Freshwater Fishes of the Eastern Himalayas

Waikhom Vishwanath (Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, India)

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Academic Press Inc
27 July 2021

Food manufacturing & related industries; Medical microbiology & virology; Food & beverage technology

Freshwater Fishes of the Eastern Himalayas provides a guide to describe the internationally accepted methods used in the accurate identification of fishes, morphometry, i.e., body proportions, meristics, i.e., counts of countable characters, viz., scales, fin rays, pores, vertebrae etc., characters of bones wherever necessary, special characters, viz., serrations of fin spines, axillary lobes, lobes, color patterns, etc. All the available taxa of the region are covered, making this an essential reference that provides the original description of genera and species. Diagnostic characters in the book can be easily examined by an unaided eye or by a binocular dissecting microscope with transmitted light.

By: Waikhom Vishwanath (Department of Life Sciences Manipur University India)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9780128233917
ISBN 10: 0128233915
Pages: 430
Publication Date: 27 July 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Methods Adopted 3. Systematic Index 4. Systematic Account 5. Miscellaneous Notes

The author has been working in the field of freshwater fish taxonomy since 1980, published more than 100 research papers, authored/co-authored 7 books, discovered more than 90 new species, redescribed some species and solved taxonomic problems of several species.