The Fishes of Sichuan

Author: Ding Ruihua
Language: Chinese with English abstract and Latin name
ISBN/ISSN: 7536422954
1994; Hardcover;195*270mm;641 pages with figures and plates

The monograph is an updated summarization (up to 1989) of our faunistic and taxonomic studies of fishes in Sichuan. It includes all fishes, which have heretofore been recorded, from Sichuan. There are 241 species under 9 orders, 20 families and 107 genera, with 3 new species and 1 new subspecies. The book consists of a generalto the fishes in Sichuan and systematic accounts of species. The full details are given to each species on morphology, distribution, biological characters, ecology, resources, fishery, economic signification and discussion of taxonomic problems.
There are in the monograph 245 drawings, 181 distribution maps, 25 colored plates, check-lists, and references as well as indexes to the fish species in Sichuan.