Lake Michigan, winding creeks, sprawling swamps, and one of the world's great rivers--Illinois's variety of aquatic habitats makes the Prairie State home to a diverse array of fishes. The first book of its kind in over forty years, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a combination of nature guide and natural history. It provides readers with an authoritative resource based on the extensive biological data collected by scientists since the mid-1850s. Each of the entries on Illinois's 217 current and extirpated fish species offers one or more color photographs; maps depicting distributions at three time periods; descriptions of identifying features; notes on habitat preference; and comments on distribution. In addition, the authors provide a pictorial key for identifying Illinois fishes. Scientifically up-to-date and illustrated with over 240 color photos, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a benchmark in the study of Illinois's ever-changing fish communities and the habitats that support them.

An Atlas of Illinois Fishes: 150 Years of Change

History

Metzke, Brian A.

Burr, Brooks M.

Hinz Jr., Leon C.

Page, Lawrence M.

Taylor, Christopher A.

Americas

University of Illinois Press

Gives the description, size, range, habitat, and behavior of 790 species of fish

Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America, North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Science & Math

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

national-wildlife-federation

Biological Sciences

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

The first comprehensive field guide to freshwater fishes - covers all 790 species known in the United States and Canada. More than 700 illustrations, most in color, show identifying marks. Also includes 377 distribution maps and additional drawings of key details.

A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America, North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide)

There are nearly 1,000 species of freshwater fishes in North America alone, and identifying them can sometimes be a daunting task. In fact, in just the twenty years since publication of the first edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, the number of species has risen by almost 150, including 19 marine invaders and 16 newly established nonnative species. This second edition incorporates all of these new species, plus all-new maps and a collection of new and revised plates. Some of the species can be told apart only by minute differences in coloration or shape, and these beautifully illustrated plates reveal exactly how to distinguish each species. The guide includes detailed maps and information showing where to locate each species of fish—whether that species can be found in miles-long stretches of river or small pools that cover only dozens of square feet. The ichthyologic world of the twenty-first century is not the same as it was in the twentieth, and this brand-new edition of the definitive field guide to freshwater fishes reflects these many changes.

Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition (Peterson Field Guides)

Reference

Mariner Books

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