04079nam 2200937Ia 450 991079188730332120230721012700.01-283-27715-897866132771520-520-94255-810.1525/9780520942554(CKB)2560000000058280(EBL)656360(OCoLC)703138063(SSID)ssj0000471786(PQKBManifestationID)11338067(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471786(PQKBWorkID)10428627(PQKB)10131873(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055765(MiAaPQ)EBC656360(MdBmJHUP)muse30909(DE-B1597)519906(OCoLC)704275057(DE-B1597)9780520942554(Au-PeEL)EBL656360(CaPaEBR)ebr10448569(CaONFJC)MIL327715(EXLCZ)99256000000005828020081120d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOceanic anglerfishes[electronic resource] extraordinary diversity in the deep sea /Theodore W. PietschBerkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (571 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25542-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-545) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction and Historical Perspective -- 2. What Makes an Anglerfish? -- 3. Biodiversity -- 4. Evolutionary Relationships -- 5. Geographic Distribution -- 6. Bioluminescence and Luring -- 7. Locomotion, Food, and Feeding -- 8. Reproduction and Early Life History -- Introduction -- Families, Genera, and Species of the Ceratioidei -- REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FEMALES -- REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FREE-LIVING MALES -- SYMBOLIC CODES FOR INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEXNo environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes are found there in surprising profusion. Monstrous in appearance, anglerfishes possess a host of unique and spectacular morphological, behavioral, and physiological innovations. In this fully illustrated book, the first to focus on these intriguing fish, Theodore W. Pietsch delivers a comprehensive summary of all that is known about anglerfishes-morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence, and reproduction.AnglerfishesAnglerfishesClassificationabsence of sunlight.anglerfish.behavior.benthic fish.biology.bioluminescence.bony fish.deep sea.diversity.earth sciences.enormous pressure.environmentalism.evolution.geographic distribution.habitation.low food supply.marine biology.morphology.near freezing temperatures.oceanic mid waters.pelagic fish.physiology.reproduction.sexual dimorphism.sexual symbiosis.Anglerfishes.Anglerfishes597/.62Pietsch Theodore W1119210MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791887303321Oceanic anglerfishes3706685UNINA