Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes (REUP)

This reference work covering 546 native and 33 introduced species is a very important contribution on the biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Europe. Much of the information presented is drawn from original research conducted over 8 years in 24 European countries.

Includes:

• key to genera and species, diagnoses for all species
  
• methods for identification
  
• habitat, biology and ecology
  
• native, extirpated and introduced distribution
  
• conservation status, validated through IUCN procedures
  
• up-to-date taxonomy and nomenclature, with modern methods and concepts
  
• more than 870 bibliographic references