River loach (or hillstream loach) family (Balitoridae)

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1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Introduction 5
4. Life-cycles of British freshwater fishes 10
5. Life-cycles of British freshwater fishes 12
6. How to identify fishes 22
7. The types of fishes 26
8. Glossary and technical terms 42
9. Salmon watching 50
10. The species accounts
11. Introduction to the species accounts 51
12. Carp and minnow family 52
13. Salmon, trout, charr, freshwater whitefish and grayling family 80
14. Pike family (Esocidae) 94
15. Perch family (Percidae) 96
16. Sheatfish catfish family (Siluridae) 100
17. North American freshwater catfish family (Ictaluridae) 102
18. Sunfish family (Centrarchidae) 103
19. River loach (or hillstream loach) family (Balitoridae) 104
20. Loach family (Cobitidae) 105
21. Sculpin family (Cottidae) 106
22. Sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) 108
23. Hake and burbot family (Lotidae) 109
24. Herring, shad, sardine and menhaden family (Clupeidae) 111
25. Stickleback and tubesnout family (Gasterosteidae) 114
26. Freshwater eel family (Anguillidae) 117
27. Lamprey family (Petromyzontidae) 119
28. Marine visitors
29. Silversides family (Atherinidae) 124
30. Smelt family (Osmeridae) 125
31. Righteye flounder family (Pleuronectidae) 126
32. Temperate bass family (Moronidae) 127
33. Mullet family (Mugilidae) 128
34. Fishy fantasies 130
35. Conservation and legislation 132
36. Further reading 139
37. Acknowledgements and photographic credits 140
38. Index 142