Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas
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Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas by Peter Van Der Sleen
The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. Amazonian fishes include piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, a myriad of beautiful small-bodied tetras and catfishes, and the largest scaled freshwater fis
"This book is a really great source not only for all ichthyologists working with fish from the AOG, but also for all interested in the AOG fish faunaThe authors did a big hit while including all genera and giving keys to all of them. It’s worth much more than the price asked for."---Harro Hieronimus, Bulletin of Fish Biology
Peter van der Sleen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Marine Science Institute of the University of Texas, Austin. James S. Albert is professor of biology at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He is the coeditor of Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691170749 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691170746 |
| Title | Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas |
| Author | Peter Van Der Sleen |
| Series | Princeton Field Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2017-12-25 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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