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The definitive illustrated reference volume for inland fishes of Washington State

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Key to the Families of Freshwater and Anadromous Fishes of Washington

Species Keys and Life History Accounts

Family Petromyzontidae--Lampreys

Family Acipenseridae--Sturgeons

Family Clupeidae--Herrings

Family Salmonidae--Trouts

Family Osmeridae--Smelts

Family Umbridae--Mudminnows

Family Esocidae--Pikes

Family Cyprinidae--Carps and Minnows

Family Catostomidae--Suckers

Family Cobitidae--Loaches

Family Ictaluridae--Bullhead Catfishes

Family Cyprinodontidae--Killifishes

Family Poeciliidae--Livebearers

Family Gadidae--Cods

Family Gasterosteidae--Sticklebacks

Family Percopsidae--Trout-perches

Family Percichthyidae--Temperate Basses

Family Centrarchidae--Sunfishes

Family Embiotocidae--Surfperches

Family Percidae--Perches

Family Cottidae--Sculpins

Family Pleuronectidae--Righteye Flounders

Appendices

References

Index

About the Authors

About the Author

Richard S. Wydoski and Richard R. Whitney were colleagues in the Univesity of Washington School of Fisheries in 1979, the date of the first edition of Inland Fishes of Washington. Dr. Wydoski went on to Utah State University and later to positions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, D.C., and the state of Colorado, where he now lives. Dr. Whitney, who taught at the School of Fisheries at the University of Washington for many years, is perhaps best known for his appointment by the Hon. George H. Boldt as Technical Advisor to the United States District Court in the treaty rights fishing case, 1975-79. He has served on numerous fisheries advisory and review committees, most recently those related to hydroelectric development and operations in the Columbia River Basin.