By Catherine Allen
Grzimek's pupil Animal existence source: Fishes bargains readers accomplished and easy-to-use details on Earth's Fishes. Entries are prepared by way of taxonomy, the technological know-how in which dwelling issues are labeled into similar teams. each one access contains sections on actual features; geographic diversity; habitat; vitamin; habit and copy; fishes and other people; and conservation prestige. kin entries are through a number of species debts and a variety map and picture or representation for every species. Entries finish with an inventory of books, periodicals, and sites that could be used for extra study.
The quantity of Grzimek's scholar Animal lifestyles source: Fishes features a pronunciation advisor for clinical names, a word list, an outline of fishes, a listing of species within the set by means of biome, an inventory of species via geographic situation, and an index. The set has approximately 250 full-color maps, pictures, and illustrations to brighten up the textual content, and sidebars supply extra evidence and similar information.
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Using its biting plate, a hagfish pierces its food and bores into it, eating the soft insides and leaving only the bones and skin or shell. (Illustration by Jacqueline Mahannah. ) Conservation status: Atlantic hagfishes are not threatened or endangered. ■ FOR MORE INFORMATION Books: Gilbert, Carter Rowell, and James D. Williams. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes: North America. New York: Knopf, 2002. Schultz, Ken. Ken Schultz’s Field Guide to Saltwater Fish. New York: Wiley, 2004. , and William C.
Atlantic mantas have a short, whiplike tail. Atlantic mantas are brown to olive-green on the back and white to whitish on the belly. Geographic range: Atlantic mantas live all over the world. Habitat: Atlantic mantas live in open coastal waters. Diet: Atlantic mantas eat animal plankton and freely swimming crustaceans (krus-TAY-shuns), such as shrimp. Behavior and reproduction: Atlantic mantas perform somersaults while feeding. They sometimes leap partially or completely out of the water. They enter shallow reef areas to be cleaned of parasites by small Chimaeras, Sharks, Skates and Rays 17 Atlantic mantas sometimes perform somersaults while feeding.
Schultz, Ken. Ken Schultz’s Field Guide to Freshwater Fish. New York: Wiley, 2004. Schultz, Ken. Ken Schultz’s Field Guide to Saltwater Fish. New York: Wiley, 2004. 36 Grzimek’s Student Animal Life Resource GARS Lepisosteiformes ● Class: Actinopterygii Order: Lepisosteiformes Number of families: 1 family order C H A P T E R PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS phylum Gars have a long snout, or bill, and a long, armored body. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE Gars live in the freshwaters of eastern North America, as far west as Montana in the United States; as far north as Montana and southern Quebec, Canada; and as far south as Central America and Cuba.