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Fishes of the Great Basin : a natural history / William F. Sigler and John W. Sigler ; illustrated by Sophie Sheppard and Jim Morgan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sigler, William F., author.
- Series:
- Max C. Fleischmann series in Great Basin natural history.
- Max C. Fleischmann Series in Great Basin Natural History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishes--Great Basin.
- Fishes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (390 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- University of Nevada Press paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Naturalists and recreational anglers will welcome the paperback edition of this comprehensive volume, first published in 1986, which describes every species in the lakes and streams of the Great Basin. Includes an updated checklist of established species, discussion of threatened and endangered species, glossary, bibliography, and index.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Great Basin Drainages
- 3. History of Fishing in the Great Basin States of Utah and Nevada
- 4. The Endangered Species Act and Desert Fishes of the Great Basin
- 5. The Evolution and Classification of Fishes
- 6. Unique Ways of Fish and Why We Study Them
- 7. Key to Native and Introduced Fishes of the Great Basin by Gerald R. Smith
- Life Histories of Fishes
- 8. Salmoniformes
- Trouts (Salmonidae)
- Sockeye salmon (Kokanee)
- Bear Lake whitefish
- Bonneville cisco
- Bonneville whitefish
- Mountain whitefish
- Golden trout
- Cutthroat trout
- Lahontan cutthroat trout
- Paiute cutthroat trout
- Bonneville cutthroat trout
- Rainbow trout
- Brown trout
- Brook trout
- Lake trout
- Arctic grayling
- Pikes (Esocidae)
- Northern pike
- 9. Cypriniformes
- Carps and Minnows (Cyprinidae)
- Chiselmouth
- Goldfish
- Grass carp
- Common carp
- Desert dace
- Alvord chub
- Utah chub
- Tui chub
- Borax Lake chub
- Leatherside chub
- Arroyo chub
- Pahranagat roundtail chub
- California roach
- Least chub
- White River spinedace
- Big Spring spinedace
- Golden shiner
- Spottail shiner
- Sacramento blackfish
- Fathead minnow
- Northern squawfish
- Relict dace
- Longnose dace
- Speckled dace
- Redside shiner
- Lahontan redside
- Suckers (Catostomidae)
- Utah sucker
- Desert sucker
- Bridgelip sucker
- Bluehead sucker
- Owens sucker
- Largescale sucker
- Mountain sucker
- Tahoe sucker
- Warner sucker
- Cui-ui
- June sucker
- 10. Siluriformes
- Bullhead Catfishes (Ictaluridae)
- White catfish
- Black bullhead
- Yellow bullhead
- Brown bullhead
- Channel catfish
- Armored Catfishes (Loricariidae)
- Suckermouth catfish.
- 11. Atheriniformes
- Killifishes (Cyprinodontidae)
- White River springfish
- Railroad Valley springfish
- Devils Hole pupfish
- Amargosa pupfish
- Owens pupfish
- Salt Creek pupfish
- Pahrump killifish
- Plains killifish
- Rainwater killifish
- Livebearers (Poeciliidae)
- Mosquitofish
- Sailfin molly
- Shortfin molly
- Guppy
- Green swordtail
- 12. Gasterosteiformes
- Sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)
- Threespine stickleback
- 13. Perciformes
- Temperate Basses (Percichthyidae)
- White bass
- Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)
- Sacramento perch
- Green sunfish
- Pumpkinseed
- Bluegill
- Smallmouth bass
- Spotted bass
- Largemouth bass
- White crappie
- Black crappie
- Perches (Percidae)
- Yellow perch
- Walleye
- Cichlids (Cichlidae)
- Convict cichlid
- Redbelly tilapia
- Sculpins (Cottidae)
- Mottled sculpin
- Paiute sculpin
- Bear Lake sculpin
- 14. Annotated Checklist of Fishes of the Great Basin
- 15. Revised Annotated Checklist
- Appendix 1. Established Fishes of the Great Basin
- Appendix 2. Fishes Mentioned in the Text that Do Not Appear in Appendix 1, the Annotated Checklist of Fishes, or the Revised Annotated Checklist
- Glossary
- Literature Cited
- Index to the Fishes
- General Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87417-013-3
- OCLC:
- 1017612335
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