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

FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes

The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific

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


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, 2001


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




Vol. 1
Change to Volume 2: Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks




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




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




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




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




Vol. 6

Table of Contents


The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

ISBN 92-5-104589-5

© FAO 2001

Carpenter, K.E.; Niem, V.H. (eds)
FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals.
Rome, FAO. 2001. pp. 3381-4218.

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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Volume 6: Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and
marine mammalspdf

BONY FISHES

Order PERCIFORMES: LABROIDEIpdf
Labridae
Scaridae
Order PERCIFORMES: ZOARCOIDEIpdf
Zoarcidae
Order PERCIFORMES: TRACHINOIDEIpdf
Chiasmodontidae
Champsodontidae
Pholidichthyidae
Pinguipedidae
Trichonotidae
Creediidae
Percophidae
Leptoscopidae
Ammodytidae
Uranoscopidae
Order PERCIFORMES: BLENNIOIDEIpdf
Tripterygiidae
Clinidae
Blenniidae
Order PERCIFORMES: GOBIESOCOIDEIpdf
Gobiesocidae
Order PERCIFORMES: CALLIONYMOIDEIpdf
Callionymidae
Draconettidae
Order PERCIFORMES: GOBIOIDEIpdf
Eleotridae
Gobiidae
Kraemeriidae
Xenisthmidae
Microdesmidae
Schindleriidae
Order PERCIFORMES: KURTOIDEIpdf
Kurtidae
Order PERCIFORMES: ACANTHUROIDEIpdf
Ephippidae
Scatophagidae
Siganidae
Zanclidae
Acanthuridae
Order PERCIFORMES: SCOMBROLABRACOIDEIpdf
Scombrolabracidae
Order PERCIFORMES: SCOMBROIDEIpdf
Sphyraenidae
Gempylidae
Trichiuridae
Scombridae
Xiphiidae
Istiophoridae
Order PERCIFORMES: STROMATEOIDEIpdf
Amarsipidae
Centrolophidae
Nomeidae
Ariommatidae
Tetragonuridae
Stromateidae
Order PLEURONECTIFORMESpdf
Psettodidae
Citharidae
Bothidae
Paralichthyidae
Pleuronectidae
Soleidae
Cynoglossidae
Order TETRAODONTIFORMESpdf
Triacanthodidae
Triacanthidae
Balistidae
Monacanthidae
Ostraciidae
Aracanidae
Triodontidae
Tetraodontidae
Diodontidae
Molidae
Class SARCOPTERYGII: Order COELACANTHIFORMESpdf
Latimeriidae

ESTUARINE CROCODILESpdf

SEA TURTLESpdf

SEA SNAKESpdf

MARINE MAMMALSpdf

INDEXpdf

COMPLETE INDEXpdf

COLOUR PLATESpdf