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    Fishes of the open ocean : a natural history & illustrated guide / Julian Pepperell ; illustrated by Guy Harvey.

    By: Pepperell, Julian GContributor(s): Harvey, Guy, 1955-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010Description: 266 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: 9780226655390 (alk. paper); 0226655393 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Pelagic fishes | Deep-sea fishes | Marine fishesDDC classification: 597.177 LOC classification: QL620 | .P46 2010
    Contents:
    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.
    Summary: "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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    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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