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Over 180 species of sharks, 100 rays and 13 ghost sharks live in Australian waters. Each species is described and illustrated in the first major revision of Australian sharks and rays in 50 years. The illustrations, including 300 colour paintings that closely capture the living colours of each animal, are some of the best made of sharks and rays. The keys are illustrated and easy to use. The formal descriptions include field characters, distinctive features, colour, size, distribution, synonymy and references with comments on biology and interest to fisheries where relevant. Over 300 two-colour maps are included as a guide to distribution. The book should provide a reference for professional and recreational fishermen, divers, naturalists, students, fish biologists and anyone interested in sharks and rays. Since many of the species described are also found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the book should be of great interest world-wide.
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Sharks and rays of Australia.
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Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0643094571
ISBN 13: 9780643094574
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Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
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second edition).Quarto, dustwrapper,644 pp.,colour illustrations by Lindsay Marshall, text illustrations, maps. WAS $120. The second edition of this classic book on the cartilaginous fishes in Australia. This edition covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution maps. Includes 24 new species accounts, and updates more than 100 species which have now been formally named in publications. This edition presents the major changes to the systematics of some groups, such as the dogfishes and skates, and includes updated family keys, upgraded species distributional information and maps, extensively revised text descriptions, reflecting additional fisheries and biological information, revised introductory chapters reflecting the contemporary status of chondrichthyan information and an updated reference section. Seller Inventory # 28065
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