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Reading/discussion assignments
Objectives
Other assignments
Lists of fishes for lab exams
Link to:
Syllabus
Morehead
State University Collection of Fishes
Reading
and writing about immunology This description, from an immunology course
in Arizona, is appropriate for all science papers.
Ichthyology links:
Ichthyology
and related societies:
American
Elasmobranch Society
American Society of Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists - publishes Copeia
Amerian Fisheries Society -
publishes Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, among others
Association of Southeastern
Biology - publishes Southeastern Naturalist
Southeastern
Fishes Council - publishes Proceedings Southeastern Fishes Council
Search
for fishes at museums:
FishGopher
Biodiversity and Biological
Collections Webserver
Other
Ichthyology links:
Ichthyology Careers
Guidelines
for use of fishes in field research
Ichthyology
Web Resources
A
Catalog of the Species of Fishes, by Eschmeyer et al. - searchable
database of 53,000+ fish species names
Fishbase - another searchable
database that relies heavily on Eschmeyer, but is perhaps easier to use
TNHC
North American Freshwater Fish Index - images, maps, and information
Nomenclature
and Systematics:
International Code of
Zoological Nomenclature - online access to the 1999, 4th edition
Extinct
Fishes:
Craniata
Tree of Life Webpage with evolutionary content
James Davison
Conodont Collection Beautiful photos
Hagfishes
and Lampreys
Hagfish
University of California, Berkely Museum of Paleontology Website
Hyperotreti
Tree of Life Webpage with excellent information
Hagfish
Slime check out the still image of slime along with the movie!
Hagfish
Knots View the pictures of slime and a hagfish in a knot, but ignore
the text. Many errors.
Hyperoartia
Lamprey page on Tree of Life. Anatomy and evolution.
Sea
Lamprey Biology and control program of Great Lakes Petromyzon
Sharks,
Skates, and Rays:
Sharks
Florida Museum of Natural History Site for sharks. This may be the best
site I have seen with large numbers of shark photos in addition to loads
of information about great white sharks, "megatooth" sharks, and many others.
Who's
who of sharks PBS site with descriptions of orders of sharks
Introduction
to the Chondrichthyes UCMP site with some nice material on California
Great White Sharks
Primitive
Bony Fishes:
Dinofish A wonderful site dedicated
to the coelacanth. Lots of nice photos.
Catfishes:
All Catfish Species Inventory. A program
dedicated to the description of all catfish species of the world.
Good catfish information and some really nice photos.
Bioluminescent
fishes:
The Bioluminescence
Web Page Info and amazing pictures of bioluminescent fishes and
other bioluminescent organisms
Conservation
Biology of Fishes:
Federal United States Fish
and Wildlife Service list of endangered and threatened species
CITES Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species in Wild Flora and Fauna International
List
KSNPC
Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission list of Kentucky's jeopardized
species
KY Division of Water
Links to Standard Operating Procedures Manuals, including the KIBI document
and spreadsheet
Kissimmee
Restoration Project Effects of channelization of Florida's Kissimmee
River and the efforts to restore it
Reading and Discussion Assignments
11 September 2006
Forey,
P. and P. Janvier. 1994. Evolution of the early vertebrates. American Scientist
82:554-565. (Read if you do not have the text.)
Janvier,
P. 1999. Catching the first fish. Nature 402:21-22.
Shu
et. al. 1999. Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China. Nature 402:42-46.
(skim)
Sweet,
W. C., and P. C. J. Donoghue. 2002. Conodonts: Past, present, future. Journal
of Paelontology 75:1174-1184. (Not required reading, but a nice summary
for those who want to know more about conodonts.)
18 September 2006
Martini,
F. H. 1998. Secrets of the slime hag. Scientific American (Oct):70-75.
Jensen,
D. 1966. The hagfish. Scientific American 214(2):82-90. (You are not required
to read this one, but hagfish lovers will find it interesting.)
