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Fishes of the open ocean : a natural history & illustrated guide
Title:
Fishes of the open ocean : a natural history & illustrated guide
Author:
Pepperell, Julian G.
ISBN:
9780226655390
Publication Information:
Chicago [etc.] : University of Chicago Press, 2010
Physical Description:
266 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Environment, biology and fisheries -- Why fishes of the open ocean? -- The oceanic web of life -- Form and function -- Interactions with humans -- Guide to the fishes -- Billfishes -- Tunas -- Mackerels -- Jacks/trevallies -- Other pelagic gamefishes -- Sharks and rays -- Other open-ocean fishes.
Subject:
Marine fishes -- Identification.
Marine fishes -- Pictorial works.
Marine ecology.