Field guide to freshwater fishes of California /
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| Author / Creator: | McGinnis, Samuel M. |
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Imprint: | Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2006. |
| Description: | ix, 539 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | California natural history guides ; 77 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6105548 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Freshwater Habitats
- Physical and Biological Environment
- Anatomy and Physiology of Freshwater Fishes
- Measurements and Defining Characteristics
- Protective Status
- Illustrated Keys
- Species Accounts and Angling Notes
- Lampreys (Petromyzontidae)
- Sturgeons (Acipenseridae)
- Shad (Clupeidae)
- Trout and Salmon (Salmonidae)
- Smelts (Osmeridae)
- Minnows (Cyprinidae)
- Suckers (Catostomidae)
- Catfishes and Bullheads (Ictaluridae)
- Pupfishes (Cyprinodontidae)
- Killifishes (Fundulidae)
- Livebearers (Poeciliidae)
- Silversides (Atherinidae)
- Sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)
- Temperate Bass (Moronidae)
- Sunfishes, Crappies, and "Black" Basses (Centrarchidae)
- Perches (Percidae)
- Cichlids (Cichlidae)
- Viviparous Perch (Embiotocidae)
- Mullet (Mugilidae)
- Gobies (Gobiidae)
- Sculpins (Cottidae)
- Righteyed Flounder (Pleuronectidae)
- Pike (Esocidae)
- Obtaining and Observing Live Freshwater Fishes
- Regulations and Methods
- The Wild Freshwater Fish Aquarium and Pond
- Fish Photography and Fish Printing
- Freshwater Fish Watching in the Wild
- Dining on California's Freshwater Fishes
- Cooking the Freshwater Fishes of California
- Checklist of California Freshwater Fish Species and Subspecies
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- State Fish Hatcheries
- World and California Sportfishing Weight Records
- Selected References
- Illustration References
- Index
