Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes / Edition 1

by John McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292752061
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico Series , #1
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	1120
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Scope of the Book
  • Physical and Biological Description of the Gulf of Mexico
    • Overview
    • Geological History of the Gulf of Mexico
    • Currents and Tides in the Gulf of Mexico
    • Freshwater Input and Sediment Patterns
    • Meteorology
    • Biological Assemblages
  • History of Biological Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico
  • How to Identify Fishes
    • Names of Fishes
    • Structural Anatomy of Fishes
    • Measurements and Counts
  • Literature Cited
• Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
  • Key to the Orders of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico
  • Myxiniformes
  • Petromyzontiformes
  • Chimaeriformes
  • Orectolobiformes
  • Lamniformes
  • Carcharhiniformes
  • Hexanchiformes
  • Squaliformes
  • Squatiniformes
  • Torpediniformes
  • Pristiformes
  • Rajiformes
  • Myliobatiformes
  • Acipenseriformes
  • Semionotiformes
  • Elopiformes
  • Albuliformes
  • Notacanthiformes
  • Anguilliformes
  • Clupeiformes
  • Siluriformes
  • Osmeriformes
  • Stomiiformes
  • Ateleopodiformes
  • Aulopiformes
  • Myctophiformes
  • Lampridiformes
  • Polymixiiformes
  • Ophidiiformes
  • Gadiformes
  • Batrachoidiformes
  • Lophiiformes
  • Mugiliformes
  • Atheriniformes
  • Cyprinodontiformes
  • Beloniformes
  • Stephanoberyciformes
  • Beryciformes
  • Zeiformes
  • Gasterosteiformes
• Glossary
• References
• Index of Scientific Names

What People are Saying About This

Philip A. Hastings

This work is unique and especially important because it brings together, for the first time, information on the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. Other volumes cover only subsets of Gulf fishes....This represents the most complete survey of the ichthyofauna of the Gulf of Mexico ever compiled.
— Philip A. Hastings, Research Scientist and Curator of Fishes and Invertebrates, University of Arizona