Foreword
Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Book Organization
Chapter 3: Pictorial Key to the Families

Species Accounts
Chapter 4: Lampreys (Petromyzontidae)
Chapter 5: Sturgeons (Acipenseridae)
Chapter 6: Paddlefishes (Polyodontidae)
Chapter 7: Gars (Lepisosteidae)
Chapter 8: Bowfins (Amiidae)
Chapter 9: Freshwater Eels (Anguillidae)
Chapter 10: Mooneyes (Hiodontidae)
Chapter 11: Shads and Herrings (Clupeidae)
Chapter 12: Suckers (Catostomidae)
Chapter 13: Barbs and Carps (Cyprinidae)
Chapter 14: Sharpbellies (Xenocyprididae)
Chapter 15: True Minnows (Leuciscidae)
Chapter 16: Loaches (Cobitidae)
Chapter 17: North American Catfishes (Ictaluridae)
Chapter 18: Pikes (Esocidae)
Chapter 19: Mudminnows (Umbridae)
Chapter 20: Salmon, Trouts, Chars, and Whitefishes (Salmonidae)
Chapter 21: Smelts (Osmeridae)
Chapter 22: Trout-perches (Percopsidae)
Chapter 23: Pirate Perches (Aphredoderidae)
Chapter 24: Hakes, Lings, Rocklings, and Burbots (Lotidae)
Chapter 25: Gobies (Gobiidae)
Chapter 26: New World Silversides (Atherinopsidae)
Chapter 27: Topminnows and Killifishes (Fundulidae)
Chapter 28: Livebearers (Poeciliidae)
Chapter 29: Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)
Chapter 30: Temperate Basses (Moronidae)
Chapter 31: Drums and Croakers (Sciaenidae)
Chapter 32: Darters and Perches (Percidae)
Chapter 33: Sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)
Chapter 34: Sculpins (Cottidae)

Acknowledgments
Appendix: Fish Identification
Glossary
References
Photo Credits
Taxonomic Index
Subject Index