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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hastings, Philip A., author.

Fishes : a guide to their diversity / Philip Alan Hastings, H.J. Walker, and Grantly R. Galland.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-27872-1 (Cloth) — ISBN 978-0-520-28353-4 (Paper) — ISBN 978-0-520-95933-0 (e-book)

1. Fishes—Anatomy. 2. Fishes—Classification. 3. Fishes—Identification. I. Walker, H. J. (Harold Jack), 1950– author. II. Galland, Grantly R., 1982– author. III. Title.

QL615.H37 2014

597—dc23

2014011258

Manufactured in China

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (R 2002) (Permanence of Paper).

Cover photographs (top to bottom, left to right): Logperch, Percina caprodes; Roosterfish, Nematistius pectoralis; Fantail Filefish, Pervagor spilosoma; Scribbled Pipefish, Corythoichthys intestinalis; Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus; Nightlight Lanternfish, Myctophum lychnobium; Rockmover Wrasse, Novaculichthys taeniourus; Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae; Humpback Anglerfish, Melanocetus johnsonii; Horn Shark, Heterodontus francisci. All specimens and photographs are from the Marine Vertebrate Collection, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.