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BL
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949265
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b703635
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Berra, Tim M.,1943-
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Freshwater fish distribution /\ Tim M. Berra.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xxxviii, 606 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0226044432
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: 9780226044439
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0226044424
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9780226044422
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| Notes
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Originally published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 2001. With new preface.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-585) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Fishes-- Geographical distribution.
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Freshwater fishes, Classification.
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Freshwater fishes.
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Fishes-- Geographical distribution.
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Freshwater fishes.
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NATURE-- Animals-- Fish.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- Ichthyology Herpetology.
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| Dewey Classification
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597.176
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QL624.B47 2007eb
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