Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas provides descriptions and identification keys for all the known genera of fishes that inhabit Greater Amazonia, a vast and still mostly remote region of tropical rainforests, seasonally flooded savannas, and meandering lowland rivers.

Table of Contents

• Foreword - Michael J. Goulding
• Preface - Luiz R. Malabarba
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• General Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• Identification Key to Fish Families
• Photographic Guide to Fish Families
• The Fish Families
• Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae—Requiem Sharks
• Pristiformes: Pristidae—Sawfishes or Carpenter Sharks
• Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae—River Stingrays
• Lepidosireniformes: Lepidosirenidae—South American Lungfish
• Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae—Snake Eels
• Osteoglossiformes: Arapaimidae—Bonytongues
• Clupeiformes: Clupeidae—Herrings
• Characiformes: Acestrorhynchidae—Freshwater Barracudas
• Siluriformes: Ariidae—Sea Catfishes
• Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae—Ghost Knifefishes
• Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae—Four-eyed Fishes
• Perciformes: Cichlidae—Cichlids
• Gobiiformes: Eleotridae—Sleepers
• Batrachoidiformes: Batrachoididae—Toadfishes
• Beloniformes: Belonidae—Needlefishes
• Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae—Swamp Eels
• Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae—Pipefishes
• Pleuronectiformes: Achiridae—American Soles
• Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae—Pufferfishes
• Glossary of Technical Terms
• Literature Cited
• Photo Credits