A Guide to the Study of Fishes (Vol. 1&2)
Complete EditionBy David Starr Jordan
Length35h 28m
About this audiobook
This book is a Victorian-era guide to the study of fishes from morphology and division into biological classes to the description of habitats. A learner will be interested in the abundance of facts and details about such topics like the build of the fish, the morphology (the organs of nutrition, the organs of perspiration, the skeleton, etc. ), the instincts of fishes and their ability to adapt to environment, notes on the history of ichthyology and much more. The book is filled with clear and informative illustrations.
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GenreScience and Nature
Length35 hrs 28 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 28, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Volume 1
35CHAPTER XXXIV THE CROSSOPTERYGII
2CHAPTER I THE LIFE OF THE FISH
36CHAPTER XXXV SUBCLASS DIPNEUSTI,164 OR LUNGFISHES
3CHAPTER II THE EXTERIOR OF THE FISH
37Volume 2
4CHAPTER III THE DISSECTION OF THE FISH
38CHAPTER I THE GANOIDS
5CHAPTER IV THE SKELETON OF THE FISH
39CHAPTER II THE GANOIDS—Continued
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6CHAPTER V MORPHOLOGY OF THE FINS
40CHAPTER III ISOSPONDYLI
7CHAPTER VI THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION
41CHAPTER IV SALMONIDÆ
8CHAPTER VII THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
42CHAPTER V SALMONIDÆ—(Continued)
9CHAPTER VIII THE ORGANS OF SENSE
43CHAPTER VI THE GRAYLING AND THE SMELT
10CHAPTER IX THE ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION
44CHAPTER VII THE APODES, OR EEL-LIKE FISHES
11CHAPTER X EMBRYOLOGY AND GROWTH OF FISHES
45CHAPTER VIII SERIES OSTARIOPHYSI
12CHAPTER XI INSTINCTS, HABITS, AND ADAPTATIONS
46CHAPTER IX THE NEMATOGNATHI, OR CATFISHES
13CHAPTER XII ADAPTATIONS OF FISHES
47CHAPTER X THE SCYPHOPHORI, HAPLOMI, AND XENOMI
14CHAPTER XIII THE COLORS OF FISHES
48CHAPTER XI ACANTHOPTERYGII; SYNENTOGNATHI
15CHAPTER XIV THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES
49CHAPTER XII PERCESOCES AND RHEGNOPTERI
16CHAPTER XV. ISTHMUS BARRIERS SEPARATING FISH FAUNAS
50CHAPTER XIII PHTHINOBRANCHII: HEMIBRANCHII, LOPHOBRANCHII, AND HYPOSTOMIDES
17CHAPTER XVI DISPERSION OF FRESH-WATER FISHES63
51CHAPTER XIV SALMOPERCÆ AND OTHER TRANSITIONAL GROUPS
18CHAPTER XVII BARRIERS TO DISPERSION OF RIVER FISHES
52CHAPTER XV BERYCOIDEI
19CHAPTER XVIII FISHES AS FOOD FOR MAN
53CHAPTER XVI PERCOMORPHI
20CHAPTER XIX DISEASES OF FISHES
54CHAPTER XVII CAVALLAS AND PAMPANOS
21CHAPTER XX THE MYTHOLOGY OF FISHES
55CHAPTER XVIII PERCOIDEA, OR PERCH-LIKE FISHES
22CHAPTER XXI CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES
56CHAPTER XIX THE BASS AND THEIR RELATIVES
23CHAPTER XXII THE HISTORY OF ICHTHYOLOGY
57CHAPTER XX THE SURMULLETS, THE CROAKERS AND THEIR RELATIVES
24CHAPTER XXIII THE COLLECTION OF FISHES
58CHAPTER XXI LABYRINTHICI AND HOLCONOTI
25CHAPTER XXIV THE EVOLUTION OF FISHES
59CHAPTER XXII CHROMIDES AND PHARYNGOGNATHI
26CHAPTER XXV THE PROTOCHORDATA
60CHAPTER XXIII THE SQUAMIPINNES
27CHAPTER XXVI THE TUNICATES, OR ASCIDIANS
61CHAPTER XXIV SERIES PLECTOGNATHI
28CHAPTER XXVII THE LEPTOCARDII, OR LANCELETS
62CHAPTER XXV PAREIOPLITÆ, OR MAILED-CHEEK FISHES
29CHAPTER XXVIII THE CYCLOSTOMES, OR LAMPREYS
63CHAPTER XXVI GOBIOIDEI, DISCOCEPHALI, AND TÆNIOSOMI
30CHAPTER XXIX THE CLASS ELASMOBRANCHII OR SHARK-LIKE FISHES
64CHAPTER XXVII SUBORDER HETEROSOMATA
31CHAPTER XXX THE TRUE SHARKS
65CHAPTER XXVIII SUBORDER JUGULARES
32CHAPTER XXXI THE HOLOCEPHALI, OR CHIMÆRAS
66CHAPTER XXIX THE BLENNIES: BLENNIIDÆ
33CHAPTER XXXII THE CLASS OSTRACOPHORI152
67CHAPTER XXX OPISTHOMI AND ANACANTHINI
34CHAPTER XXXIII ARTHRODIRES
68CHAPTER XXXI ORDER PEDICULATI: THE ANGLERS
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