A comprehensive bibliography of fishes was edited by Bashford Dean (1916- 1923). This was followed by the works of McDonald (1921), Beard (1921), Bryant(1921), Borodin(1933) Baughman(1947), Petride(1950), Carbine(1952), Carlander(1953), Spiers et/al (1953), Backman(1955), etc.; all these works deal with fish and fishery biology in general and none specifically deals with the food, feeding habits, alimentary canal and physiology of nutrition of fishes. An attempt has been made by the present author to present a collection of about 5000 references on the food, feeding habits, alimentary canal and physiology of nutrition of fishes of the world for the first time.

By Dr. Surendra Nath