Primitive fishes (Elsevier/Academic Press, 2007)
"The primitive fishes that this book focuses on include the jawless agnathans (hagfishes and lampreys), the lobe-finned sarcopterygians (coelacanth and lungfishes), and the primitive ray-finned actinopterygian fishes (the sturgeons, the bichirs and the ropefish, the gars, and the bowfin)"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
Living primitive fishes and fishes from deep time / Philippe Janvier -- Cardiovascular systems in primitive fishes / Anthony P. Farrell -- Nervous and sensory systems / Shaun P. Collin -- Ventilatory systems / Emily Coolidge, Michael S. Hedrick, and William K. Milsom -- Gas transport and exchange / C.J. Brauner and M. Berenbrink -- Ionic, osmotic, and nitrogenous waste regulation / Patricia A. Wright -- Locomotion in primitive fishes / D.J. McKenzie, M.E. Hale, and P. Domenici -- Peripheral endocrine glands. I, The gastroenteropancreatic endocrine system and the thyroid gland ; Peripheral endocrine glands. II, The adrenal glands and the corpuscles of Stannius / John H. Youson -- Why have primitive fishes survived? / K.L. Ilves and D.J. Randall
A systems approach to understanding the evolution of fish species