| Description |
xiv, 394 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Origins of the Australian freshwater fish fauna -- Faunal composition and coverage -- Endemism and hot spots -- Ecology -- Reproductive biology -- Australian drainage divisions -- Threatened species -- Scientific names and the classification of fishes -- Preserving fishes -- Fish photography -- Dangerous fishes -- About colour patterns -- How to use this field guide -- External anatomy of typical freshwater fiehes -- Illustrated guide to families -- Primary freshwater families. Pouched lampreys; Short-headed lampreys; Australian lungfish; Bony tongues; Freshwater eels; Herrings; Anchovies; Fork-tailed catfishes; Eel-tailed catfishes; Souther graylings; Southern smelts; Gabaxiids; Salamander fishes; Garfishes or halfbeaks; Longtoms or needlefishes; Hardyheads or silversides; Rainbowfishes; Blue-eyes; Swamp-eels; Scorpionfishes; Glassfishes; Giant perches; Australian freshwater basses & cods; Freshwater blackfishes; Pygmy perches; Grunters; Flagtails; Cardinal fishes; Archerfishes; Mullets; Congollis; Gobies; Gudgeons; Tongue soles; Soles -- Estuarine-freshwater families. Requiem or whaler sharks; Sawfishes; Stingrays; Tenpounders; Tarpon; Moray eels; Milkfish; Pipefishes; Whitings; Ponyfishes; Snappers; Silver biddies; Bream; Croakers; Diamondfishes; Trevallies; Damselfishes; Scats; Nurseryfishes; Toadfishes or pufferfishes -- Introduced families. Trout and salmon; Cyprinids; Loaches; Livebearers; Perches; Chichlids -- Recommended reading -- Gazeteer of Australian localities -- Glossary |
| Summary |
From tiny gobies to the giant barramundi, this compact volume provides in-depth coverage of nearly 300 species. Every species is illustrated in colour with additional hints for rapid identification |
| Analysis |
Fish |
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Reference works |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-373) and index |
| Subject |
Fishes -- Australia -- Identification.
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Freshwater fishes -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Freshwater fishes -- Australia -- Identification.
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Freshwater fishes -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks.
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Field guides.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Midgley, S. H. (Stephen Hamar)
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Allen, M. (Mark), 1975-
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Western Australian Museum.
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| LC no. |
2002327761 |
| ISBN |
0730754863 : |
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