Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 8: Marine Fishes

Marine Biology on the Net

General Chordate References

• Introduction to the Chordata
  Morphological characteristics of the chordates and also links to additional information.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/chordata.html
  (Added: Mon Jul 02 2001)

Systematics and Characteristics of the Craniates

• Systematics of the Vertebrates
  Includes links to many extinct and extant vertebrates.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/vertsy.html
  (Added: Sat Jan 26 2002)

Class Myxini

• Introduction to the Myxini
  University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology. Images, photos, systematics, more information, and links.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/basalfish/myxini.html
  (Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)

Class Cephalaspidomorphi

• Introduction to the Petromyzontiformes
  Information on lampreys.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/basalfish/petro.html
  (Added: Sat Jan 26 2002)

• Sea Lamprey Control
  Information from the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission.
  http://www.glfc.org/lampcon.php
  (Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)

Subclass Elasmobranchii

• Class Chondrichthyes
  Links to many individual species accounts.
  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/chondrichthyes.html
  (Added: Sat Jan 26 2002)

• Introduction to the Chondrichthyes
  Links to much more information.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/basalfish/chondrintro.html
  (Added: Sat Jan 26 2002)

• Shark Research Program at the U of FL Museum of Natural History
  Includes an image gallery, as well as the International Shark Attack File. Very interesting tables and graphs portraying the data.
  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/sharks.htm
  (Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)

• Sharks and Their Relatives
  Sea World Education Department information on sharks.
  http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Sharks&Rays/home.html
  (Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)

• The Great White Shark
  Images and information. University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology. Images, photos, systematics, more information, and links.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/Doug/shark.html
  (Added: Tue Jul 10 2001)

Primitive Bony Fish

• Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae
  Photographs, information, references on the coelacanth.
  http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/coela.htm
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

• Dinofish.com
  The Coelacanth: Living Fossil. This site contains some information, but of greater utility are the many links to other sites with information on the coelocanth.
  http://www.dinofish.com/
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

Teleosts

• American Fisheries Society Home Page
  The mission of the American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.
  http://www.fisheries.org/
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

• Class Actinopterygii. U of MI site on actinopterygiian fish
  Pictures, much information on the morphology, distribution, and ecology of a large number of fish. Each fish is linked to additional web pages. Images may not be available for display depending on your server.
  http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/actinopterygii.html
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

• Introduction to the Actinopterygii. U of CA at Berkeley,
  Images, photos, systematics, more information, and links.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/actinopterygii/actinintro.html
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

• Marine Fishes of Hawai'i
  A pictorial guide to the families of marine fishes found in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands.
  http://coralreefnetwork.com/marlife/fishes/fishes.htm
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

• Neopterygii. University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology
  Images, photos, systematics, more information, and links.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/actinopterygii/neopterygii.html
  (Added: Wed Jul 11 2001)

Vision in Fishes

• Neuroethology
  Research on vision in fish
  http://www.vims.edu/bridge/index_fritsches.html