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Phylogeny, Anatomy and Physiology of Ancient Fishes

Phylogeny, Anatomy and Physiology of Ancient Fishes

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book on ancient fishes unites the work of many specialists coming from different areas of biology. Hagfishes, lungfishes, Chondrosteans, and Holosteans constitute the main subject of study. Fossil records and extant species are compared to establish the conservation or the degeneration of specific characters. However, phylogenetic relationships have mostly been revisited in the light of new molecular and developmental data. The morphology of several organs is also revisited. This volume includes a phylogenetic account of the cardiac outflow tract, and the particulars of the heart and circulation in lungfishes. The control of breathing and the lung-swim bladder issue is discussed. The developmental anatomy of the sturgeon gut and accounts of the gut structure in lungfishes and garfishes are also included. Biochemical and physiological aspects of the behavior of lungfishes and gars are presented. Reports on the fish olfactory system, and on the amazing slime glands of hagfishes, are also covered.

Book information

ISBN: 9780367377526
Publisher: CRC Press
Imprint: CRC Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 567
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 305
Weight: 607g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 23mm