Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas
By (Author) Peter van der Sleen
Edited by James S. Albert
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
6th March 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Reference works
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 191mm, Height 241mm
1361g
Description
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
Reviews
"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 fauna. The authors did a big hit while including all genera and giving keys to all of them. Its worth much more than the price asked for."---Harro Hieronimus, Bulletin of Fish Biology
Author Bio
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.
