'It is a magnificent and stimulating piece of work ...' The Biologist 'There is no doubt that Cyprinids is an important book which should be in all University and other libraries where fish biology is the chief occupation.' Journal of Fish Biology ' ...draws the knowledge of over thirty international experts to provide the first comprehensive account of the biology of the family.' Aquaculture News 'The importance of cyprinids in world fisheries and aquaculture ensures that this book will be of great interest to many working in these fields.' Aquaculture News ' ...succeeds remarkably well in its aim to review the vast literature of cyprinid biology in a readable form...should be, and probably is already, a standard reference for ichthyologists and their students.' Copeia

• 1 Systematics and biogeography: an overview.- 2 The fossil record of the Cyprinidae.- 3 Morphometric investigations in cyprinid biology.- 4 Molecular and cytological investigations.- 5 Cyprinids of Eurasia.- 6 Cyprinids of South East Asia.- 7 Cyprinids of Africa.- 8 Cyprinids of the New World.- 9 Cyprinids of Australasia.- 10 Brain and sensory systems.- 11 Acoustico-lateralis system.- 12 Diets and feeding behavior.- 13 Food capture and oral processing.- 14 Digestion.- 15 Physiological energetics and ecophysiology.- 16 Growth and production.- 17 Reproduction and life history.- 18 Social behaviour, homing and migration.- 19 Interspecific interactions.- 20 The role of cyprinids in ecosystems.- 21 Fisheries.- 22 Aquaculture.- Author index.- Taxonomic index.

'It is a magnificent and stimulating piece of work ...' The Biologist 'There is no doubt that Cyprinids is an important book which should be in all University and other libraries where fish biology is the chief occupation.' Journal of Fish Biology ' ...draws the knowledge of over thirty international experts to provide the first comprehensive account of the biology of the family.' Aquaculture News 'The importance of cyprinids in world fisheries and aquaculture ensures that this book will be of great interest to many working in these fields.' Aquaculture News ' ...succeeds remarkably well in its aim to review the vast literature of cyprinid biology in a readable form...should be, and probably is already, a standard reference for ichthyologists and their students.' Copeia

• 1 Systematics and biogeography: an overview.- 2 The fossil record of the Cyprinidae.- 3 Morphometric investigations in cyprinid biology.- 4 Molecular and cytological investigations.- 5 Cyprinids of Eurasia.- 6 Cyprinids of South East Asia.- 7 Cyprinids of Africa.- 8 Cyprinids of the New World.- 9 Cyprinids of Australasia.- 10 Brain and sensory systems.- 11 Acoustico-lateralis system.- 12 Diets and feeding behavior.- 13 Food capture and oral processing.- 14 Digestion.- 15 Physiological energetics and ecophysiology.- 16 Growth and production.- 17 Reproduction and life history.- 18 Social behaviour, homing and migration.- 19 Interspecific interactions.- 20 The role of cyprinids in ecosystems.- 21 Fisheries.- 22 Aquaculture.- Author index.- Taxonomic index.

'It is a magnificent and stimulating piece of work ...' The Biologist 'There is no doubt that Cyprinids is an important book which should be in all University and other libraries where fish biology is the chief occupation.' Journal of Fish Biology ' ...draws the knowledge of over thirty international experts to provide the first comprehensive account of the biology of the family.' Aquaculture News 'The importance of cyprinids in world fisheries and aquaculture ensures that this book will be of great interest to many working in these fields.' Aquaculture News ' ...succeeds remarkably well in its aim to review the vast literature of cyprinid biology in a readable form...should be, and probably is already, a standard reference for ichthyologists and their students.' Copeia

• 1 Systematics and biogeography: an overview.- 2 The fossil record of the Cyprinidae.- 3 Morphometric investigations in cyprinid biology.- 4 Molecular and cytological investigations.- 5 Cyprinids of Eurasia.- 6 Cyprinids of South East Asia.- 7 Cyprinids of Africa.- 8 Cyprinids of the New World.- 9 Cyprinids of Australasia.- 10 Brain and sensory systems.- 11 Acoustico-lateralis system.- 12 Diets and feeding behavior.- 13 Food capture and oral processing.- 14 Digestion.- 15 Physiological energetics and ecophysiology.- 16 Growth and production.- 17 Reproduction and life history.- 18 Social behaviour, homing and migration.- 19 Interspecific interactions.- 20 The role of cyprinids in ecosystems.- 21 Fisheries.- 22 Aquaculture.- Author index.- Taxonomic index.