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FAO SPECIES CATALOGUE Vol.8. Fusilier fishes of the worldAn annotated and illustrated catalogue
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1988 |
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ISBN 92-5-102746-3
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ABSTRACT This is the eighth in the FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated catalogues of major groups of organisms that enter marine fisheries. The present volume includes 20 caesionid species belonging to 4 genera. It provides comprehensive, illustrated keys and a glossary of technical terms and measurements. Individual accounts of species include drawings, scientific and vernacular names, information on habitat, biology and fisheries, and a distribution map. Lists of nominal species in the family and of valid species by major marine fishing areas follow the species accounts. The work is fully indexed and there is ample reference to pertinent literature. |
PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
CONTENTSINTRODUCTION
SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE
General Aids to IdentificationDiagnostic features of the family CaesionidaeInformation by Species
Notes on the identification of fusiliers
Laboratory key to species
Meristic frequency distribution tables
Field key to species and colour platesLIST OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF CAESIONIDAE
LIST OF SPECIES BY MAJOR MARINE FISHING AREAS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC AND VERNACULAR NAMES