Guide to Common Fresh Water Fishes

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A Guide to Common Freshwater Fishes of Kenya
Author: Wanja Dorothy Nyingi
ISBN: 978 9966 347 30 5
A guide to the common freshwater fishes of Kenya fills a major gap in Kenyan fisheries literature. Since the inception of the Ichthyology Department at the National Museums of Kenya in 1997, a great demand for knowledge of the diversity of fishes of Kenya has continued to rise. Several universities have continued to teach fisheries biology and fish taxonomy and systematics without the advantage of a specific reference book on Kenyan freshwater fishes. This guide provides basic information on the common freshwater fishes of Kenya with information on:
1.? Valid scientific names
2. Common English and local names
3. Basic morphological descriptions
4. Occurrences and distributions
5. Maximum sizes
6. Behavior
7. Commercial, subsistence, sportfishing or aquaculture importance
The introduction provides general information on the structure and life of fish, adaptations to tropical environments, fishing methods and morphological methods for fish systematics and taxonomy.