Freshwater Fish

by Greenhalgh, Malcolm; Carter, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780811706810
• ISBN10: 0811706818
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(8)
The Origins of European Fish Fauna	8	(2)
River Fish Communities	10	(2)
Lake Fish Communities	12	(2)
Canal and Drain Fish Communities	14	(2)
Conservation Issues	16	(4)
Identifying Fish	20	(2)
Identifying Cyprinids	22	(2)
Family Petromyzonidae
Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus	24	(2)
Lampern Lampetra fluviatilis	26	(2)
Brook Lamprey Lampetra planeri	28	(2)
Danubian Lamprey Eudontomyzon danfordi	30	(2)
Family Acipenseridae
Sturgeon Acipenser sturio	32	(2)
Sterlet Acipenser rutheneus	34	(2)
Family Clupeidae
Twaite Shad Alosa fallax	36	(2)
Allis Shad Alosa alosa	38	(2)
Black Sea Shad Alosa pontica	40	(2)
Family Anguillidae
Eel Anguilla anguilla	42	(2)
Family Esocidae
Pike Esox Iucius	44	(2)
Family Umbridae
European Mudminnow Umbra krameri	46	(2)
Family Salmonidae
Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar	48	(2)
Brown Trout Salmo trutta	50	(2)
Marbled Trout Salmo marmorata	52	(2)
Huchen Hucho hucho	54	(2)
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	56	(2)
Humpback Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha	58	(1)
Adriatic Salmon Salmothymus obtusirostris	59	(1)
Arctic Charr Salvelinus alpinus	60	(2)
Speckled Charr Salvelinus fontinalis	62	(2)
Powan Coregonus lavaretus	64	(2)
Vendace Coregonus albula	66	(2)
Pollan Coregonus autumnalis	68	(2)
Family Thymallidae
Grayling Thymallus thymallus	70	(2)
Family Osmeridae
Smelt Osmerus eperlanus	72	(2)
Family Cyprinidae
Carp Cyprinus carpio	74	(2)
Crucian Carp Carassius carassius	76	(2)
Gibel Carp Carassius auratus	78	(2)
Chub Leuciscus cephalus	80	(2)
Ide Leuciscus idus	82	(2)
Dace Leuciscus leuciscus	84	(2)
Balkan Dace Leuciscus svallise	86	(1)
Soufie Leuciscus souffia	87	(1)
Zeige Pelecus cultratus	88	(2)
Moderlieschen Leucaspius delineatus	90	(2)
Roach Rutilus rutilus	92	(2)
Danube Roach Rutilus pigus	94	(1)
Escalo Roach Rutilus arcasii	95	(1)
Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus	96	(2)
Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus	98	(2)
Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus	100	(2)
Swamp Minnow Phoxinus percnurus	102	(1)
Spanish Minnowcarp Phoxinellus hispanicus	103	(1)
Bream Abramis brama	104	(2)
Blue Bream Abramis ballerus	106	(2)
Danube Bream Abramis sapa	108	(2)
Silver Bream Blicca bjoerkna	110	(2)
Zahrte Vimba vimba	112	(2)
Bleak Alburnus alburnus	114	(2)
Danube Bleak Chalcalburnus chalcoides	116	(1)
Schneider Alburnoides bipunctatus	117	(1)
Asp Aspius aspius	118	(2)
Barbel Barbus barbus	120	(2)
Mediterranean Barbel Barbus meridionalis	122	(2)
Thracian Barbel Barbus cyclolepis	124	(2)
Gudgeon Gobio gobio	126	(2)
White-finned Gudgeon Gobio albipinnatus	128	(1)
Kessler's Gudgeon Gobio kessleri	129	(1)
Danube Gudgeon Gobio uranoscopus	130	(1)
Barbel-Gudgeon Aulopyge hugeli	131	(1)
Tench Tinca tinca	132	(2)
Nase Chondrostoma nasus	134	(2)
Southwest European Nase Chondrostoma toxostoma	136	(2)
Minnow Nase Chondrostoma phoxinus	138	(2)
Identifying Cyprinid Hybrids	140	(2)
Family Cobitidae
Stone Loach Noemacheilus barbulata	142	(2)
Pond Loach Misgurnus fossilis	144	(2)
Spined Loach Cobitis taenia	146	(2)
Family Siluridae
European Catfish Siluris glanis	148	(2)
Aristotle's Catfish Siluris aristotelis	150	(1)
Black Bullhead Ictalurus melas	151	(1)
Family Gadidae
Burbot Lota lota	152	(2)
Family Cyprinodontidae
Spanish Toothcarp Aphanius iberus	154	(1)
Mediterranean Toothcarp Aphanius fasciatus	155	(1)
Family Gasterosteidae
Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus	156	(2)
Nine-spined Stickleback Pungitius pungitius	158	(2)
Family Cottidae
Miller's Thumb Cottus gobio	160	(2)
Family Moronidae
Bass Dicentrarchus labrax	162	(2)
Family Centrarchidae
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides	164	(1)
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu	165	(1)
Family Percidae
Perch Perca fluviatilis	166	(2)
Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus	168	(2)
Striped Ruffe Gymnocephalus schraetzer	170	(1)
Balon's Ruffe Gymnocephalus baloni	171	(1)
Zander Stizostedion lucioperca	172	(2)
Asper Zingel asper	174	(1)
Asprete Romanichthys valsanicola	175	(1)
Streber Zingel streber	176	(1)
Zingel Zingel zingel	177	(1)
Family Mugilidae
Thick-lipped Mullet Chelon labrosus	178	(2)
Thin-lipped Mullet Liza ramada	180	(2)
Family Blennidae
Freshwater Blenny Blennius fluviatilis	182	(1)
Family Gobidae
Common Goby Pomatoschistus microps	183	(1)
Mediterranean and Black Sea Gobies	184	(2)
Family Pleuronectidae
Flounder Platichthys flesus	186	(2)
Glossary	188	(2)
Index	190	(2)
Acknowledgements	192