Download or read book Dictionary of Evolutionary Fish Osteology written by lfonso L. Rojo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purposes of the present dictionary are to define the osteological and taxonomic terms referring to fishes, and to explain the rationale, both anatomical and function, of fish skeletal units, in an evolutionary and biological context. This branch of biology – fish osteology – provides a deeper insight into fish evolution, bone homologies, fish terminology, and fish taxonomy.