Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent WatersRevised in both format and content, this new edition of the standard Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico is based on two decades' research and greater attention to deepwater habitats. The authors have revamped the taxonomic nomenclature for more than forty species and included new photos and information obtained from dives around reefs and new offshore oil structures. Other habitat conditions have changed because of severe freezes, hurricanes, intensive fishing, and government regulations on fishing. The continued accumulation of data from sport anglers and commercial fisheries is also reflected in this new volume. |
Contents
How to Use This Book | 3 |
Identifying Fishes | 29 |
Keys to the Families | 113 |
Copyright | |
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Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Adjacent Waters H. Dickson Hoese,Richard H. Moore No preview available - 1998 |
Common terms and phrases
adults anal fins anal rays Bahamas bars bays Bermuda black spot blenny blotches blue Brazil brown Bull Caribbean Caribbean to Brazil catfish caudal fin caudal peduncle coast color common Copeia dark spot dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal rays Dorsal spines elongate fathoms feet filefish fish fishery Florida flounder flyingfish genus gill opening gill rakers Ginsburg goby grouper Gulf of Mexico inches inshore juveniles killifish lateral line lateral line scales Linnaeus lobe Louisiana lower jaw lower limb margin North Carolina northern Gulf northwestern Gulf occur ocular side offshore reefs opercle pectoral fin pectoral rays pelvic fins percent of standard pipefish Poey porgy posterior preopercle rarely scorpionfish searobin second dorsal shark shelf sides of body snapper snout soft dorsal southern species spinous dorsal standard length stripes tail teeth Texas tropical upper jaw usually ventral fins vertical western Atlantic yellow