Part Four in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes the argentinoids, stomiatoids, pickerles, bathylaconids, and giganturids. Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.

This review of the parrotfishes of the world was undertaken in order more correctly to identify and understand the relationships of those species encountered during the preparation of volume 2 of U. S. National Museum Bulletin 202, "Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands." It is based principally on the several thousand specimens, together with many photographs and drawings in color, in notes and sketches made from live parrotfishes.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the fishes of the Pacific Northwest. It includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of over 200 species, as well as information about their habitats, behaviors, and distribution. This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in fishing or marine biology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.