Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and adjacent waters.

dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noQL621.56 H6.3en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorHoese, H.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMoore, R.H.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:19:39Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:19:39Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description327 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractMore than 600 photographs and drawings, including more than 330 photographs in full color, many of them underwater shots, illustrate this field identification guide to the approximately 500 species of fishes that can be found in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Besides the illustrations, easy-to-follow keys to the identification of the Gulf fishes are provided. A detailed description of each fish is included, giving common and scientific names, identifying characteristics (spine, ray, and scale counts), abundance, importance, habitat, geographic range, and approximate maximum size. An introductory section outlines the ecology and zoogeography of the Gulf and gives a short review of conservation efforts and a brief history of scientific research in the area. An illustrated glossary defines all the technical terms used, and appendices list offshore and deepwater species that may stray onto the continental shelf, freshwater fishes that may be washed into the Gulf, and other valuable information. The northwestern Gulf was selected as the region of major emphasis and study. However, the authors also attempted to include in the guide all the temperate and subtropical fishes of the Gulf as well as the tropical species most likely to be found in the northern Gulf.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23807
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texas:en_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries515.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectichthyologyen_US
dc.subjectmarine fishen_US
dc.subjectidentification keysen_US
dc.subjectabundanceen_US
dc.subjectecological distributionen_US
dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectbiogeographyen_US
dc.subjectfreshwater fishen_US
dc.titleFishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and adjacent waters.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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