Douglas E. Facey, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Saint Michael’s College, Vermont, USA. Brian W. Bowen, Research Professor, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Bruce B. Collette, Research Associate, NOAA, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. Gene S. Helfman, Emeritus Professor of Ecology, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

• Preface to the third editionPreface to the second editionPreface to the first editionPhylogenetic relationships among living and extinct fish groupsAbout the companion websitePart I – Introduction Chapter 1 – The Science of IchthyologyChapter 2 – Systematic ProceduresPart II – Form, Function, Ontogeny Chapter 3 – Structure and Function of the HeadChapter 4 – Structure and Function of the TrunkChapter 5 – Circulation, Gas Transport, Digestion, Metabolism, and EnergeticsChapter 6 – Nervous and Sensory SystemsChapter 7 – HomeostasisChapter 8 – Reproduction and Early Life HistoryChapter 9 – Juveniles, Age and, GrowthChapter 10 – Special Habitats and AdaptationsPart III – Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and EvolutionChapter 11 – “A History of Fishes”Chapter 12 – ChondrichthyesChapter 13 – Living Representatives of Primitive FishesChapter 14 – Teleosts IChapter 15 – Teleosts IIPart IV – Fish Behavior Chapter 16 – Fishes as Predators and PreyChapter 17 – Fishes as Social AnimalsChapter 18 – Cycles of Activity and BehaviorPart V – Fish Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation Chapter 19 – ZoogeographyChapter 20 – Fish PopulationsChapter 21 – Communities, Ecosystems, and the Functional Role of FishesChapter 22 – ConservationIndex

Douglas E. Facey, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Saint Michael’s College, Vermont, USA. Brian W. Bowen, Research Professor, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Bruce B. Collette, Research Associate, NOAA, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. Gene S. Helfman, Emeritus Professor of Ecology, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

• Preface to the third editionPreface to the second editionPreface to the first editionPhylogenetic relationships among living and extinct fish groupsAbout the companion websitePart I – Introduction Chapter 1 – The Science of IchthyologyChapter 2 – Systematic ProceduresPart II – Form, Function, Ontogeny Chapter 3 – Structure and Function of the HeadChapter 4 – Structure and Function of the TrunkChapter 5 – Circulation, Gas Transport, Digestion, Metabolism, and EnergeticsChapter 6 – Nervous and Sensory SystemsChapter 7 – HomeostasisChapter 8 – Reproduction and Early Life HistoryChapter 9 – Juveniles, Age and, GrowthChapter 10 – Special Habitats and AdaptationsPart III – Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and EvolutionChapter 11 – “A History of Fishes”Chapter 12 – ChondrichthyesChapter 13 – Living Representatives of Primitive FishesChapter 14 – Teleosts IChapter 15 – Teleosts IIPart IV – Fish Behavior Chapter 16 – Fishes as Predators and PreyChapter 17 – Fishes as Social AnimalsChapter 18 – Cycles of Activity and BehaviorPart V – Fish Distribution, Ecology, and Conservation Chapter 19 – ZoogeographyChapter 20 – Fish PopulationsChapter 21 – Communities, Ecosystems, and the Functional Role of FishesChapter 22 – ConservationIndex