Published 1992 Rotterdam by A.A. Balkema. -- Well illustrated with zoological drawings, charts, tables. -- Hardcover, printed cover. Condition: near fine. ISBN 9061919541.

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Title

Air-breathing Fishes of India; Their Structure, Function and Life History.

Publisher

Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema.

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

9061919541

ISBN 13

9789061919544

Binding

Hardcover

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A study of air-breathing fishes of India, which have become of great interest in recent years and provide a major source of protein in regions which are liable both to drought and flooding.

Synopsis

The air-breathing fishes of India have become of great interest in recent years for several reasons. These include the many adaptations of their respiratory and cardiovascular system of obtaining oxygen from air and/or water, adaptations in their food and feeding habitats, reproduction and behaviour. In addition, they provide an important source of protein in regions which are liable to both drought and flooding.;

Topics: Palaeoecology; Habitat of air-breathing fishes; Air-breathing teleosts; Food and feeding habitats; Alimentary canal system; Gills of air-breathing fishes; Accessory respiratory organs; Morphometrics of respiratory organs; Gas exchange; Circulatory system; Haematology; The integument; Urinogenital system; Sexual dimorphism; Size and matirity; Sex-ratio, fecundity, parental case and egg structure; Reproductive cycle; Spawning behaviour; Embryonic and larval development; Growth; Cranial muscles of air-breathing fishes-, Histophysiology of respiratory muscles; Eye muscles and myodomes; Structure of brain; Pineal organs; Structure of eye; Olfactory organs; Structure of thyroid; Oituitary glands; Hypothalamo-neurohypophysial complex; Cytogenetics of fishes; Culture of commercially important air-breathing fishes; References; Index.

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