Contents
Figures
Tables
Foreword
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Arkansas Fishes: Diversity, Derivation, and Zoogeography
North American Fish Diversity
Arkansas Fish Diversity
Derivation of the North AmericanFish Fauna
Derivation of the Arkansas Fish Fauna
Zoogeographic Concepts and North American Fish Zoogeography
Arkansas Fish Zoogeography
Age of Discovery: 10,000 BC–AD 1850
The Early Years: 1850–1900
Classic Period: 1900–1960
Resurgence: 1960–1987
Post First Edition Modern Period:1988–2019
Terrestrial Ecoregions
Aquatic Ecosystems
Environmental Alterations
Higher Categories of Fish Classification
Linnaean System of Classification and Nomenclature
Common Names
Modern Evolution-BasedSystemsof Classification
Characters
What Is a Species?
The Subspecies Concept
Molecular Techniques
Fishes in Trouble
Introduced Species
Commercial Fishery
Species Accounts
Dichotomous Keys
Counts and Measurements
Key to Arkansas Fish Families
Chapter 8. Order Petromyzontiformes—Lampreys
Family Petromyzontidae Lampreys
Chapter 9. Order Acipenseriformes Sturgeons and Paddlefishes
Family Acipenseridae Sturgeons
Family Polyodontidae Paddlefishes
Family Lepisosteidae Gars
Family Amiidae Bowfins
Chapter 12. Order Hiodontiformes Mooneyes
Family Anguillidae Freshwater Eels
Family Clupeidae Herrings
Chapter 15. Order Cypriniformes Minnows, Carps, Loaches, and Suckers
Family Cyprinidae Carps and Minnows
Family Catostomidae Suckers
Family Ictaluridae North American Catfishes
Family Osmeridae Smelts
Family Salmonidae Trouts and Salmons
Family Esocidae Pikes and Mudminnows
Family Aphredoderidae Pirate Perches
Family Amblyopsidae Cavefishes
Family Mugilidae Mullets
Family Atherinopsidae New World Silversides
Family Fundulidae Topminnows
Family Poeciliidae Livebearers
Family Channidae Snakeheads
Family Cottidae Sculpins
Family Moronidae Temperate Basses
Family Centrarchidae Sunfishes
Family Elassomatidae Pygmy Sunfishes
Family Percidae Perches and Darters
Family Sciaenidae Drums and Croakers
Family Cichlidae Cichlids and Tilapias
Appendix 1. Arkansas Fish Collections
Appendix 2. Preservation of Specimens
Appendix 3. Aids to Identification of Fishes
Appendix 4. Pre-1988 Distribution Maps for Arkansas Fishes
Appendix 5. Checklist of Species and List of Higher Taxonomic Categories of Arkansas Fishes
Glossary
Literature Cited
Index to Common and Scientific Names