This book provides a comprehensive and current source of information on fishes―including systematics, zoogeography, behavior, and conservation of fishes―that is often needed by professionals as background for writing accurate reports. KEY TOPICS: This book covers the structure and physiology, evolution and taxonomy, zoogeography, and ecology and conservation of fishes. MARKET: For fisheries biologists, conservation biologists, and aquatic ecologists that need an up-to-date reference on Ichthyology.