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Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia

  • Jörg Freyhof , Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu , Arash Jouladeh-Roudbar and Cüneyt Kaya
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025
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The Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia provides the first-ever summary of the taxonomy, distribution, habitats and biology of all freshwater fishes between the Bosphorus, Azerbaijan, Yemen and Iran. The region is highly diverse and home to 625 species, most of which are endemic. Many of the species are known to only a few specialists, and the authors have spent 18 years compiling the information provided. The book not only shows all species in colour photographs, the first site-based distribution maps, and the current IUCN conservation status of all species. It also allows their identification through keys and detailed diagnoses, notes many open questions for future research, and refers to 1142 references for further knowledge. It brings together the relevant and authoritative information needed to understand and work on freshwater biodiversity in the region and much beyond, and will be a standard reference and timeline for years to come.

  • shows all species in colour photographs
  • with distribution maps, and the current IUCN conservation status of all species
  • allows identification of fishs through keys and detailed diagnoses

Author / Editor information

J. Freyhof, A. Jouladeh-Roudbar, Leibniz Institute, Germany.

B. Yoğurtçuoğlu, Hacettepe Univ., C. Kaya, R. Erdogan Univ., Türkiye.

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
December 15, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111677811
Hardcover published on:
December 29, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111677644
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
16
Main content:
900
Coloured Illustrations:
1761
Tables:
1
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811
eBook ISBN: 9783111677811
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111677644
Keywords for this book
Biodiversity; Identification; Conservation status; Distribution; Biology_x000D_
Audience(s) for this book
Zoologist, biologists, students and professionels and aquarists.
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