| Description |
1 online resource (588 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sears Foundation for Marine Research. Memoir ; no. 1
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Memoir (Sears Foundation for Marine Research) ; no. 1.
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| Note |
"Issued in paperback by the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut ... Part Two first published in hardcover in 1953 by the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory, Yale University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays -- 2. Chimaeroids. |
| Summary |
"Part Two in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes the sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates, rays, and chimaeroids that inhabit the waters adjacent to the eastern coastline of North and Central America and the northern portion of South America. Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data."-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sawfishes -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Sawfishes. |
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Atlantic Ocean. |
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Guitarfishes.
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Guitarfishes. |
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Skates (Fishes) -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Skates (Fishes) |
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Rays (Fishes) -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Chimaeridae -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Marine fishes -- Atlantic Ocean.
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Rays (Fishes) |
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Chimaeridae. |
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish. |
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Marine fishes. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schroeder, William C. (William Charles), 1895- author.
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| Added Title |
Sawfishes, guitarfishes, skates and rays, chimaeroids |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Fishes of the western North Atlantic. New Haven, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale Univ., 1948- 9781933789217 (DLC) 49000120 (OCoLC)1651057 |
| ISBN |
9781933789255 (electronic book) |
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1933789255 (electronic book) |
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9781933789125 (paperback) |
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1933789123 (paperback) |
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