Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)

FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes

The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific

Volume 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)


edited by
Kent E. Carpenter
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
and
Volker H. Niem
Marine Resources Service
Species Identification and Data Programme
FAO Fisheries Department


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1999

Change to Volume 1: Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods




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Vol. 2
Change to Volume 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae)




Vol. 3
Volume 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)




Vol. 4
Change to Volume 5: Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae)




Vol. 5
Change to Volume 6: Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals




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ISBN 92-5-104301-9

© FAO 1999

Carpenter, K.E.; Niem, V.H. (eds)
FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae).
Rome, FAO. 1999. pp. 2069-2790.

SUMMARY

This multivolume field guide covers the species of interest to fisheries of the major marine resource groups exploited in the Western Central Pacific. The area of coverage includes FAO Fishing Area 71 and the southwestern portion of Fishing Area 77 corresponding to the South Pacific Commission mandate area. The marine resource groups included are seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, stomatopods, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, holothurians, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes, estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes, and marine mammals. The introductory chapter outlines the environmental, ecological, and biogeographical factors influencing the marine biota, and the basic components of the fisheries in the Western Central Pacific. Within the field guide, the sections on the resource groups are arranged phylogenetically according to higher taxonomic levels such as class, order, and family. Each resource group is introduced by general remarks on the group, an illustrated section on technical terms and measurements, and a key or guide to orders or families. Each family generally has an account summarizing family diagnostic characters, biological and fisheries information, notes on similar families occurring in the area, a key to species, a checklist of species, and a short list of relevant literature. Families that are less important to fisheries include an abbreviated family account and no detailed species information. Species in the important families are treated in detail (arranged alphabetically by genus and species) and include the species name, frequent synonyms and names of similar species, an illustration, FAO common name(s), diagnostic characters, biology and fisheries information, notes on geographical distribution, and a distribution map. For less important species, abbreviated accounts are used. Generally, this includes the species name, FAO common name(s), an illustration, a distribution map, and notes on biology, fisheries, and distribution. Each volume concludes with its own index of scientific and common names.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Vol. 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae)pdf

Order MUGILIFORMESpdf
Mugilidae
Order ATHERINIFORMESpdf
Pseudomugilidae
Atherinidae
Isonidae
Telmatherinidae
Dentatherinidae
Phallostethidae
Order BELONIFORMESpdf
Adrianichthyidae
Belonidae
Exocoetidae
Hemiramphidae
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMESpdf
Aplocheilidae
Poeciliidae
Order STEPHANOBERYCIFORMESpdf
Melamphaidae
Gibberichthyidae
Rondeletiidae
Barbourisiidae
Cetomimidae
Mirapinnidae
Megalomycteridae
Order BERYCIFORMESpdf
Anoplogastridae
Diretmidae
Anomalopidae
Monocentrididae
Trachichthyidae
Berycidae
Holocentridae
Order ZEIFORMESpdf
Parazenidae
Macrurocyttidae
Zeidae
Grammicolepididae
Caproidae
Order GASTEROSTEIFORMESpdf
Pegasidae
Solenostomidae
Syngnathidae
Aulostomidae
Fistulariidae
Macrorhamphosidae
Centriscidae
Order SCORPAENIFORMESpdf
Dactylopteridae
Scorpaenidae
Caracanthidae
Aploactinidae
Triglidae
Bembridae
Platycephalidae
Hoplichthyidae
Cottidae
Psychrolutidae
Order PERCIFORMES: PERCOIDEIpdf
Centropomidae
Ambassidae
Acropomatidae
Symphysanodontidae
Serranidae
Centrogeniidae
Ostracoberycidae
Callanthiidae
Pseudochromidae
Plesiopidae
Notograptidae
Opisthognathidae
Priacanthidae
Apogonidae
Epigonidae
Sillaginidae
Branchiostegidae
Lactariidae
Pomatomidae
Scombropidae
Echeneidae
Rachycentridae
Coryphaenidae
Carangidae

INDEXpdf

LIST OF COLOUR PLATESpdf