Freshwater fish

L'auteur voulu que cet ouvrage forme un tout complet, c'est-à-dire permette à lui sue de se faire une idée précise et aux points de vue les plus divers de tous les poissons habitant la région envisagée, et en outre, procédant du général au particulier, qu'il procure à toute la possibilité d'arriver à la reconnaissance, à la détermination spécifique exacte des formes rencontrées.

Fishes captured in the fresh waters of the British Isles are not for the most part of great commercial importance. The Salmonoids are a notable exception to this statement, for the Salmon and Trout are valued food-fishes, and the Windermere Char and the Lough Neagh Pollan are netted in numbers for market.

In this volume the freshwater fishes of Europe are systematically described for the first time. Such an undertaking has been rendered comparatively easy by the valuable special memoirs which have been published upon the fishes of the several European countries.

Freshwater habitats and biodiversity in the Arabian Peninsula are unique and highly valued for the essential role they play in people's survival, as well as that of its native flora and fauna. This project aims to provide an accurate picture of the present conservation status and distribution of Arabian freshwater species, as well as to identify the main threats that affect them and action requirements for their successful long term conservation.

The Eastern Mediterranean region supports just over 4.4% of the global human population yet contains only 1.1% of its renewable water resources, which are under constant threat from the impacts of unsustainable water withdrawal, dam development and climate change.