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Author / Creator:	Berra, Tim M., 1943- author.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxviii, 606 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Freshwater fishes. Freshwater fishes -- Classification. Fishes -- Geographical distribution. Fishes -- Geographical distribution. Freshwater fishes. Classification.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188636

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ISBN:	9780226044439 0226044432 9780226044422 0226044424
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Originally published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 2001. With new preface. Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-585) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	With more than 29,000 species, fishes are the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet. Of that number, more than 12,000 species are found in freshwater ecosystems, which occupy less than 1 percent of the Earth?s surface and contain only 2.4 percent of plant and animal species. But, on a hectare-for-hectare basis, freshwater ecosystems are richer in species than more extensive terrestrial and marine habitats. Examination of the distribution patterns of fishes in these fresh waters reveals much about continental movements and climate changes and has long been critical to biogeographical.
Other form:	Print version: Berra, Tim M., 1943- Freshwater fish distribution. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 9780226044422 0226044424

Table of Contents:

Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the 2001 Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Pronunciation of Family Names; Families and Maps; Agnatha-Jawless Fishes; Petromyzontidae-Iampreys; Geotridae-pouched lamprey; Mordaciidae-Southern Hemisphere lampreys; Gnathostomata-Jawed Fishes; Chondrichthyes-Cartilaginous Fishes; Carcharhinidae-requiem sharks; Potamotrygonidae-river stingrays; Dasyatidae-whiptail stingrays; Sarcopterygii-Lungfishes; Ceratodontidae-Australian lungfish; Lepidosirenidae-South American lungfish; Protopteridae-African lungfishes.

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