10. CATFISHES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. FOREWORD IX
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. RIVERS, FLOODPLAINS, AND FLOODED FORESTS OF THE AMAZON 10
7. 2. FISH DIVERSITY IN THE AMAZON 28
8. 3. THE NATURE OF FISH MIGRATIONS IN THE RIO MADEIRA BASIN 40
9. 4. THE FRUIT- AND SEED-EATING LARGE CHARACINS 55
10. 5. THE SEED-, FRUIT-, AND LEAF-EATING PACU CHARACINS 101
11. 6. FRUITS, SEEDS, INSECTS, AND T H E PECTORAL FIN: AN ACCOUNT OF TRIPORTHEUS 131
12. 7. PIRANHAS 153
13. 8. CHARACINS OF THE FAMILY ANOSTOMIDAE 171
14. 9. MIDWATER AND SURFACE "SCALED" PREDATORS THAT SWALLOW THEIR PREY WHOLE 176
15. 10. CATFISHES 187
16. 11. THE BONY-TONGUES OR OSTEOGLOSSIDS 209
17. 12. INTERACTIONS OF FISHES WITH FRUITS AND SEEDS 217
18. 13. AMAZON FISHES AND THEIR FOODS 233
19. 14. CONCLUSIONS 252
20. GLOSSARY 256
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 259
22. INDEX 265