Hi Akshay
Special Publication 1 of the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, 'Manual
of Hawaiian Fish Remains Identification Based on the Skeletal
Reference Collection of Alan C. Ziegler and Including Otoliths' by
Thomas Dye and Ken Longenecker, 2004, probably contains many of the
fish your are interested in at least to family level if not genus and
species. It is a photographic catalogue of the 5 main mouth bones. It
is a very large file on my computer, 124MB. I could create a download
link if you are interested
Cheers
Mat
Matthew Campbell
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> On 14/10/2013, at 5:05 pm, Akshay Sarathi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am in my second year and I have decided on a zooarchaeological research path, with special focus on fish remains on the East African coast during the Pleistocene.
>
> My question is: is there a comprehensive guide to fish skeletons, especially of the western Indian Ocean? I have thus far found and acquired:
> 1) Marine fish Osteology: A manual for archaeologists by D.Y. Cannon
> 2) Fishes (Cambridge manuals in archaeology) by Alwyne Wheeler.
> 3) Fishes: A field and laboratory manual on their structure, identification, and natural history by Gregor Cailliet.
>
> What I am looking for would ideally be a thick book that illustrates the bones of different species from various angles. I have not been able to find something like this and I am having to cobble together a guide to fish skeletons of my own. While I don't mind creating my own guide, it is time consuming and frustrating at times.
>
> Any aid I would receive in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> Akshay Sarathi
> Graduate Student
> Department of Anthropology
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
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