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Kuehne Robert A (Robert Andrew), <1927-> |
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The American darters / / Robert A. Kuehne and Roger W. Barbour |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1983 |
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©1983 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Darters (Fishes) |
Fishes - North America |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Glossary; A Key to the Darters; Percina and Its Subgenera; Hadropterus; Swainia; Alvordius; Ericosma; Odontopholis; Hypohomus; Cottogaster; Imostoma; Percina; Ammocrypta and Its Subgenera; Crystallaria; Ammocrypta; Etheostoma and Its Subgenera; Psychromaster; Litocara; Allohistium; Etheostoma; Ulocentra; Doration; Boleosoma; Ioa; Vaillantia; Nothonotus; ViIIora; Ozarka; Austroperca; OIigocephalus; Catonotus; Hololepis; Microperca; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The darters are a fascinating group of colorful and diminutive freshwater fish whose beauty rivals that of the tropical reef fishes. Native only to North America, the darters occur widely, especially in the United States, but are little known to the general public, largely because of their small size -- few exceed six inches and some measure a mere one inch at maturity.This book is the first comprehensive guide to the darters, covering all named and several undescribed forms -- 140 species in all. Each species account includes a synoptic description to aid in separation of similar species and |
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