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- catalog abstract ""This book marks the culmination of ichthyological research extending back to 1835, when Darwin was the first to collect fishes from the Galapagos. It thoroughly documents and illustrates the fishes of the Galapagos in the hope that the results will provide an identification guide for visitors to the Galapagos National Park, a comprehensive reference source for scientists, and a baseline for future assessment of possible environmental degradation in the Islands. The book treats 437 species (some of which are newly recorded) including all those known from freshwater and nearshore habitats and in open-ocean waters within 100 km of the Galapagos. Of special interest to evolutionists and biogeographers is the high level of endemism: 41 fishes are known only from the Galapagos. In the interest of completeness, the authors discuss species that have the potential to occur in the Galapagos and species that have been recorded under suspicious circumstances, although they are not necessarily presented as valid Galapagos records. Almost all of the species are illustrated either in detail, in family groupings for comparative reference, or in color photographs taken in the Galapagos."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10674964.
- catalog contributor b10674965.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""This book marks the culmination of ichthyological research extending back to 1835, when Darwin was the first to collect fishes from the Galapagos. It thoroughly documents and illustrates the fishes of the Galapagos in the hope that the results will provide an identification guide for visitors to the Galapagos National Park, a comprehensive reference source for scientists, and a baseline for future assessment of possible environmental degradation in the Islands. The book treats 437 species (some of which are newly recorded) including all those known from freshwater and nearshore habitats and in open-ocean waters within 100 km of the Galapagos. Of special interest to evolutionists and biogeographers is the high level of endemism: 41 fishes are known only from the Galapagos. In the interest of completeness, the authors discuss species that have the potential to occur in the Galapagos and species that have been recorded under suspicious circumstances, although they are not necessarily presented as valid Galapagos records. Almost all of the species are illustrated either in detail, in family groupings for comparative reference, or in color photographs taken in the Galapagos."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 755-847) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The cartilaginous fishes -- The bony fishes -- Appendixes -- Glossary Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xliv, 863 p., [32] p. of col. plates :".
- catalog identifier "0804722897 (cloth : acid free paper) :".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "597.09866/5 20".
- catalog subject "Fishes Galapagos Islands.".
- catalog subject "QL636.5.G35 G76 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The cartilaginous fishes -- The bony fishes -- Appendixes -- Glossary Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The fishes of the Galápagos Islands / Jack Stein Grove, Robert J. Lavenberg.".
- catalog type "text".