Sawfishes, Guitarfishes, Skates and Rays, Chimaeroids : Part 2 / Henry B. Bigelow, William C. Schroeder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigelow, Henry Bryant, 1879-1967, Author.

Schroeder, William C. (William Charles), 1895- Author.

Series:

Fishes of the Western North Atlantic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chimaeridae--Atlantic Ocean.

Chimaeridae.

Guitarfishes.

Marine fishes--Atlantic Ocean.

Marine fishes.

Rays (Fishes)--Atlantic Ocean.

Rays (Fishes).

Sawfishes--Atlantic Ocean.

Sawfishes.

Skates (Fishes)--Atlantic Ocean.

Skates (Fishes).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (588 p.) : 134 plates + maps

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Part Two in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes the sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays, and chimaeroids that inhabit the waters adjacent to the eastern coastline of North and Central America and the northern portion of South America. Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Maps

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Suborder Pristoidea

Suborder Rhinobatoidea

Suborder Torpedinoidea

Suborder Rajoidea

Suborder Myliobatoidea

CHIMAEROIDS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9781933789255

1933789255

OCLC:

1091654093