (North American Catfishes)

Snail Bullhead, Ameiurus brunneus Jordan 1877

White Catfish, Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus 1758)

Yellow Bullhead, Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur 1819)

Brown Bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur 1819)

Spotted Bullhead, Ameiurus serracanthus (Yerger and Relyea 1968)

Blue Catfish, Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur 1840)

Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818)

Black Madtom, Noturus funebris Gilbert and Swain 1891

Tadpole Madtom, Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill 1817)

Speckled Madtom, Noturus leptacanthus Jordan 1877

Flathead Catfish, Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque 1818)

Family Esocidae Rafinesque 1815 (Pikes and Mudminnows)

Redfin Pickerel, Esox americanus Gmelin 1788

Chain Pickerel, Esox niger Lesueur 1818

Eastern Mudminnow, Umbra pygmaea (DeKay 1842)

Family Aphredoderidae Bonaparte 1845 (Pirate Perches)

Pirate Perch, Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams 1824)

Family Mugilidae Jarocki 1822 (Mullets)

Mountain Mullet, Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft 1834)

Striped Mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758

White Mullet, Mugil curema (Valenciennes 1835)

Family Atherinopsidae Fitzinger 1873 (New World Silversides)

Golden Silverside, Labidesthes vanhyningi Bean and Reid 1930

Rough Silverside, Membras martinica Valenciennes 1835

Inland Silverside, Menidia beryllina (Cope 1867)

Family Belonidae Bonaparte 1835 (Needlefishes)

Atlantic Needlefish, Strongylura marina (Walbaum 1792)

Redfin Needlefish, Strongylura notata (Poey 1880)

Timucú, Strongylura timucu (Walbaum 1792)

Family Cynolebiidae Hoedeman 1961 (New World Rivulines)

Mangrove Rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus (Poey 1880)

Family Fundulidae Günther 1866 (Topminnows)

Western Starhead Topminnow, Fundu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-447) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68340-061-5

OCLC:

1029498630