E-Fauna Fish editor Eric Taylor has now provided an introduction to the Marine Fishes of British Columbia, covering the origin of our marine fish fauna, their biogeography, and conservation issues.
He says: "Canada has about 1,100 marine species of
fishes spread across the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific regions. The
Pacific Basin contains approximately 371 purely marine fishes (i.e.,
those that do not enter freshwater). Several other species (at least
20) occur in adjacent marine waters of Alaska and Washington State and
25 or so occur both in marine and fresh waters (e.g., Pacific salmon)."
Read Eric's full article here.