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Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes.It was first written in 1976 by the American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011). Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classification of the 30,000-plus fish species known to science.
Fishes are a paraphyletic group and for this reason, the class Pisces seen in older reference works is no longer used in formal taxonomy.Traditional classification divides fish into three extant classes (Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes), and with extinct forms sometimes classified within those groups, sometimes as their own classes: [1]
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer.
Pages in category "Fish of the Atlantic Ocean" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 504 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The ninespine stickleback is a euryhaline and eurythermal species of teleost fish, occupying both freshwater and marine habitats in higher latitudes of the world. Recently, this species has been under great examination due to pond populations' adaptations of morphology, life history, and behavior which separates them from their marine ...
Scatophagidae was first formally described as a family in 1883 by the American ichthyologist Theodore Nicholas Gill. [1] They are classified in the superfamily Siganiodea, along with the rabbitfishes of the family Siganidae, within the suborder Percoidei in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World. [2]
[6] [7] Three of the gobies, A. stamineus, L. concolor and S. stimpsoni, are famous for their ability to climb waterfalls to reach higher sections of freshwater streams. [7] Several other species have been introduced to the freshwater habitats of Hawaii and some of these are invasive. [8]
Perciformes Temporal range: Early Paleocene–recent Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Clade: Percomorpha Order: Perciformes Bleeker, 1863 Type species Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 Suborders See text Perciformes, also called the Acanthopteri, is an order ...