The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras

FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes
and
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Special Publication No. 5

The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic

Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes and chimaeras


edited by
Kent E. Carpenter
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, USA


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 2002


Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes and chimaeras




Vol. 1
 Change to Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae)




Vol. 2
 Change to Volume 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals




Vol. 3

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 92-5-104825-8

© FAO 2002

Carpenter, K.E. (ed.)
The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras.
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5.
Rome, FAO. 2002. pp. 1-600.

SUMMARY

This 3 volume field guide covers the species of interest to fisheries of the major marine resource groups exploited in the Western Central Atlantic. The area of coverage includes FAO Fishing Area 31. The marine resource groups included are the bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, stomatopods, shrimps, lobsters, crabs, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes, sea turtles, 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 Atlantic. 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. The final volume concludes with an index of scientific and common names.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeraspdf

INTRODUCTION pdf

BIVALVESpdf

General Remarks
Technical Terms and Measurements
Glossary of Technical Terms
Guide to Families Occurring in the Area
List of Families and Species of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
Arcidae
Cardiidae
Corbiculidae
Donacidae
Lucinidae
Mactridae
Mytilidae
Ostreidae
Pectinidae
Pholadidae
Pinnidae
Psammobiidae
Pteriidae
Solecurtidae
Solenidae
Tellinidae
Veneridae

GASTROPODSpdf

General Remarks
Technical Terms and Measurements
Glossary of Technical Terms
Guide to Families Occurring in the Area
List of Families and Species of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
Cassidae
Fasciolariidae
Fissurellidae
Melongenidae
Muricidae
Neritidae
Ranellidae
Strombidae
Trochidae
Turbinellidae
Turbinidae

CEPHALOPODS pdf

General Remarks
Technical Terms and Measurements
Key to Families Occurring in the Area
Order DECAPODIFORMES pdf
Ancistrocheiridae
Architeuthidae
Bathyteuthidae
Brachioteuthidae
Chiroteuthidae
Chtenopterygidae
Cycloteuthidae
Cranchiidae
Enoploteuthidae
Histioteuthidae
Joubiniteuthidae
Lepidoteuthidae
Loliginidae
Lycoteuthidae
Mastigoteuthidae
Neoteuthidae
Octopoteuthidae
Ommastrephidae
Onychoteuthidae
Pholidoteuthidae
Pyroteuthidae
Sepiolidae
Spirulidae
Thysanoteuthidae
Order OCTOPODIFORMES pdf
Alloposidae
Argonautidae
Bolitaenidae
Octopodidae
Ocythoidae
Tremoctopodidae
Cirroteuthidae
Opisthoteuthidae
Stauroteuthidae
Vampyroteuthidae

STOMATOPODSpdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
GeneralRemarks
References
Guide to Families of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
Lysiosquillidae
Squillidae

SHRIMPSpdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
General Remarks
Guide to Families of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
Key to Families of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
List of Families of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
Aristeidae
Penaeidae
Sicyoniidae
Solenoceridae
Palaemonidae
Hippolytidae

LOBSTERSpdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
General Remarks
Guide to Families Occurring in the Area
Key to Families Occurring in the Area
Nephropidae
Synaxidae
Palinuridae
Scyllaridae

TRUE CRABSpdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
General Remarks
Guide to Families of Interest to Fisheries Occurring in the Area
Key to Genera of Selected Families Occurring in the Area
References
Cancridae
Gecarcinidae
Geryonidae
Menippidae
Ocypodidae
Portunidae

HAGFISHESpdf

SHARKSpdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
General Remarks
Key to Families Occurring in the Area
List of Families and Species Occurring in the Area
References
Order HEXANCHIFORMESpdf
Chlamydoselachidae
Hexanchidae
Order SQUALIFORMES pdf
Echinorhinidae
Squalidae
Centrophoridae
Etmopteridae
Somniosidae
Oxynotidae
Dalatiidae
Order SQUATINIFORMES pdf
Squatinidae
Order PRISTIOPHORIFORMESpdf
Pristiophoridae
Order LAMNIFORMESpdf
Odontaspididae
Mitsukurinidae
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Order ORECTOLOBIFORMESpdf
Ginglymostomatidae
Rhincodontidae
Order CARHCARHINIFORMESpdf
Scyliorhinidae
Proscylliidae
Triakidae
Carcharhinidae
Sphyrnidae

RAYS pdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
General Remarks
Key to Families Occurring in the Area
List of Families and Species Occurring in the Area
References
Order TORPEDINIFORMESpdf
Torpedinidae
Narcinidae
Order RAJIFORMESpdf
Pristidae
Rhinobatidae
Rajidae
Dasyatidae
Urotrygonidae
Gymnuridae
Myliobatidae
Rhinopteridae
Mobulidae

CHIMAERASpdf

Technical Terms and Measurements
General Remarks
Key to Families Occurring in the Area
List of Families and Species Occurring in the Area
References
Rhinochimaeridae
Chimaeridae