Freshwater Fishes : 250 million years of evolutionary history /

With more than 15,000 species, nearly a quarter of the total number of vertebrate species on Earth, freshwater fishes are extremely varied. They include the largest fish species, the beluga at over 7 meters long, and the smallest, the Paedocypris at just 8 millimeters, as well as the carnivorous, su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cavin, L. (Lionel) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : ISTE Press/Elsevier, 2017.
Colección:Vertebrate palaeobiology and palaeoenvironments set.
Temas:
Freshwater fishes > Evolution.
Fishes > Evolution.
Poissons d'eau douce > �Evolution.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Freshwater Fishes: 250 Million Years of Evolutionary History
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Freshwater Environments and Fishes
  • 1.1. Environments of freshwater ichthyofauna
  • 1.2. What is a freshwater fish?
  • Chapter 2. Assemblages of Freshwater Fishes in the Mesozoic
  • 2.1. Triassic
  • 2.2. Jurassic
  • 2.3. Cretaceous
  • Chapter 3. Assemblages of Freshwater Fishes in the Cenozoic
  • 3.1. Paleogene
  • 3.2. Neogene
  • Chapter 4. Evolutionary Histories of Freshwater Fishes
  • 4.1. Coelacanths (Actinistia)
  • 4.2. Lungfish (Dipnoi)
  • 4.3. Polypterids (Cladistia)
  • 4.4. Coccolepidids
  • 4.5. Sturgeons and related fishes (Acipenseriformes)
  • 4.6. "Paleopterygians" and "sub-holosteans"
  • 4.7. Redfieldiiforms (Redfieldiiformes)
  • 4.8. Scanilepiforms (Scanilepiformes)
  • 4.9. Perleidiforms (Perleidiformes)
  • 4.10. Holosteans (Holostei)
  • 4.11. Basal teleosteomorphs (Teleosteomorpha) and incertae sedis
  • 4.12. Ichthyodectiforms (Ichthyodectiformes)
  • 4.13. Elopomorphs (Elopomorpha)
  • 4.14. Osteoglossomorphs (Osteoglossomorpha)
  • 4.15. Otomorphs (Otomorpha)
  • 4.16. Euteleosteans (Euteleosteomorpha)
  • Chapter 5. Evolutionary Patterns in Freshwater Fishes
  • 5.1. Vicariances and dispersals
  • 5.2. Evolutionary radiations
  • 5.3. Lineage depletion, evolutionary stases and refuge zones
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index: Topics, Families and Genera
  • Back Cover.

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