Ichthyology

Catalog description

This course will provide students with a broad understanding of the field of ichthyology (the study of fishes). The course will examine form and function in fish anatomy, physiology, patterns of life history, reproduction and growth, fish environmental biology, aspects of fish social behavior and predation, fish population and community ecology, fish conservation, and broadly explore freshwater and marine fish taxonomic diversity. The class will also introduce current field methods in freshwater fish sampling and include identification information for local, North Texas freshwater fish species.