Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to TetraodontiformesThis book is the second of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the orders Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Pleuronectiformes, and Tetraodontiformes. Keys and descriptions are provided for the families, which are arranged phylogenetically, and for the species, which are arranged alphabetically, described (including distribution and life history), and distinguished from similar species. All but a few species are illustrated. The volume also includes a biogeographical synopsis of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
How to Identify Fishes | 2 |
Biogeography of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico | 4 |
New Records and Emendations to Fishes Included in Volume 1 of Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico | 14 |
Literature Cited | 19 |
SCORPAENIFORMES | 23 |
Flying gurnards | 24 |
Scorpionfishes | 26 |
Eelpouts | 543 |
CHIASMODONTIDAE | 548 |
Flatheads | 561 |
Stargazers | 565 |
TRIPTERYGIIDAE | 570 |
Sand stargazers | 576 |
Scaly blennies | 584 |
Tube blennies | 608 |
Searobins | 51 |
Armored searobins | 70 |
PERCIFORMES | 85 |
Snooks | 97 |
Temperate basses | 105 |
Temperate oceanbasses | 111 |
HOWELLIDAE | 117 |
Seabasses | 119 |
Basslets | 194 |
Jawfishes | 199 |
Bigeyes | 211 |
Cardinalfishes | 216 |
Deepwater cardinalfishes | 235 |
Tilefishes | 243 |
Bluefishes | 251 |
Remoras | 253 |
Cobia | 263 |
Dolphinfishes | 265 |
Jacks | 269 |
Pomfrets | 304 |
Manefishes | 311 |
Rovers | 313 |
Snappers | 317 |
SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE | 338 |
Tripletails | 342 |
Mojarras | 344 |
Grunts | 359 |
Bonnetmouths | 382 |
Porgies | 385 |
Threadfins | 405 |
Drums | 410 |
Goatfishes | 445 |
Sweepers | 451 |
BATHYCLUPEIDAE | 453 |
Butterflyfishes | 456 |
Angelfishes | 469 |
Sea chubs | 480 |
Hawkfishes | 483 |
Damselfishes | 485 |
Wrasses | 502 |
Parrotfishes | 525 |
Combtooth blennies | 622 |
COBIESOCIBAE | 639 |
Dragonets | 644 |
Draconetts | 650 |
Sleepers | 652 |
Gobies | 659 |
Wormfishes | 728 |
Spadefishes | 733 |
Louvars | 736 |
Surgeonfishes | 738 |
SCOMBROLABRACIDAE | 743 |
Barracudas | 745 |
Snake mackerels | 751 |
Cutlassfishes | 762 |
Mackerels and tunas | 769 |
Billfishes | 787 |
Medusafishes | 794 |
Driftfishes | 799 |
ARIOMMATIDAE | 808 |
TETRAGONURIDAE | 813 |
Butterfishes | 815 |
PLEURONECTIFORMES | 818 |
Lefteye Flounder | 819 |
SCOPHTHALMIDAE | 828 |
PARALICHTHYIDAE | 830 |
POECILOPSETTIDAE | 859 |
American soles | 862 |
Tonguefishes | 870 |
TETRAODONTIFORMES | 885 |
Spikefishes | 887 |
Triggerfishes | 891 |
Filefishes | 899 |
Cowfishes | 911 |
Puffers | 917 |
Porcupinefishes | 928 |
Ocean sunfishes | 937 |
GLOSSARY | 941 |
REFERENCES | 949 |
INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES | 985 |
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Common terms and phrases
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