{"product_id":"freshwater-fishes-of-north-america","title":"Freshwater Fishes of North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated second volume of \u003ci\u003eFreshwater Fishes of North America\u003c\/i\u003e, a monumental, fully illustrated reference that provides comprehensive details on the freshwater fishes of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the first volume of \u003ci\u003eFreshwater Fishes of North America\u003c\/i\u003e was published, it was immediately hailed as the definitive reference in the field. Readers have been fervently awaiting the next volume in this encompassing three-book set ever since. Now complete, volume 2, covering families Characidae to Poeciliidae, is the result of decades of analysis by leading fish experts from universities and research laboratories across North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach volume in this authoritative synthesis covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and the fossil record of the included North American fish families. The encyclopedic reviews of each family are accompanied by color photographs (nearly 250 in this volume alone), range maps, and artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R. Tomelleri. The result is a rich textual and visual experience that covers everything known about the diversity, natural history, ecology, and biology of North American freshwater fishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 covers the following North American families of fishes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacidae (Characins)\u003cbr\u003eIctaluridae (North American Catfishes)\u003cbr\u003eAriidae (Sea Catfishes)\u003cbr\u003eHeptapteridae (Three-barbeled Catfishes)\u003cbr\u003eOsmeridae (Smelts)\u003cbr\u003eEsociformes (Esocidae, Pikes and Umbridae, Mudminnows)\u003cbr\u003ePercopsidae (Trout-perches)\u003cbr\u003eAmblyopsidae (Cavefishes)\u003cbr\u003eAphredoderidae (Pirate Perches)\u003cbr\u003eGadidae (Cods and Cuskfishes)\u003cbr\u003eMugilidae (Mullets)\u003cbr\u003eAtherinopsidae (New World Silversides)\u003cbr\u003eBeloniformes (Needlefishes and Halfbeaks)\u003cbr\u003eRivulidae (New World Rivulines)\u003cbr\u003eProfundulidae (Middle American Killifishes)\u003cbr\u003eGoodeidae (Goodeids)\u003cbr\u003eFundulidae (Topminnows)\u003cbr\u003eCyprinodontidae (Pupfishes)\u003cbr\u003ePoeciliidae (Livebearers)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapter authors of Volume 2 are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGianetta Adams\u003cbr\u003eClyde Barbour\u003cbr\u003eMicah Bennett\u003cbr\u003eRicardo Bentancur-R.\u003cbr\u003ePeter B. Z. Berendzen\u003cbr\u003eBrooks M. Burr\u003cbr\u003eMollie Cashner\u003cbr\u003eRobert C. Cashner\u003cbr\u003eBruce B. Collette\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Davis\u003cbr\u003eAlice F. Echelle\u003cbr\u003eAnthony A. Echelle\u003cbr\u003eFernando Galvez\u003cbr\u003eMichael Ghedotti\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Gidmark\u003cbr\u003eTerry Grande\u003cbr\u003eRobert L. Hopkins\u003cbr\u003eLauren M. Kuehne\u003cbr\u003eFrank McCormick\u003cbr\u003eNorman Mercado-Silva\u003cbr\u003eAnn U. O'Connell\u003cbr\u003eMartin T. O'Connell\u003cbr\u003eJulian D. Olden\u003cbr\u003eClaudia Patricia Ornelas-Garcia\u003cbr\u003eMark Sabaj Perez\u003cbr\u003eKyle R. Piller\u003cbr\u003eSteven Powers\u003cbr\u003eJacob Schaefer\u003cbr\u003eJuan J. Schmitter-Soto\u003cbr\u003eAndrew M. Simons\u003cbr\u003eRoger A. Tabor\u003cbr\u003eCheryl Thiele\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Thomas\u003cbr\u003eMelvin L. Warren, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eMark V. H. Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218231480664,"sku":"9781421435121","price":130.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781421435121_335a8cf2-fb2e-4b45-8f3f-deaf8b4567e0.jpg?v=1771306236","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/freshwater-fishes-of-north-america","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}