25 September 2006
no
assigned papers
2 October 2006
no
assigned papers
9 October 2006
Erdman,
M. V., R. L. Caldwell, and M. K. Moosa. 1998. Indonesian 'king of the sea'
discovered. Nature 395:335.
Forey,
P. 1998. A home from home for coelacanths. Nature 395:319-320.
Greenwood,
P. H. 1987. The natural history of lungfishes. Journal of Morphology Supplement
1:163-179. (You are not required to read this one, but those that have
a particular interest in lungfishes will enjoy it.)
Examine
the Dinofish website. What
do coelacanths look like, where do they live, what habitats do they occupy,
and what are some recent discoveries?
16 October 2006
no
assigned papers (lecture exam day)
23 October 2006
no
assigned papers
30 October 2006
Lissman,
H. W. 1963. Electric location by fishes. Scientific American 209 (3):50-59.
Case,
J. F., J. Warner, A. T. Barnes, and M. Lowenstine. 1977. Bioluminescence
of lantern fish (Myctophidae) in response to changes in light intensity.
Nature 265:179-181.
Nicol,
J. A. C. 1969. Bioluminescence, pp. 355-400 in Fish Physiology (ed.
by Hoar and Randall). (You are not required to read this one, but
it is a nice, though dated, summary of fish bioluminescence).
Pietsch,
T. W., and D. B. Grobecker. 1990. Frogfishes. Scientific American 262(June):96-103.
(optional reading for those without a textbook)
6 November 2006
Limbaugh,
C. 1961. Cleaning symbiosis. Scientific American 205 (Aug):42-49. (optional
reading for those without a textbook)
13 November 2006
Bernal,
D., and C. A. Sepulveda. 2005. Evidence for temperature elevation in the
aerobic swimming musculature of the common thresher shark, Alopiasvulpinus.
Copeia 2005:146-151.
Carey,
F. G. 1973. Fishes with warm bodies. Scientific American 228 (Feb):36-44.
Carey,
F. G., J. M. Teal, J. W. Kanwisher, K. D. Lawson, and J. S. Beckett. 1971.
Warm-bodied fish. American Zoologist 11:137-145. (optional reading)
Fuhrman,
F. A. 1967. Tetrodotoxin. Scientific American (Aug) 217:60-71. (You don't
have to read this one, but you will find the first page very interesting!)
20 November 2006
Conover,
D. O. 1984. Adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination
in a fish. American Naturalist 123:297-313.
Evans,
J. P., L. Zane, S. Francescato, and A. Pilastro. 2003. Directional postcopulatory
sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination. Nature 421:360-363.
Knouft,
J. H. and L. M. Page. 2004. Nest defense against predators by the male
fringed darter (Etheostoma crossopterum). Copeia 1004:915-918.
Knouft,
J. H., L. M. Page, and M. J. Plewa. 2003. Antimicrobial egg cleaning by
the fringed darter (Perciformes: Percidae: Etheostoma crossopterum):
implications of a novel component of parental care in fishes. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London. 270:2405-2411.
Palumbi,
S. R. 2004. Why mothers matter. Nature 430:621-622.
27 November 2006
no
assigned papers
4 December 2006
Warren,
M. L. and 11 other authors. 2000. Diversity, distribution, and conservation
status of the native freshwater fishes of the southern United States. Fisheries
25(10):7-29.
Look
at the link for Kissimmee
River Restoration
Look
at the link for Expansion
of Bighead Carp into the Great Lakes
Objectives
The following set of objectives
will cover most (90%+) of what will be on the exam. Some exam questions
may appear that come from lecture material not discussed on the objective
list.
By
examination time you should be able to:
Lists of Fishes for Lab Exams and other Lab Handouts
Marine Fishes
Small Freshwater Families
Perciformes and Cottidae
Ostariophysans
Checklist of Kentucky Fishes
Keys to Kentucky Fishes: Families Petromyzontidae,
Cyprinidae, Esocidae, and Fundulidae; genera Lepomis, Etheostoma,
Moxostoma,
and Noturus
last update 27 October 2006
