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The Biology of Gobies book cover

1st Edition

The Biology of Gobies

Edited By Robert Patzner, James L. Van Tassell, Marcelo Kovacic, B. G. Kapoor Copyright 2012
702 Pages 19 Color & 112 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

702 Pages
by CRC Press
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Among all vertebrates, gobies are second in diversity only to the teleost family Cyprinidae. The Gobiidae consists of more than 200 genera and nearly 2,000 species and make up the largest family of marine fishes. Gobies account for as much as 50% of the energy flow in coral reef communities. Their small size, ability to adapt to numerous ecological niches and to be bred in aquaria has led to... Read more

SECTION 1: SYSTEMATICS
A History of Gobioid Morphological Systematics: James L. Van Tassell, Luke Tornabene and Michael S. Taylor
Molecular Systematics of Gobioid Fishes: Lukas Rüber and Ainhoa Agorreta
Systematics of Rhyacichthyidae: Helen K. Larson
Systematics of Odontobutidae: Akihisa lwata
Systematics of Butidaeand Eleotridae: Christine Thacker
Systematics of Gobionellidae: Frank Pezold
Systematics of Oxudercinae: Edward Murdy
Systematics of Amblyopinae: Edward Murdy
Systematics of Sicydiinae: Philippe Keith and Clara Lord
Systematics of Gobiidae: Christine Thackekr

SECTION 2: ZOOGEOGRAPHY
Gobiidae of the Americas: James L. Van Tassell
North-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Gobies: Marcelo Kovacic and Robert A. Patzner
Diversity and Distribution of Marine, Euryhaline and Amphidromous Gobies fromWestern, Central and SouthernAfrica: Ulrich K. Schliewen
The Marine Temperate Gobioids of Southern Australia and the New Zealand Region: Helen K. Larson
Tropical Freshwater Gobies: Amphidromy as a Life Cycle: Philippe Keith and Clara Lord
Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Gobies from the Mediterranean, the Black and Caspian Seas: Jörg Freyhof

SECTION 3: GENERAL BIOLOGY
Gobies as Predator and Prey: C. Dieter Zander
Morphological Adaptations to Special Environments of Gobies: C. Dieter Zander
Morphological Organization and Variability of the Reproductive Apparatus in Gobies: Carlotta Mazzoldi Robert A. Patzner and Maria B. Rasotto
Early Development of Gobies: Rita Borges; Cláudia Faria; Fátima Gil and Emanuel J. Gonçalves

SECTION 4: ECOLOGY
Planktonic and Paedomorphic Gobioids: Mario La Mesa
Gobies on Coral Reefs: Juergen Herler Philip L. Munday and Vanessa Hernaman
Gobies as Cleaners: Isabelle M. Côté and Marta C. Soares
The Partnership between Gobiid Fishes and Burrowing Alpheid Shrimps: Ilan Karplus and Andrew Richard Thompson
Mudskippers: Front Runners in the Modern Invasion of Land: Atsushi Ishimatsu and Tomas T. Gonzales

Biography

James L. Van Tassell, Robert Patzner, Marcelo Kovacic, B.G. Kapoor

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