Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas (Princeton Field Guides)

Field Guide to the Fishes of the , Orinoco, and Guianas provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater ia, a vast and still mostly remote region of tropical rainforests, seasonally flooded savannas, and meandering lowland rivers.The guide’s contributors include more than fifty expert scientists. This richly illustrated guide contains 700 detailed drawings, 190 color photos, and 500 distribution maps, which cover all genera. The and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to 564 genera. An extensive and illustrated glossary helps readers with the identification keys.The first complete overview of the fish diversity in the , Orinoco, and Guianas, this comprehensive guide is essential for anyone interested in the freshwater life inhabiting this part of the world.First complete overview of th

He is the coeditor of Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes. James S. . Albert is professor of biology at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Peter van der Sleen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Marine Science Institute of the University of Texas, Austin

There are no similar books on the market."--Jansen Zuanon, National Institute for ian Research. Rocha, California Academy of Sciences"Field Guide to the Fishes of the , Orinoco, and Guianas is an outstanding contribution to the field of neotropical ichthyology. From the Back Cover"This is an extremely valuable guide to the genera of fishes in the . Contributors include every prominent ichthyologist working on ian fishes today, making this an essential guide to the field."--Luiz A