Sharks and Rays of New Zealand

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.

GEOFFREY COX is the well-known illustrator and author of many previous books about natural history.

MALCOLM FRANCIS is a fisheries scientist with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in Wellington.