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Download or read book Soft-rayed Bony Fishes: Orders Isospondyli and Giganturoidei written by Henry B. Bigelow and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part Four in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes the argentinoids, stomiatoids, pickerles, bathylaconids, and giganturids. Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.