Introduction |
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Life-cycles of British freshwater fishes |
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10 | (2) |
Habitats for freshwater fishes |
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12 | (10) |
How to identify fishes |
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22 | (4) |
The types of fishes |
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26 | (16) |
Glossary and technical terms |
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42 | (8) |
Salmon watching |
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50 | (1) |
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Introduction to the species accounts |
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51 | (1) |
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Carp and minnow family (Cyprinidae) |
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52 | (28) |
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Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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Common Bream Abramis brama |
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60 | (2) |
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Silver Bream Blicca bjoerkna |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (2) |
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Crucian Carp Carassius carassius |
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66 | (1) |
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Goldfish Carassius auratus |
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67 | (3) |
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Common Carp Cyprinus carpio |
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70 | (2) |
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Grass Carp Ctenopharygodon idella |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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Sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus |
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77 | (1) |
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Topmouth Gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva |
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78 | (1) |
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Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus |
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79 | (1) |
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Salmon, trout, charr, freshwater whitefish and grayling family (Salmonidae) |
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80 | (14) |
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Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar |
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80 | (4) |
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Brown Trout / Sea Trout Salmo trutta |
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84 | (2) |
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Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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86 | (2) |
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Grayling Thymallus thymallus |
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88 | (1) |
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Arctic Charr Salvelinus alpinus |
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89 | (2) |
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European Whitefish (Pollan/Powan/Schelly/Gwyniad) Coregonus Iavaretus |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (2) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (4) |
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96 | (2) |
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Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernua |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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Sheatfish catfish family (Siluridae) |
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100 | (2) |
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Wels Catfish Siluris glanis |
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100 | (2) |
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North American freshwater catfish family (Ictaluridae) |
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102 | (1) |
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Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas |
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102 | (1) |
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Sunfish family (Centrarchidae) |
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103 | (1) |
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Pumpkinseed Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus |
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103 | (1) |
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River loach (or hillstream loach) family (Balitoridae) |
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104 | (1) |
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Stone Loach Nemacheilus barbatulus |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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Spined Loach Cobitis taenia |
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105 | (1) |
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Sculpin family (Cottidae) |
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106 | (2) |
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106 | (2) |
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Sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) |
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108 | (1) |
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Common Sturgeon Acipenser sturio |
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108 | (1) |
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Hake and burbot family (Lotidae) |
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109 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
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Herring, shad, sardine and menhaden family (Clupeidae) |
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111 | (3) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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Stickleback and tubesnout family (Gasterosteidae) |
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114 | (3) |
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Three-spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus |
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114 | (2) |
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Ten-spined Stickleback Pungitius pungitius |
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116 | (1) |
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Freshwater eel family (Anguillidae) |
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117 | (2) |
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European Eel Anguilla anguilla |
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117 | (2) |
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Lamprey family (Petromyzontidae) |
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119 | (5) |
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Brook Lamprey Lampetra planeri |
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119 | (1) |
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River Lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis |
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120 | (2) |
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Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (1) |
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Silversides family (Atherinidae) |
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124 | (1) |
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Sand-smelt Atherina presbyter |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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Righteye flounder family (Pleuronectidae) |
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126 | (1) |
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Flounder Platichthys flesus |
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126 | (1) |
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Temperate bass family (Moronidae) |
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127 | (1) |
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European Seabass Dicentrarchus labrax |
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127 | (1) |
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Mullet family (Mugilidae) |
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128 | (11) |
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Golden Grey Mullet Liza aurata |
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128 | (1) |
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Thin-lipped Grey Mullet Liza ramada |
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128 | (1) |
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Thick-lipped Grey Mullet Chelon labrosus |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (2) |
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Conservation and legislation |
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132 | (7) |
Further reading and useful contacts |
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139 | (1) |
Acknowledgements and photographic credits |
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140 | (2) |
Index |
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