gasterosteiform: References & Edit History
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General works that provide an introduction to the gasterosteiforms include John D. McEachran and Janice D. Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, vol. 1 (1998); Gerald R. Allen and D. Ross Robertson, Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (1994); Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, and Brian W. Bowen The Diversity of Fishes, 2nd ed. (2009); and Peter B. Moyle and Joseph J. Cech, Jr., Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 5th ed. (2004). More-detailed treatments of pipefishes and their allies can be found in John R. Paxton and William M. Eschmeyer (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Fishes, 2nd ed. (1998); and John Lythgoe and Gillian Lythgoe, Fishes of the Sea: The North Atlantic and Mediterranean (1992). An up-to-date review of seahorse biology, ecology, and conservation is presented in Sara A. Lourie, Amanda C.J. Vincent, and Heather J. Hall, Seahorses: An Identification Guide to the World’s Species and Their Conservation (2002). A modern classification of gasterosteiforms and other fishes can be found in Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, and Mark V.H. Wilson, Fishes of the World, 5th ed. (2016); and in the online taxonomic database FishBase (2021).
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Elanor Bell
Southern Ocean Research Partnership Coordinator, Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Hobart, Australia.
- Amanda Vincent
- Warren Zeiller
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 07, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 11, 2017 | ||
| Invalidated site: Zipcode Zoo - Gasterosteiformes. | Apr 28, 2017 | ||
| Five illustrations added. | Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Gasterosteiformes. | Jan 09, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 08, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 03, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |