1st Edition

Development of Non-teleost Fishes

Edited By Yvette W Kunz, Carl A. Luer, B.G. Kapoor Copyright 2009
309 Pages
by CRC Press

A compilation of the development of non-teleost fishes has so far been unavailable. These fishes include the jawless fishes (hagfish and lampreys), the cartilaginous fishes (sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras), the forerunners of the teleostei: the cladistia (bichirs and reedfish), the chondrostei (sturgeon and paddlefish, the neopterygii (gar pike and bowfin), and, finally, the closest relations... Read more

Preface
Embryonic Development of Chondrichthyan Fishes-A Review Jennifer T. Wyffels
Staging of the Early Development of Polypterus (Cladistia: Actinopterygii) Salif Diedhiou and Peter Bartsch
Early Development of Acipenseriformes (Chondrostei: Actinopterygii) Teresa Ostaszewska and Konrad Dabrowski
Early Ontogeny of Semionotiformes and Amiiformes (Neopterygii: Actinopterygii) Marta Jaroszewska and Konrad Dabrowski
Early Development in Sarcopterygian Fishes Felisa Kershaw, Gregory H. Joss and Jean M.P. Joss
Subject Index
Species Index
Color Plate Section

Biography

Kunz, Yvette W ; Luer, Carl A.; Kapoor, B.G.