| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Previously published under title: Marine fishes of tropical Australia and South-East Asia. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Introduction; Area of Coverage; Faunal Composition; Biology of Reef Fishes; Ecology of Reef Fishes; Classification of Fishes; Preserving Fishes; Sending Specimens to the Museum; Fish Photography; Dangerous Fishes; Fish or Fishes?; How to use this Book; Colour Patterns; Edibility Ratings; Acknowledgements; Guide to Families; Fish Plates; PLATE 1: SHARKS; PLATE 2: SHARKS (FAMILY CARCHARHINIDAE); PLATE 3: SHARKS AND RAYS; PLATE 4: SHARKS AND RAYS; PLATE 5: RAYS AND GHOST SHARKS; PLATE 6: HERRINGS AND RELATIVES; PLATE 7: MORAY EELS (FAMILY MURAENIDAE). |
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Plate 8: moray eels (family muraenidae)plate 9: snake-eels and conger eels; plate 10: snake-eels and garden-eels; plate 11: catfishes and lizardfishes; plate 12: frogfishes, anglerfishes, clingfishes and cuskeels; plate 13: flying fishes, garfishes, longtoms and hardyheads; plate 14: squirrelfishes(family holocentridae); plate 15: squirrelfishes(family holocentridae); plate 16: knight fishes, dories, flutemouths, etc.; plate 17: seahorses and pipefishes (family syngnathidae); plate 18: pipefishes, scorpionfishes and stonefishes; plate 19: scorpionfishes, stonefishes and waspfishes. |
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Plate 20: scorpionfishes, waspfishes and velvetfishesplate 21: velvetfishes, gurnards and flatheads; plate 22: rockcods (family serranidae); plate 23: rockcods (family serranidae); plate 24: rockcods (family serranidae); plate 25: rockcods (family serranidae); plate 26: rockcods (family serranidae); plate 27: basslets(subfamily anthiinae; family serranidae); plate 28: longfins, dottybacks and relatives; plate 29: rockcods (serranidae) and dottybacks (pseudochromidae); plate 30: glassfishes (ambassidae), grunters(terapontidae) and whitings (sillaginidae); plate 31: bigeyes and cardinalfishes. |
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Plate 32: cardinalfishes (family apogonidae)plate 33: cardinalfishes (family apogonidae); plate 34: cardinalfishes (family apogonidae); plate 35: cardinalfishes (family apogonidae); plate 36: cardinalfishes (family apogonidae); plate 37: trevallies (family carangidae); plate 38: trevallies (family carangidae); plate 39: dolphinfishes and trevallies; plate 40: trevallies, ponyfishes andmiscellaneous families; plate 41: tropical snappers (family lutjanidae); plate 42: tropical snappers (family lutjanidae); plate 43: tropical snappers (family lutjanidae). |
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Plate 44: tropical snappers and sweetlipsplate 45: sweetlips, fusiliers and banjofishes; plate 46: fusiliers and tilefishes; plate 47: emperors and breams; plate 48: emperors (family lethrinidae); plate 49: threadfin-breams (family nemipteridae); plate 50: monocle-breams and silver biddies; plate 51: monocle-breams and goatfishes; plate 52: goatfishes (family mullidae); plate 53: croakers, bullseyes and drummers; plate 54: archerfishes and batfishes; plate 55: scats and butterflyfishes; plate 56: butterflyfishes(family chaetodontidae); plate 57: butterflyfishes(family chaetodontidae). |
| Summary |
This phenomenally successful guide to the wealth and variety of fish in Australia's tropical waters - including the Great Barrier Reef - and south-east Asia has been updated and expanded. The book has sold more than 20,000 copies in its previous editions, and is an invaluable reference for divers and anglers, to both scientists and the lay person; to everyone with an interest in our remarkable tropical fish. Full colour illustrations by leading Australian marine artists, Roger Swainton and Jill Ruse, make identification easy. The author has also included an edibility guide. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Marine fishes -- Australia, Northern -- Identification.
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Marine fishes. |
| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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| Subject |
Marine fishes -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) -- Identification.
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Australia. |
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Marine fishes -- Southeast Asia -- Identification.
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Southeast Asia. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
Allen, Gerald R.
Marine fishes of tropical Australia and South-East Asia.
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Western Australian Museum.
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| Added Title |
Marine fishes of tropical Australia and South-East Asia |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Allen, Gerald R. Field guide to marine fishes of tropical Australia and South-East Asia. 4th ed. Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2009 9781920843397 (DLC) 2009510365 (OCoLC)318534858 |
| ISBN |
9781920843892 (electronic book) |
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1920843892 (electronic book) |
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9781920843397 |
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1920843396 |
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