Description |
1 online resource (403 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
Contents |
Purpose and Scope -- Setting the Scene -- A Historical Perspective of Illinois Fishes -- Fish Morphology -- Organization of Illinois Family and Species Accounts -- Methods for Mapping Species Distributions -- Key to the Families of Illinois Fishes -- LAMPREYS (Family Petromyzontidae) -- STURGEONS (Family Acipenseridae) -- PADDLEFISHES (Family Polyodontidae) -- GARS (Family Lepisosteidae) -- BOWFINS (Family Amiidae) -- FRESHWATER EELS (Family Anguillidae) -- MOONEYES (Family Hiodontidae) -- SHADS AND HERRINGS (Family Clupeidae) -- SUCKERS (Family Catostomidae) -- BARBS AND CARPS (Family Cyprinidae) -- SHARPBELLIES (Family Xenocyprididae) -- MINNOWS (Family Leuciscidae) -- SPINED LOACHES (Family Cobitidae) -- NORTH AMERICAN CATFISHES (Family Ictaluridae) -- PIKES AND MUDMINNOWS (Family Esocidae) -- TROUTS, SALMONS, AND WHITEFISHES (Family Salmonidae) -- SMELTS (Family Osmeridae) -- TROUT-PERCHES (Family Percopsidae) -- PIRATE PERCHES (Family Aphredoderidae) -- CAVEFISHES (Family Amblyopsidae) -- CUSKFISHES (Family Lotidae) -- GOBIES (Family Gobiidae) -- NEW WORLD SILVERSIDES (Family Atherinopsidae) -- TOPMINNOWS (Family Fundulidae) -- LIVEBEARERS (Family Poeciliidae) -- MULLETS (Family Mugilidae) -- SUNFISHES (Family Centrarchidae) -- PYGMY SUNFISHES (Family Elassomatidae) -- WHITE BASSES (Family Moronidae) -- DRUMS AND CROAKERS (Family Sciaenidae) -- DARTERS AND PERCHES (Percidae) -- STICKLEBACKS (Family Gasterosteidae) -- SCULPINS (Family Cottidae) |
Summary |
Lake Michigan, winding creeks, sprawling swamps, and one of the world's great rivers - Illinois's variety of aquatic habitats makes the Prairie State home to a diverse array of fishes. The first book of its kind in over forty years, this is a combination of nature guide and natural history. It provides readers with an authoritative resource based on the extensive biological data collected by scientists since the mid-1850s. Each of the entries on Illinois's 217 current and extirpated fish species offers one or more color photographs; maps depicting distributions at three time periods; descriptions of identifying features; notes on habitat preference; and comments on distribution. In addition, the authors provide a pictorial key for identifying Illinois fishes. Scientifically up-to-date and illustrated with over 240 color photos, this book is a benchmark in the study of Illinois's ever-changing fish communities and the habitats that support them. -- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-400) and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2022) |
Subject |
Fishes -- Illinois -- Identification
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Fishes -- Illinois -- Maps
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Fishes -- Illinois -- History
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NATURE / General
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Fishes
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Illinois
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Genre/Form |
Field guides
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History
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Maps
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Burr, Brooks M., author.
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Hinz, Leon C., author.
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Page, Lawrence M., author.
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Taylor, Christopher Alan, 1969- author.
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LC no. |
2021038206 |
ISBN |
0252053087 |
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9780252053085 |
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