Science and Nature

An Introduction To The Study Of Fishes

By Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther

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Excerpt: "The scope of the present work is to give in a concise form an account of the principal facts relating to the structure, classification, and life-history of Fishes. It is intended to meet the requirements of those who are desirous of studying the elements of Ichthyology; to serve as a book of reference to zoologists generally; and, finally, to supply those who, like travellers, have frequent opportunities of observing fishes, with a ready means of obtaining information. The article on "Ichthyology," prepared by the late Sir J. Richardson for the eighth edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica," is the only publication which has hitherto partly satisfied such requirements; and when I undertook, some years ago, to revise, or rather rewrite that article for the new edition of that work, it occurred to me that I might at the same time prepare a Handbook of Ichthyology, whilst reserving for the article an abstract so condensed as to be adapted for the wants of the general reader."

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GenreScience and Nature

Length22 hrs 24 mins

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Publish dateJan 5, 2024

LanguageEnglish

1PREFACE.

2CONTENTS.

3SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART.

4INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

5CHAPTER I. HISTORY AND LITERATURE.

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6CHAPTER II. TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF FISHES.

7CHAPTER III. TERMINOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SKELETON.

8CHAPTER IV. MODIFICATIONS OF THE SKELETON.

9CHAPTER V. MYOLOGY.

10CHAPTER VI. NEUROLOGY.

11CHAPTER VII. THE ORGANS OF SENSE.

12CHAPTER VIII. THE ORGANS OF NUTRITION AND DIGESTION.

13CHAPTER IX. ORGANS OF RESPIRATION.

14CHAPTER X. ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.

15CHAPTER XI. URINARY ORGANS.

16CHAPTER XII. ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION.

17CHAPTER XIII. GROWTH AND VARIATION OF FISHES.

18CHAPTER XIV. DOMESTICATED AND ACCLIMATISED FISHES; ARTIFICIAL IMPREGNATION OF OVA—TENACITY OF LIFE AND REPRODUCTION OF LOST PARTS—HYBERNATION—USEFUL AND POISONOUS FISHES.

19CHAPTER XV. DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES IN TIME.

20CHAPTER XVI. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXISTING FISHES OVER THE EARTH’S SURFACE—GENERAL REMARKS.

21CHAPTER XVII. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRESHWATER FISHES.

22CHAPTER XVIII. THE FISHES OF THE BRACKISH WATER.

23CHAPTER XIX. THE DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE FISHES.

24CHAPTER XX. DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC FISHES.

25CHAPTER XXI. THE FISHES OF THE DEEP SEA.

26SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART. (pt. 1)

27SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART. (pt. 2)

28SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART. (pt. 3)

29SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART. (pt. 4)

30SYSTEMATIC AND DESCRIPTIVE PART. (pt. 5)