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This profusely illustrated book introduces and describes our common sharks and rays, from the much-feared white pointer shark to the harmless dogfishes and peculiar-looking deep-sea chimaeras, as well as the stingrays and electric ray. It also looks at the relationships between sharks and people - shark fishing and shark attacks - sharks in history and in the Maori world, and the anatomy and evolution of sharks and rays.
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About the Author:
GEOFFREY COX is the well-known illustrator and author of many previous books about natural history.
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MALCOLM FRANCIS is a fisheries scientist with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in Wellington.
a book for divers, environmentalists, fishermen, naturalists and students..this will become a standard work for many years to come." -- Dive Log
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- PublisherCanterbury University Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0908812604
- ISBN 13 9780908812608
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages68
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Sharks and Rays of New Zealand
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small 4to, 68 pp, excellent illustrations in colour by Geoffrey Cox, diagrams and anatomical illustrations, card covers, a fine copy . A very attractive work describing 95 species. Seller Inventory # 5055555298
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures.; 68 pages. Large format softcover book. Page dimensions: 297 x 210mm. New Zealand ichthyology. Colour and b&w artistic illustrations. "[. . .] introduces and describes all 95 New Zealand species of sharks and rays, from the much-feared white shark to the harmless small dogfishes and the peculiar-looking deep-sea chimaeras, as well as the stingrays and electric ray.". Seller Inventory # 17488
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