Freshwater Fishes of North America: Volume 1: Petromyzontidae to Catostomidae

Acknowledgments

COLOR PLATES AND PHOTOGRAPHS We used color drawings by Joe Tomelleri, the premier fish artist in North America, to illustrate as many North American genera as possible. The colors are as seen on the fishes when they are first removed from the water, and many were drawn when at their peak breeding colors. Joe’s fish portraits are done in Berol Prismacolor pencils, and using those pencils Joe is renowned for precisely portraying life color, scale and fin-ray counts, and a full spread of the fins. We express our appreciation to Joe for granting us a generous licensing arrangement for use of his drawings. For contributing or providing liberal licensing agreements of copyrighted photographs to volume 1, we are grateful to Juan M. Artigas Azas; Ginny Adams; Jeffrey Basinger, Jeremy Monroe, and Dave Herasimtschuk (Freshwaters Illustrated); William Bemis; R. J. Beamish; Heiko Bleher and Natasha Khardina (Aquapress Publishers ); Bill Bonner; Bowfin Anglers Group 2011; Richard T. Bryant; Brooks M. Burr; G. Burton; Ronald R. Cicerello; Andy Dolloff; Eric Engbretson, Christopher Morey, Roger Peterson, and Paul Vecsei (Engbretson Underwater Photography ); Kevin Estrada (Sturgeon Slayers); A. Ferrara; Dean Fletcher; Dennis Frates; Lance Grande; Wendell R. Haag; Eric Hilton; Jan Hoover; Gerald Jennings (Calypso Photographic Library, www.calypso.org.uk); Stephen M. Kajiura; Katie May Laumann; Larry Linton (Larry Linton Fine Art); Lance Merry (www.lancemerry.com); K. Oliveira; Kyle Piller; D. E. Scott; Garold Sneegas (Aquatic Kansas Images); P. Sorensen; David B. Snyder; Todd Stailey (Tennessee Aquarium); C. Taber (Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program); Matt Thomas; We acknowledge Richard L. Mayden for originating the core concept of this work and getting it underway. We thank Vincent Burke, Johns Hopkins University Press, for wise counsel, steady guidance, and encouragement on diverse matters that arose in finalizing manuscripts and coordinating with the contributors. Jennifer Malat, formerly with Johns Hopkins University Press, and Sara Cleary and Courtney Bond with the Press always promptly responded to questions concerning myriad details associated with readying manuscripts for publication. Many thanks to Rob Hopkins for designing and painstakingly preparing the distribution maps and patiently revising them to the satisfaction of the editors and contributors. Our copyeditor and indexer, Maria denBoer, was simply superb in attention to myriad details of style, consistency, and clarity. Numerous other individuals worked diligently with us to prepare this volume. We appreciate Amy CommensCarson for creating and redrawing numerous figures. Amy Commens-Carson, Eryon Maynard, Elizabeth McGuire , Gordon McWhirter, Vicki Reithel, Anthony Rietl, and Daniel Warren patiently formatted, proofed, and cross-referenced numerous drafts of a large and ever expanding literature cited as well as in-text references to tables and figures. Steve Platania and Ingo Schlupp assisted in locating photographs. Nancy Smith kindly and adeptly coordinated financial contributions, and Cathy Jenkins and Brenda Marshall provided critical logistical support. We also acknowledge Ted Leininger, Project Leader, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, and Katherine Smith, Aquatic Ecologist, Office of the Chief, Research and Development, USDA Forest Service, for substantial and continued support of the project. Acknowledgments xviii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico Oklahoma State University Roanoke College Robert C. Cashner Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society University of Iowa University of Toronto Southeast Ecological Science Center, United States Geological Survey Uland Thomas; Michael Tobler; C. Vaughn; G. Verrault; and Tim Watts, glooskapandthefrog.org/eel%20gallery .htm. Likewise, we gratefully acknowledge Noel M. Burkhead, Stephen T. Ross, and William N. Roston for granting us and the contributors blanket permission to use any of their fish photographs. FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS Desert Fishes Council North American Native Fishes Association Research and Development, Office of the Chief, USDA Forest Service Southeastern Fishes Council Freshwater Fishes of North America This page intentionally left blank ...