Open AccessFood of the Smaller Fresh-Water Fishes
Author(s) -
Stephen Alfred Forbes
Publication year - 1883
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v1i6.478
Subject(s) - biology , cyprinidae , prehensile tail , proboscis , fishery , zoology , cottidae , appendage , perch , abundance (ecology) , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , sculpin
Reports on the contents of the alimentary canals of 319 fish specimens representing 25 species in 22 genera in the 7 families Aphredonderidae, Cottidae, Gasterosteidae, Atherinidae, Cyprinodontidae, Umbridae, and Cyprinidae. Also describes structures subsidiary to alimentation, including length and complication of the alimentary canal, pharyngeal structures, number and development of gill rakers, and prehensile appendages of the mouth, for each of the genera, as related to food habits. Provides brief accounts of abundance and distribution of each species within Illinois.