Lancelets, Cyclostomes, Sharks : Part 1 / Henry B. Bigelow, William C. Schroeder, Isabel Perez Farfante.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigelow, Henry Bryant, 1879-1967, Author.

Pérez Farfante, Isabel, Author.

Schroeder, William C., Author.

Series:

Fishes of the Western North Atlantic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Atlantic Ocean.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (595 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Part One, the inaugural volume in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series, describes lancelets, hagfishes, lampreys, and sharks. 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

Preface

Introduction

Maps

Chapter One: Lancelets

Chapter Two: Cyclostomes

Acknowledgments

General Discussion

Class Chondrichthyes

Family Hexanchidae

Family Carchariidae

Family Scapanorhynchidae

Family Isuridae

Family Cetorhinidae

Family Alopiidae

Family Orectolobidae

Family Rhincodontidae

Family Scyliorhinidae

Family Pseudotriakidae

Family Triakidae

Family Carcharhinidae

Family Sphyrnidae

Family Squalidae

Family Dalatiidae

Family Echinorhinidae

Family Squatinidae

Index Of Common Names

Index Of Scientific Names

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781933789248

1933789247

OCLC:

1091659969