Author: John D. McEachran
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292706347
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Explores the fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families and for the species.
Author: John McEachran
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292752067
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1121
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Explores the fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families and for the species.
Author: H. Dickson Hoese
Publisher:
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Provides descriptions, photographs, and illustrations of 539 species of fishes found in the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.
Author: John McEachran
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292793231
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world and contains over 15 percent of all known species of marine fishes. This diverse fish fauna has been the subject of many publications, but, until now, no work has ever surveyed all known species, including the deep sea fishes and those of the southern Gulf. This book is the first of two volumes that will cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. An introductory section that outlines the Gulf's geographical setting, geological origin, current patterns, tides, sediments, meteorology, ecology, and biological exploration is followed by a key for the forty-four orders of fishes known from the Gulf. Keys and descriptions are provided for families, which are arranged phylogenetically, and for the species, which are arranged alphabetically, described, and distinguished from similar species. All but a few species are illustrated.
Author: John McEachran
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: John McEachran
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ISBN: 9780292712928
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: David A. McKee
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603444394
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Category : Estuaries
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Author: Alfredo Carvalho Filho
Publisher: Literare Books
ISBN: 6559226603
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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This is the first large-scale work that allows the identification of more than 1,000 species of coastal marine fish along the Brazilian coast, from the Guianas to Argentina. With the publication of "Fishes of the Brazilian Coast", Alfredo Carvalho-Filho fills a fundamental gap in the knowledge of fish worldwide. The author has participated in the Workshops for the Assessment of the State of Conservation of Marine Actinopterygii Species at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation and gives lectures on Communications, Ichthyology and, among these, the one entitled "Biology and Marketing", with two disciplines so diverse gathered in a single presentation!
Author: David A. McKee
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623490316
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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The cold, stygian dark of the extreme sea depths is home to some of our planet’s strangest creatures. Even their names evoke a science fiction adventure: dragonfishes, greeneyes, viperfishes, mirrorbellies, lanternfishes. Marine biologist Henry “Hank” Compton (1928–2005) of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Rockport Marine Lab was present on some of the earliest Gulf of Mexico cruises on which these fishes were collected for the first time in Texas waters. Upon returning, Compton would retire to the darkroom he had constructed beneath a stairwell at the lab and photograph the specimens. A talented artist, Compton then painted watercolors based on his photographs. He allowed free rein to both his scientific judgment and his artistic vision as he constructed representations of how the specimens might have appeared in the crushing pressure of their alien environment. Compton dubbed the series of deep-water paintings “Fire in the Sea” because of the shimmering bioluminescence common to these deep-water species. Then, along with taxonomic descriptions, he drafted fanciful narratives to accompany the paintings: quirky, humorous, and sometimes cryptic stories of the fishes in their unreachable habitat. Professor, researcher, and author David A. McKee has taken Compton’s work, discovered in cardboard boxes following his death, and, along with others, provided chapters on bioluminescence, life in the deep, taxonomic arrangement, and life history information.
