Frogfishes Biodiversity Zoogeography and Behavioral Ecology 1st edition by Theodore Pietsch, Rachel Arnold ISBN 9781421432533 1421432536

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ISBN 10: 1421432536
ISBN 13: 9781421432533
Author:  Theodore W. Pietsch, Rachel J. Arnold 

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

• Historical Perspective
• Structure of This Volume

2. Approach and Procedures

3. What Makes a Frogfish?

• Illicial Apparatus and Associated Cephalic Spines
• Dermal Spinules
• Gill Filaments
• Opercular Opening
• Caudal Peduncle
• Acoustico-Lateralis System
• Fin Rays
• Warts
• Cutaneous Appendages
• Maxilla
• Ovarian Morphology
• Color and Color Pattern

4. Biodiversity

• Family Antennariidae Jarocki
• Classification of the Antennariidae
• Subfamily Antennariinae Gill
• Key to the Known Genera of the Subfamily Antennariinae
• Genus Fowlerichthys Barbour
• Genus Antennarius Daudin
• Antennarius striatus Group Pietsch
• Antennarius pictus Group Pietsch
• Antennarius biocellatus Group Pietsch
• Antennarius pauciradiatus Group Pietsch
• Genus Nudiantennarius Schultz
• Genus Histrio Fischer
• Genus Abantennarius Schultz
• Genus Antennatus Schultz
• Subfamily Histiophryninae Arnold and Pietsch
• Key to the Known Genera of the Subfamily Histiophryninae
• Genus Rhycherus Ogilby
• Genus Porophryne Arnold, Harcourt, and Pietsch
• Genus Kuiterichthys Pietsch
• Genus Phyllophryne Pietsch
• Genus Echinophryne McCulloch and Waite
• Genus Tathicarpus Ogilby
• Genus Lophiocharon Whitley
• Genus Histiophryne Gill
• Genus Allenichthys Pietsch
• Species Incertae Sedis
• The Fossil Record

5. Evolutionary Relationships

• Ordinal Relationships
• Subordinal and Familial Relationships
• Key to the Major Subgroups of the Lophiiformes
• Interrelationships of Antennariid Genera and Species Groups
• Morphological Evidence
• Molecular Evidence
• Reconciling the Evidence
• Phylogenetic Position of Fowlerichthys
• Phylogenetic Position of Antennarius indicus
• Intrarelationships of the Antennarius striatus Group
• Phylogenetic Positions of the Antennarius pauciradiatus and Antennarius biocellatus Groups
• Antennatus and the Resurrection of Abantennarius
• Phylogenetic Position of Histrio
• Phylogenetic Position of Nudiantennarius
• Phylogenetic Position of Allenichthys
• Phylogeny, Life History, and Geographic Distribution

6. Zoogeography

• Horizontal Distribution
• Wide-Ranging Species
• Western Atlantic Endemics
• Eastern Atlantic Endemics
• Western Indian Ocean Endemic
• Indo-West Pacific Endemic
• Indo-Pacific Species
• Indo-Australian Species
• Southern Australian Endemics
• Japanese Endemic
• Hawaiian and Johnston Atoll Endemic
• Eastern Pacific Endemics
• Vertical Distribution
• Ecological Zoogeography
• Temperature
• Continental versus Insular Species
• Historical Zoogeography
• Generalized Track
• Atlantic-Indo-Pacific Track
• Amphi-American Track
• Trans-Atlantic Track
• Indo-Pacific Track
• Indo-Australian Track
• Southern-Australian Track
• Evidence for Dispersal

7. Behavioral Ecology

• Feeding Dynamics
• Aggressive Mimicry
• Protective Resemblance
• Functional Morphology
• Aggressive Resemblance and Foraging-Site Selection
• Feeding Behavior and Biomechanics
• Voracity and Cannibalism
• Defensive Behavior
• Aggression
• Body Inflation
• Venom and Poison
• Locomotion
• Functional Anatomy of the Pectoral Girdle and Fin
• Benthic Locomotion and Tetrapod-Like Gaits
• Pelagic Locomotion and Jet Propulsion
• Reproduction and Early Life History
• Ovarian Morphology and Egg-Raft Structure
• Fecundity
• Sexual Size Differences
• Courtship and Spawning Behavior
• Hybridization
• Egg and Larval Development
• Parental Care
• Alleged Nest Building in Histrio histrio

8. Tips for Aquarists and Divers and the Need for Conservation

• The Frogfish Aquarium
• Compatibility
• Feeding
• Disorders and Diseases
• Color Change
• Frogfishes in the Field
• Conservation
• Reallocation of Nominal Species of Frogfishes

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