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Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes : an Identification Guide

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2005
ISBN
978-0-203-50021-7, 0203500210
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
195 MB (204397160 bytes)
Pages
1499\2666
Time added
2015-07-19 05:00:00

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The Family Serranidae comprises some of the most valuable commercial and recreational marine fishes in the world. The most notable as food fishes are the groupers and black sea basses. Most serranid species are tropical, but several occur in temperate waters, and a few enter freshwater. The family is very large, with about 62 genera and 449 species worldwide (Nelson 1994). We follow Johnson (1983) in dividing the Serranidae into three subfamilies: Serraninae, Epinephelinae, and Anthiinae. The Epinephelinae are divided into tribes following Baldwin & Johnson (1993). These are convenient b. Read more... Abstract: The Family Serranidae comprises some of the most valuable commercial and recreational marine fishes in the world. The most notable as food fishes are the groupers and black sea basses. Most serranid species are tropical, but several occur in temperate waters, and a few enter freshwater. The family is very large, with about 62 genera and 449 species worldwide (Nelson 1994). We follow Johnson (1983) in dividing the Serranidae into three subfamilies: Serraninae, Epinephelinae, and Anthiinae. The Epinephelinae are divided into tribes following Baldwin & Johnson (1993). These are convenient b

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