Freshwater Fish
The Natural History of Over 160 Native European Species
Published on 21. October 1999
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-84000-144-0 (ISBN)
Description
European lakes, rivers, reservoirs and canals are home to a huge number of fish species. In this book, Malcolm Greenhalgh explores over 160 species, from primitive lamprey to the Atlantic salmon and from the massive sturgeon to the tiny guppy. Understanding fish is the key to finding them, and the author therefore explains the appearance, range, habitat, courtship, breeding, life-cycle and feeding behaviour of each species. The book is organized by fish family and closely related species are grouped together, so that minor differences in appearance or behaviour can be easily recognized. The author also explores the conservation issues that threaten fish throughout Europe, including the effects of introducing fish to areas where they would not occur naturally, as well as pollution and over-fishing.
European lakes, rivers, reservoirs and canals are home to a huge number of fish species. In this book, Malcolm Greenhalgh explores over 160 species, from primitive lamprey to the Atlantic salmon and from the massive sturgeon to the tiny guppy. Understanding fish is the key to finding them, and the author therefore explains the appearance, range, habitat, courtship, breeding, life-cycle and feeding behaviour of each species. The book is organized by fish family and closely related species are grouped together, so that minor differences in appearance or behaviour can be easily recognized. The author also explores the conservation issues that threaten fish throughout Europe, including the effects of introducing fish to areas where they would not occur naturally, as well as pollution and over-fishing.
European lakes, rivers, reservoirs and canals are home to a huge number of fish species. In this book, Malcolm Greenhalgh explores over 160 species, from primitive lamprey to the Atlantic salmon and from the massive sturgeon to the tiny guppy. Understanding fish is the key to finding them, and the author therefore explains the appearance, range, habitat, courtship, breeding, life-cycle and feeding behaviour of each species. The book is organized by fish family and closely related species are grouped together, so that minor differences in appearance or behaviour can be easily recognized. The author also explores the conservation issues that threaten fish throughout Europe, including the effects of introducing fish to areas where they would not occur naturally, as well as pollution and over-fishing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Illustrations
110 illustrations, 76 maps, 60 colour photographs, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 228 mm
Weight
948 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84000-144-0 (9781840001440)
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Malcolm Greenhalgh has studied fish and fishing throughout Europe, North America and the West Indies and regularly demonstrates at major angling shows in Britain and Europe. He contributes to Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying and Salmon, Trout and Sea Trout magazines, is general editor of The Complete Book of Fly-fishing and author of Trout-Fishing in Rivers; Lake, Loch and Reservoir Trout Fishing; The Complete Salmon Fisher; The Fly-Fisher's Handbook (with Denys Ovenden) and The Salmon and Sea Trout Fisher's Handbook (with Hugh Falkus).
Malcolm Greenhalgh has studied fish and fishing throughout Europe, North America and the West Indies and regularly demonstrates at major angling shows in Britain and Europe. He contributes to Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying and Salmon, Trout and Sea Trout magazines, is general editor of The Complete Book of Fly-fishing and author of Trout-Fishing in Rivers; Lake, Loch and Reservoir Trout Fishing; The Complete Salmon Fisher; The Fly-Fisher's Handbook (with Denys Ovenden) and The Salmon and Sea Trout Fisher's Handbook (with Hugh Falkus).
Malcolm Greenhalgh has studied fish and fishing throughout Europe, North America and the West Indies and regularly demonstrates at major angling shows in Britain and Europe. He contributes to Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying and Salmon, Trout and Sea Trout magazines, is general editor of The Complete Book of Fly-fishing and author of Trout-Fishing in Rivers; Lake, Loch and Reservoir Trout Fishing; The Complete Salmon Fisher; The Fly-Fisher's Handbook (with Denys Ovenden) and The Salmon and Sea Trout Fisher's Handbook (with Hugh Falkus).
Content
Introduction: origins of the European fish fauna; fish communities - rivers, lakes and canals; conservation issues; identifying fish; indentifying cyprinids. Part 1 Petromyzonidae family: sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus; lampern, Lampetra fluviatilis; brook lamprey, Lampetra planeri; Danubian lamprey, Eudontomyzon danfordi. Part 2 Acipenseridae family: sturgeon, Acipenser sturio; sterlet, Acipenser rutheneus. Part 3 Clupeidae family: twaite shad, Alosa fallax; Allis shad, Alosa alosa; Black Sea shad, Alosa pontica. Part 4 Anguillidae family: eel, Anguilla anguilla. Part 5 Esocidae family: pike, Esox lucius. Part 6 Umbridae family: European mudminnow, Umbra krameri. Part 7 Salmonidae family: Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar; brown trout, Salmo trutta; marbled trout, Salmo marmorata; huchen, Hucho hucho; rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss; humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gobusca; Adriatic salmon, Salmothymus obtusirostris; Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus; speckled charr, Salvelinus fontinalis; powan , Coregonus lavaretus; vendace, Coregonus albula; pollan, Coregonus autumnalis. Part 8 Thymallidae family: grayling, Thymallus thymallus. Part 9 Osmeridae family: smelt, Osmerus eperlanus. Part 10 Cyprinidae family: carp, Cyprinus carpio; crucian carp, Carassius carassius; gibel carp, Carassius auratus; chub, Leuciscus cephalus; ide, Leuciscus idus; dace, Leuciscus leuciscus; Balkan dace, Leuciscus svallise; soufie, Leuciscus souffia; zeige, Pelecus cutratus; moderlieschen, Leucaspius delineatus; roach, Rutilus rutilus; Danube roach, Rutilus pigus; escalo roach, Rutilus arcasii; rudd, scarcinus erythrophthalmus; bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus; minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus; swamp minnow; phoxinus percnurus; Spanish minnowcarp, phoxinellus hispanicus; bream, Abramis brama; blue dream, Abramis ballerus; Danube bream, Abramis sapa; silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna; zahrte, Vimba vimba; bleak, Alburnus alburnus; Danube bleak, Chalcalburnus chalcoides; schneider Albrunoides bipunctatus; asp, Aspius aspius; barbel, Barbus barbus; Mediterranean barbel, Barbus meridionali; Thracian barbel, Barbus cyclolepis; gudgeon, Gobio gobio; white-finned gudgeon, Gobio albipinnatus; kessler's gudgeon, Gobio kessleri; Danube gudgeon, Gobio uranoscopus; barbel-gudgeon, Aulopyge hugeli; tench tinca tinca; nase, Chondrostoma toxostoma; south-west European nase, Chondrostoma toxostoma; minnow nase, Chondrostoma phoxinus; identifying cyprinid hybrids. Part 11 Cobitidae family: stone loach, noemacheilus barbulatus; pond loach, Misgurnis fossilis; spined loach, Cobitis taenia. Part 12 Siluridae family: European catfish, Siluris glanis; Aristotle's catfish, Siluris aristotelis. Part 13 Gadidae family: burbot Lota lota. Part 14 Cyprinodontidae family: Spanish toothcarp, Aphanius iberus; Mediterranean toothcarp, Aphanius fasciatus. Part 15 Gasterosteidae family: three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; nine-spined sticklback, Pungitius pungitius. Part 16 Cottidae family: miller's thumb,