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Smiths' Sea fishes

Title

Smiths' Sea fishes

Title Variants

Alternative: Sea fishes

Related Titles

Series: Museum of Comparative Zoology--Biodiversity Heritage Library digitization project

By

Smith, J. L. B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968

Heemstra, Phillip C.
Smith, Margaret Mary,

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Macmillan South Africa, 1986

Edition

1st ed.

Notes

Includes indexes.

Contents: Introduction : Anatomy of fishes. Biology of fishes. Dangers of the sea. The effect of fishing. Common names. Scientific nomenclature and classification. Oceanography of the Southern African region. Ichthyology in South Africa. Place names and their localities: map. Systematic section : Key to super classes, classes and subclasses. Class Pteraspidomorphi. Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes). Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes). Colour plate section. Reference section : Fin formula key to bony fishes. Number conversion table. Scientific index. English common name index. Afrikaans common name index.