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Description edit
Fishes, as the largest group of living vertebrates, offer almost unlimited opportunities for the study of evolutionary adaptations to environmental and biotic selection pressures. The book covers basic fish anatomy, physiology and phylogeny, but the major theme of the book is evolution. For... read more
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Characters/People edit
- G. Helfman: Add a description of this character.
- Nelson
- Pacifi
- Oncorhynchus
- Cyprinidae
- Collette
- Smith
- Johnson
- Hobson
- Briggs
- Wootton
- Pough
- Randall
- Graham
- Marshall
- Matthews
- Carroll
- Webb
- Salmo
- Centrarchidae
- Barlow
- Dipnoi
- Greenwood
- Gobiidae
- Hixon
- Gadidae
- Thunnus
- Labridae
- Clupeidae
- Serranidae
- Pietsch
- Hardisty
- Salvelinus
- Lindsey
- Patterson
- Percidae
- Lepomis
- Losey
- Catostomidae
- Moyle
- Bowen
- Hoar
- Cichlidae
Setting & Locations edit
- North Atlantic
- North America
- New York
- South America
- Australia
- South Africa
- California
- Usa
- Europe
- London
- Florida
- New Zealand
- Gulf Of Mexico
- Southeast Asia
- Caribbean
- Amazon
- Latimeria
- Canada
- United States
- China
- Lake Victoria
- Hawaii
- Amia
- Chondrichthyes
- White Shark
- Antarctica
- Mesozoic
- Japan
- Indian Ocean
- Washington
- Lake Malawi
- Berra
- New Guinea
- Boca Raton
- Colorado River
- Panama
- Central America
- Cambridge
- West Atlantic
- Atlantic Ocean
First Sentence edit
Fishes make up more than half of the 48,000 species of living vertebrates.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gene S. Helfman (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 597
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Agricultural Sciences › Aquaculture
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Zoology
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Zoology › Ichthyology
- Books › Science › Nature & Ecology › Natural Resources › Fisheries & Aquaculture
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Animals › Fish & Sharks
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Evolution
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