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Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2
Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2
Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes
This book is the second of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the orders Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, and Tetraodontiformes. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families, which are arranged phylogenetically, and for the species, which are arranged alphabetically, described (including distribution and life history), and distinguished from similar species. All but a few species are illustrated. The volume also includes a biogeographical synopsis of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico.
John D. Mceachran is Professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University.
Janice D. Fechhelm is a science teacher at Cypress Grove Intermediate School in College Station, Texas.
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Scope of the Book
- How to Identify Fishes
- Biogeography of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
- Appendix: New Records and Emendations to Fishes Included in Volume 1 of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
- Literature Cited
- Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
- Scorpaeniformes
- Dactylopteridae
- Scorpaenidae
- Triglidae
- Peristediidae
- Perciformes
- Centropomidae
- Moronidae
- Acropomatidae
- Howellidae
- Serranidae
- Grammatidae
- Opistognathidae
- Priacanthidae
- Apogonidae
- Epigonidae
- Malacanthidae
- Pomatomidae
- Echeneidae
- Rachycentridae
- Coryphaenidae
- Carangidae
- Bramidae
- Caristiidae
- Emmelichthyidae
- Lutjanidae
- Symphysanodontidae
- Lobotidae
- Gerreidae
- Haemulidae
- Inermiidae
- Sparidae
- Polynemidae
- Sciaenidae
- Mullidae
- Pempheridae
- Bathyclupeidae
- Chaetodontidae
- Pomacanthidae
- Kyphosidae
- Cirrhitidae
- Pomacentridae
- Labridae
- Scaridae
- Zoarcidae
- Chiasmodontidae
- Percophidae
- Uranoscopidae
- Tripterygiidae
- Dactyloscopidae
- Labrisomidae
- Chaenopsidae
- Blenniidae
- Gobiesocidae
- Callionymidae
- Draconettidae
- Eleotridae
- Gobiidae
- Microdesmidae
- Ephippidae
- Luvaridae
- Acanthuridae
- Scombrolabracidae
- Sphyraenidae
- Gempylidae
- Trichiuridae
- Scombridae
- Xiphiidae
- Centrolophidae
- Nomeidae
- Ariommatidae
- Tetragonuridae
- Stromateidae
- Pleuronectiformes
- Bothidae
- Scophthalmidae
- Paralichthyidae
- Poecilopsettidae
- Achiridae
- Cynoglossidae
- Tetraodontiformes
- Triacanthodidae
- Balistidae
- Monacanthidae
- Ostraciidae
- Tetraodontidae
- Diodontidae
- Molidae
- Glossary
- References
- Index of Scientific Names
- Index of Common Names
Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1
Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes
By John McEachran and Janice D. Fechhelm
