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Ten - The Amazing Yet Threatened World of Marine Fishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2023

By
Mark A. Hixon  and
Brian W. Bowen
Edited by
Norman Maclean
Norman Maclean
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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Summary

Fishes are the original and most diverse group of vertebrates, including over 35,000 of the estimated 69,000 species with backbones. Most marine fishes have large geographic ranges that may provide some protection from extinction, but there are very important exceptions

Keywords

Bony fishesDiadromyEndemismMarine fishesFishingInvasive speciesOcean warmingOcean acidificationSharks and rays
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The Living Planet
The State of the World's Wildlife
 , pp. 206 - 226
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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