[Pisces]
(fishes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Class 3 ident. refs
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Class 30 subtaxa 303 images 19 ident. refs
Class 3 subtaxa 60 images 5 ident. refs
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Subclass 3 subtaxa 60 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jenkins, J.T. 1925 The fishes of the British Isles both freshwater and salt
Kay, P. & Dipper, F. 2009 A Field Guide to Marine Fishes of Wales and Adjacent Waters 256pp, Marine Conservation Society

Freshwater

Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D. 2007 Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guides, 256pp, Collins
() Maitland, P.S. 1972 Key to British Freshwater Fishes Scientific Publications, No 27, 139pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Rhillips, R. & Rix, M. 1985 A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Britain, Ireland and Europe 144pp, Pan Books
Wells, A.L. 1957 *** The Observer’s Book of Freshwater Fishes ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 6, 5th ed edition, 153pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Marine

Anon. The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) www.marlin.ac.uk/gallerycategory.php?gcatid=8

Marine/Brackish Water

Greenhalgh, M. & Ovenden, D. 2007 Freshwater Life of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guides, 256pp, Collins

Marine

Christensen, J.M. 1978 Fishes of the British and Northern European Seas Penguin Nature Guides, 128pp, Penguin Books
Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. 2011 A Student’s Guide to the Seashore 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press
in the field() Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe Oxford Natural History, 436pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
Naylor, P. 2005 Great British Marine Animals 2nd edition edition
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

Marine/Plankton

Ehrenbaum, E. & Lohman, H. 1905 Eir und Larven von Fischen, andere Eir und Cysten Nordisches Plankton, I, II, 413+20pp, H. G. Bohn, London
() Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C. 1973 Marine Plankton - a practical guide 4th edition edition, 244pp, Hutchinson Educational Ltd.

Marine

() Wheeler, A. (Illust: Stebbing, P.) 1994 Field Key to the Shore Fishes of the British Isles 41pp, Field Studies Council
Wood, C. 2007 Seasearch Observer’s Guide to Marine Life of Britain and Ireland SeaSearch guides, Marine Conservation Society

[Pisces] (fishes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Pisces] (fishes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 117 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Pisces] (fishes)
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