Groupers of the World

A Field and Market Guide
About the book
Groupers of the World is a detailed but easy-to-use guide to all of the more than 160 recognised species of these mostly large, colourful, tropical reef fishes, also known as rockcod.
The book has detailed line drawings of each species and more than 350 colour photographs depicting the living fish in their natural habitat as well as dead specimens, mostly photographed in markets. Photographs show distinctive colour differences between adults and juveniles, as well as regional colour variations. The wealth of photographs and illustrations together with clear descriptions allow for reliable identification of any of the species, even by those unfamiliar with groupers.
Together with the outstanding photographs of these remarkable and important fishes, Groupers of the World has up-to-date biological, ecological and population information for each species, including an assessment of conservation status. Individual colour maps and descriptions summarise the known distribution of each of the groupers. The bibliography of almost 1000 references will be very useful to anyone working in the field.
Groupers of the World: a Field and Market Guide is an indispensable publication for fisheries scientists and managers, as well as for divers, anglers and those with an interest in reef fishes in general.
Contents
- Foreword
- INTRODUCTION TO GROUPERS
- Biology, ecology and distribution
- Status of grouper fisheries
- Conservation status of groupers
- Systematics of groupers
- OUTLINE OF THE GUIDE
- Using the species accounts
- Biological data and IUCN criteria
- Glossary of terms
- SPECIES ACCOUNTS
- Alphestes species
- Anyperodon species
- Cephalopholis species
- Cromileptes species
- Dermatolepis species
- Epinephelus species
- Gonioplectrus species
- Gracila species
- Hyporthodus species
- Mycteroperca species
- Paranthias species
- Plectropomus species
- Saloptia species
- Triso species
- Variola species
- APPENDIX
- Bibliography
- Databases
- Index
- Contributors to species accounts
- Acknowledgements
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