Author: Brian Saunders
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643106723
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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This book traces the discovery of Australia’s fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia’s fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work. Discovery of Australia’s Fishes is distinctive in that a biographic approach is integrated with chronological descriptions of the discovery of the Australian fish fauna. Many of northern Australia’s fishes are found in parts of the Indian and western Pacific oceans. The book covers the work of collectors who travelled outside Australia, together with that of the British and European zoologists who received and described their collections. The account ceases at 1930, the year the first modern checklist of Australian fishes was published. 2012 Whitley Award Commendation for Historical Zoology.
Author: Brian Greig Saunders
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643106707
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Provides insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work.
Author: Saunders, Brian Greig Saunders
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 491
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Author: Roger Swainston
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 9780670071647
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 821
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Roger Swainston's breathtaking artwork provides a fascinating overview of the extraordinary diversity of Australia's marine and freshwater fishes. Here, more than 1500 remarkable illustrations portray every family of fishes ever recorded from Australian waters. The names of all known species are listed alongside detailed information on the taxonomy and biology of each family. 'A culmination of more than 25 years of work, this is a fish-Identification lover's bible!' G MagazineFor more information visit- www.rogerswainston.com and www.anima.net.au
Author: E. M. Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Author: R. H. Kuiter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Francisco J. Neira
Publisher: UWA Publishing
ISBN: 9781876268176
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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In Larvae of Temperate Australian Fishes the larval stages of 124 fish species from 57 families which occur in fresh water, estuarine and inshore marine waters of temperate Australia are described. Each family chapter includes a summary of the taxonomy and life history information for the family, a list of the main characters used to identify larvae to family level, a table of the meristic characters of the genera found in temperate Australian waters, and a list of families whose larvae may be confused with those of the family being described, and the characters which will distinguish them. For each species there is information on adult distribution, importance to fisheries, spawning, diagnostic characters of larvae, and larval morphology and pigmentation. With over 570 scientific illustrations of larval fishes throughout, and a concise and accurate text, this is an essential reference for anyone, conducting taxonomic, ecological and fisheries research.
Author: John Rodney Merrick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Contains information on the silver barramundi or giant perch p. 185-188.
Author: Gunther Schmida
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781389907050
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Up-dated edition - Based on over 60 years of experience, this book is the most comprehensive record of all currently known Australian rainbowfish and blue-eyes, including many of their forms, as well as most known hardyheads and their variations. The 300 plus images show all fish in their best condition and with expanded fins to allow easier identification of the species. Habitat shots, distribution maps and up to date informative text make this book a must for anyone interested in this unique part of the Australian fauna.
Author: Martin F. Gomon
Publisher: New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Limited
ISBN: 9781877069185
Category : Marine fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book is the only recent Australian guide to comprehensively treat all fish species found within a region. This book brings together the latest scientific knowledge on more than 860 species inhabiting Australia?s temperate southern waters, from the Recherche Archipelago at the western end of the Great Australian Bight to Wilsons Promontory in the east, many found nowhere else. Fishers, those interested in natural history, students and researchers will be able to identify the fish fauna found along the southern coast of Australia. Edited by Martin Gomon, Dianne Bray amp; Rudie Kuiter Errata"
