Directory of Ichthyology Resources

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Fish are cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates breathing by means of gills and having fins supported by skeletal rods called fin-rays. The class includes the bony fishes and the cartilaginous fishes. Ichthyology is the scientific study of fish.

Subcategories

• Bony Fishes
• Cartilaginous Fishes
• Hagfishes
• Lampreys

Resources in This Category

• A Study into the Locomotion of Fishes

  http://www.fisheriesmanagement.co.uk/Fish%20Studies/locomotion_study.htm
  Article explaining how fish swim and why they have developed very different body shapes.

• Australian Museum Fish Department

  http://australianmuseum.net.au/Fishes
  General introduction to ichthyology and information about the museum's research in the classification.

• Basic Fish Anatomy

  http://fish.mongabay.com/anatomy.htm
  Outline of the external features including body shape, head, fins, gills, lateral line, coloring and swim bladder.

• Calypso Publications

  http://www.calypso.org.uk/ourbooks/index2.htm
  Publishers of ichthyological taxonomic texts. Descriptions of publications, book reviews and sample images.

• Dictionary of Ichthyology

  http://www.briancoad.com/Dictionary/Complete%20Dictionary.htm
  Defines terms used in the study of fishes and fisheries.

• Fish Anatomy

  http://www.iowas.co.uk/fish%20anatomy.html
  An illustrated introduction to the external and internal anatomy of the fish.

• Fish on Line

  http://www.fishbase.org/FishOnLine/English/index.htm
  A computer-based course on ichthyology for students in biology or environmental science.

• Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

  http://www.springer.com/life+sci/ecology/journal/10695
  Journal that publishes original research papers in all aspects of fish physiology and biochemistry.

• Fish Scope

  http://depts.washington.edu/fishscop/
  Time-lapse recordings and confocal images dealing with the developmental biology of fish.

• FISH-SCI: Scientific Forum on Fish and Fisheries

  http://segate.sunet.se/archives/fish-sci.html
  Contains the online archives of the mailing list for this forum.

• Fish: A Quick Course in Ichthyology

  http://www.marinebiology.org/fish.htm
  Introduction to the study of ichthyology and the characteristics of fish presented by Jason Buchheim.

• Fishes and Scales

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan02/fishes.html
  Photographic study by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on fish scales and also many photographs of developing fish embryos, with video clips.

• Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Collection

  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/
  Comprehensive searchable fish database that offers fish data, shark research and images.

• Induced Reproduction in Fish

  http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/aquaculture/induced_fish_reproduction
  Many species of fish will not readily reproduce under certain culture conditions. This article describes the natural breeding cycle and the induction of spawning.

• Love Lab

  http://www.lovelab.id.ucsb.edu/
  Features fish research, biology and a list of species that reside off the Pacific coast in North America.

• Neotropical Ichthyological Association

  http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/brasil/
  Formed by a group of ichthyologists and students with a broad range of interests in neotropical fish.

• Peces Criollos

  http://www.pecescriollos.de/
  Permanently up-to-date about systematics of the freshwater fishes from Argentina. Also includes PDF downloads and links.

• Technology for Fish Propagation

  http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5744e/x5744e0c.htm
  Janos Bakos provides comprehensive technical data on the conditions necessary for the reproduction of cultivated fish species.

• Texas Natural History Collections: Ichthyology

  http://www.fishesoftexas.org/
  Images, distribution maps and other data on North American freshwater fish.

• The Ichthyological Society of Japan

  http://www.fish-isj.jp/
  ISJ was established in 1968 to advance the study of fishes and fish biology. There is a meeting each October and it publishes members papers and the Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. In English and Japanese.

• The Identification of Oestrogenic Effects in Wild Fish

  https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290542/sw2-014-tr-e-e.pdf
  Technical report into the occurrence of intersex in roach and gudgeon and the role played by treated sewage effluent in the feminizing effects observed in UK roach populations.

• The Impact of Environmental Levels of Aquatic Contaminants on Atlantic Salmon

  http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/images/aquatic_contaminants.pdf
  Research into the impact of agricultural pesticides on sensitive stages of the life history of Salmonids.

• The Physiological and Metabolic Adaptations of Salmonids

  http://www.fisheriesmanagement.co.uk/Fish%20Studies/adaptations_of_salmonids.htm
  Mat Couchman discusses the environmental influences and changes in lifestyle that create physiological and metabolic adaptations in fish and also deals with their basic nutritional requirements.

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