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RECORD NUMBER: 196 OF 444Main Title | Fishes of the world : an illustrated dictionary / | |||||||||||
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Author | Wheeler, Alwyne C., ; Milne, Annabel. ; Stebbing, Peter. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1975 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 01273384 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0026261804; 9780026261807 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Fishes--Dictionaries ; Fishes--Pictorial works | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Fishes--Dictionaries ; Fishes--Pictorial works | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st American ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xiv, 366 pages, plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Published 1975. |
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Contents Notes | Preface -- Introduction -- Credits for photographs -- Glossary -- The plates -- The dictionary. A section of 501 color plates is followed by the dictionary entries. These "are arranged in alphabetical order, separate entries being made for families (cross referenced to genera included), and under the scientific name of the species of fish ... Widely used vernacular names mostly in the English language are also given and cross-indexed."--Intro. Many dictionary entries illustrated by line drawings. Reference to the color plates are given. |