Guide to the Identification of Scales of the Inland Fishes of Northeastern North America (New York State Museum Bulletin,)

This bulletin provides a dichotomous key, photographs, figures, 10 tables, 35 family accounts and additional information in a descriptive format to aid archeologists, physical anthropologists, forensic scientists, fisheries biologists and managers in the identification of fish scales. It is the definitive work on scale identification for all fishes found in northeastern North American inland waters. This work is also of interest to anglers interested in fish biology.