| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Peacock Bass: Diversity, Ecology and Conservation -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The alluring peacock bass -- Natural history -- Competitors, predators, and parasites -- Traits useful for identification of peacock bass species -- Background coloration -- Vertical dark bars -- Lateral band (stripe) -- Lateral blotches and ocellated markings -- Postorbital stripe and blotches -- Fin coloration -- References -- Chapter 2 Butterfly peacock bass, Cichla ocellaris (Bloch & amp -- Schneider 1801) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Introduced stocks -- Population structure and abundance -- Feeding -- Cannibalism -- Effects on food webs -- Growth -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 3 Orinoco butterfly peacock bass, Cichla orinocensis (Humboldt, in Humboldt & amp -- Valenciennes, 1821) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Cannibalism -- Predation mortality -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 4 Royal peacock bass, Cichla intermedia (Machado-Allison, 1971) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 5 Speckled peacock bass, Cichla temensis (Humboldt, in Humboldt & amp -- Valenciennes, 1821) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Cannibalism and predation mortality -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 6 Pinima peacock bass, Cichla pinima (Kullander & amp -- Ferreira 2006) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 7 Blue peacock bass, Cichla piquiti (Kullander & amp -- Ferreira 2006) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Growth |
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Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 8 Xingu peacock bass, Cichla melaniae (Kullander & -- Ferreira 2006) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- Impacts from hydropower -- References -- Chapter 9 Fire peacock bass, Cichla mirianae (Kullander & -- Ferreira 2006) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- Reference -- Chapter 10 Falls lukunani, Cichla cataractae (Sabaj, López-Fernández, Willis, Hemraj, Taphorn & -- Winemiller 2020) -- Identification -- Distribution and habitat -- Feeding -- Growth -- Population abundance and structure -- Reproduction -- References -- Chapter 11 Evolutionary relationships and zoogeography -- Evolutionary relationships -- Zoogeography -- Orinoco Basin -- Amazon River -- Madeira River -- Rio Negro -- Tapajos River -- Xingu River -- Araguaia-Tocantins Basin -- Guiana Shield Coastal Rivers -- Hybridization -- References -- Chapter 12 Fisheries, captive care, and conservation -- Fisheries-Native stocks -- Fisheries-Reservoirs -- Introduced stocks -- Care of captive peacock bass -- Fisheries conservation -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2021) |
| Subject |
Peacock bass.
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Peacock bass
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winemiller, Leslie C. Kelso
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Montaña, Carmen G
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| ISBN |
0323859690 |
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9780323859691 |
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