Pepperell, Julian G.

Fishes of the open ocean : a natural history & illustrated guide / Julian Pepperell ; illustrated by Guy Harvey. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010. - 266 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-261) and index.

Environment, biology and fisheries -- Why fishes of the open ocean? -- The oceanic web of life -- Form and function -- Interactions with humans -- Guide to the fishes -- Billfishes -- Tunas -- Mackerels -- Jacks/trevallies -- Other pelagic gamefishes -- Sharks and rays -- Other open-ocean fishes.

"Fishes of the Open Ocean", from leading marine biologist and world authority on the subject Julian Pepperell, is the first book to comprehensively describe open-ocean fishes (pelagics) and explore the complex and often fragile world in which they live.

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Pelagic fishes.
Deep-sea fishes.
Marine fishes.

QL620 / .P46 2010

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