Rays of the world /

"This book is the first complete pictorial atlas of the world's ray fauna. It also provides general identifying features and distributional information about this iconic, but surprisingly poorly known, group of fishes"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Last, P. R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Clayton South VIC, Australia : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press ; CSIRO Publishing, 2016.
Temas:
Rays (Fishes) > Identification.
Rajiformes > Identification.
Rays (Fishes) > Pictorial works.
Rajiformes > Pictorial works.
Raies (Poissons) > Identification.
Raies (Poissons) > Ouvrages illustrés.
Rajiformes > Ouvrages illustrés.
Fishes (ichthyology)
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Rajiformes
Rays (Fishes)
Zoology: fishes (ichthyology)
Marine biology.
Australian
Field guides
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Phylogeny and classification of rays
  • Human interactions
  • Ray conservation
  • About this book
  • Glossary
  • Key to families of living rays
  • Pristidae (Sawfishes)
  • Rhinidae (Wedgefishes)
  • Rhinobatidae (Guitarfishes)
  • Glaucostegidae (Giant guitarfishes)
  • Trygonorrhinidae (Banjo rays)
  • Platyrhinidae (Fanrays)
  • Zanobatidae (Panrays)
  • Narcinidae (Numbfishes)
  • Narkidae (Sleeper rays)
  • Hypnidae (Coffin rays)
  • Torpedinidae (Torpedo rays)
  • Rajidae (Skates)
  • Arhynchobatidae (Softnose skates)
  • Gurgesiellidae (Pygmy skates)
  • Anacanthobatidae (Legskates)
  • Hexatrygonidae (Sixgill stingrays)
  • Gymnuridae (Butterfly rays)
  • Dasyatidae (Stingrays)
  • Potamotryconidae (Neotropical stingrays)
  • Urotrygonidae (Round rays)
  • Plesiobatidae (Giant stingarees)
  • Urolophidae (Stingarees)
  • Myliobatidae (Eagle rays)
  • Aetobatidae (Pelagic eagle rays)
  • Rhinopteridae (Cownose rays)
  • Mobulidae (Devilrays)
  • Suggested reading
  • Checklist of the world's rays.

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