
Interrelationships of Fishes
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Comprising by far the largest and most diverse group of vertebrates, fishes occupy a broad swathe of habitats ranging from the deepest ocean abyss to the highest mountain lakes. Such incredible ecological diversity and the resultant variety in lifestyle, anatomy, physiology and behavior, make unraveling the evolutionary history of fishes a daunting task. The successor of a classic volume by the same title, Interrelationships of Fishes, provides the latest in the "state of the art" of systematics and classification for many of the major groups of fishes. In providing a sound phylogenetic framework from leading authorities in the field, this book is an indispensable reference for a broad range of biologists, especially students of fish behavior, anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics and ecology--in fact, anyone who wishes to interpret their work on fishes in an evolutionary context.
Key Features
- Provides thorough and comprehensive treatment of the Phylogency of fishes
- Assembles an International team of expert contributors
- Useful to a wide variety of fish biologists
Readership
Ideal for marine scientists, ichthyologists, animal behaviorists, fishery biologists, and ecologists interested in fish evolution
Table of Contents
- An Annotated Bibliography of the Work of Colin Patterson. Morphology, Characters and the Interrelationships of Basal Sarcopterygians. Phylogenetic Interrelationships of the Living Euselachians (Chondrichthys). Higher-Level Elasmobranch Phylogeny, Basal Squaleans and Paraphyly.Interrelationships of the Batoid Fishes (Chondrichthyes:Batoidea). Interrelationships of Basal Neopterygians. Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes, With Comments on "Chondrostei" Teleostean Monophyly. Phylogeny of Osteoglossomorpha. Interrelationships of Elopomorph Fishes. Clupeomorpha, Sistergroup of Ostariophysi. Interrelationships of Ostariophysan Fishes (Teleostei). Relationships of Lower Euteleostean Fishes. Interrelationships of Somiiform Fishes. Aulopiform Interrelationships. Basal Ctenosquamate Relationships and the Interrelationships. Basal Ctenosquamate Relationships and the Interrelationships of the Myctophiform Fishes. Phylogenetic Significance of He Pectoral/Pelvic Fin Association in Acanthomorph Fishes: A Reassessment Using Comparative Neuroanatomy.
Product details
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1996
- Published: October 18, 1996
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080534923
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780126709506
About the Editors
Melanie Stiassny
Affiliations and Expertise
American Museum of Natural History, NY, USA
Lynne Parenti
Affiliations and Expertise
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
G. Johnson
Affiliations and Expertise
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA