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Frogfishes : biodiversity, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology /

Unique among the world's fishes, frogfishes display a bizarre combination of attributes and behaviors that make them a subject of fervent study. Through cunning and trickery, they turn would-be predators into prey; they "walk" across the ocean floor and jet-propel through open water;...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pietsch, Theodore W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Approach and procedures
  • What makes a frogfish?
  • Biodiversity
  • Evolutionary relationships
  • Zoogeography
  • Behavioral ecology
  • Tips for divers and aquarists and the need for conservation (with collaboration of Scott W. Michael)
  • Reallocation of nominal species of frogfishes.