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This book provides a comprehensive and current source of information on fishes—including systematics, zoogeography, behavior, and conservation of fishes—that is often needed by professionals as background for writing accurate reports. This book covers the structure and physiology, evolution and taxonomy, zoogeography, and ecology and conservation of fishes. For fisheries biologists, conservation biologists, and aquatic ecologists that need an up-to-date reference on Ichthyology. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Paperback: 744 pages
Publisher: Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd; 5th edition edition (December 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8120343670
ISBN-13: 978-8120343672
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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This is an excellent text for upper-division fisheries and wildlife students. It is nicely organized to include the most important topics and with clear graphics to support the narrative. However, its cost and level of detail are more suited as a reference book for those entering the profession. I might suggest "Fishes of the Columbia Basin" by D.D. Dauble, which is an easier, yet informative, read for undergraduate fisheries student or armchair fisheries naturalist from the West Coast. Alternatively, Fish An Enthusiast Guide by Moyle might be suitable for the general fish person seeking more detail on the topic. Both books are available as paperback in the $15-20 range last time I checked.
I had the very fortunate opportunity to take Dr. Moyle's ichthyology class at UC Davis. We used this book as our text. The book was very helpful, and well explained. Moyle and Cech go into a great amount of detail in this text, and yet convey it in a straightforward and understandable way.
For someone who just got through Biology 1 and 2, I get bogged down with the technical language used in this book (that cannot be found in the index). Once I get past that aspect, it is filled with in-depth information. As a visual learner, I feel that this book could use some more pictures. This would be a great book if you plan on going into aquatic Biology as a major or for graduate school, but the average student could lose focus and interest quickly.
great alternative to the $200 original. Love the paperback. Good quality print. Its just on Chinese paper. Super thin, kind of like a cheap bible paper. But its great! One star off because the info in the book isn't actually that great. Good, but other books are much more informative.
This is really a great text book that covers everything from anatomy, behaviour and fish senses, passing through each fish order, until reach valiable aspects of fish comprehension, like zoogeography and aquatic ecology. Because it's scientific writing, the book is fullfilled with graphics and diagrams, so in the beginning the unaware reader should feel such level of difficulty, but it doesnt compromises at all the inner knowledge the book wants to pass.Sure an awesome title!
Husband needed this for fisheries class and has really enjoyed it. He said that its scientific but still very easy to read with great photos and illustrations.
Book is an easy read. I feel comfortable reading it and don't get bored while reading.
Order arrived very quickly and was just exactly as I expected.
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