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A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of Southern Africa
- Title
- A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of Southern Africa / Paul H. Skelton ; illustrated by Dave Voorvelt and Elizabeth Tarr.
- Author
- Skelton, Paul H. (Paul Harvey)
- Publication
- Halfway House : Southern Book Publishers, 1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL635.S6 S534 1993 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 388 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 22 cm
- Alternative Title
- Freshwater fishes
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Field guides.
- Bestimmungsbuch.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-378) and index.
- Contents
- An introduction to freshwater fishes of Southern Africa 1 : A brief history of southern African freshwater ichthyology 3. Geographical background 6. Aquatic systems and habitats 10. Factors affecting fish distribution 16. What is a fish? 19. Aspects of biology and ecology 34. Fishes and man in southern Africa 45. Threatened fishes and conservation 51. Classification, taxonomy and nomenclature 59. Collection, preservation and measurement 63. Southern African freshwater fishes: introduction and classification 69 : Key to families 81. Species accounts 87 : Protopteridae -African lungfishes 89. Mormyridae -- snoutfishes 92. Megalopidae -- tarpons 102. Anguillidae -- freshwater eels 104. Clupeidae -- herrings 109. Kneriidae -- knerias 112. Cyprinidae -- barbs, yellowfishes, labeos 117. Distichodontidae -- citharines 193. Characidae -- characins 199. Hepsetidae -- African pike 208. Suborder Siluroidei -- catfishes 210. Claroteidae -- claroteidcatfishes 211. Austrogianididae -- rock catfishes 215. Amphiliidae -- mountain catfishes 218. Schilbeidae -- butter catfishes 224. Clariidae -- air-breathing catfishes 227. Malapteruridae -- electric catfishes 238. Mochokidae -- squeakers, suckermouth catlets 240. Galaxiidae -- galaxiids 258. Salmonidae -- trouts 260. Order Cyprinodontiformes -- killifishes, topminnows 266. Aplocheilidae -- annual killifishes 267. Cyprinodontidae -- topminnows 273. Poeciliidae -- live-bearers 278. Spiny-rayed fishes 283. Centrarchidae -- sunfishes 283. Percidae -- perches 289. Cichlidae -- cichlids 291. Anabantidae -- labyrinth fishes 333. Mastacembelidae -- spiny eels 339. Coastal and estuarine species that may occur in freshwaters 343. Carcharhinidae -- requiem sharks 343. Pristidae -- sawfishes 345. Ambassidae -- glassies 347. Atherinidae -- silversides 350. Mugilidae -- mullets 351. Syngnathidae -- pipefishes 354. Sparidae -- seabreams 356. Monodactylidae -- moonies 358. Eleotridae -- sleepers 360. Gobiidae -- gobies 363.
- ISBN
- 1868123502
- 9781868123506
- 1868124932
- 9781868124930
- 1868124940
- 9781868124947
- LCCN
- 94133441
- OCLC
- ocm33133382
- 33133382
- SCSB-2031416
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library