Designed to be used in the field, this guide describes major types of freshwater habitats and the fish to be found in each. Information on habitat selection, food and feeding habits, defense adaptations and reproductive mechanisms of fish is supplemented by b&w drawings and 36 color photos. Two appendices discuss fish classification and scientific names. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Artikel-Nr. G0801428270I5N00
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Zustand: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). 1994 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 236mm). Ppxii,216. Colour plates, b/w line illustrations, bibliography. Dark green cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Boards a little bowed else good-plus in dust-wrapper. "An expert whose passionate interest is fish is contagious, C. Lavett Smith is promoting a whole new outdoor pastime - fish watching. Designed to be used outside, the book opens with tips on where, when, and how to find and watch fishes in their natural habitats." Detailed, scientific, and of great interest to would-be fish watchers, fishermen, biologists, and conservationsists. Chapters include; A land of fishes; Watching fishes; Fish watching by habitat; The fishes - an illustrated thumbnail sketch of the major fish families of North America; The biology of fishes; For more information - general references, regional guies, selected families, keeping fishes, distribution, names of fishes. Appendices deal with the taxonomic classification of fishes and scientific nomenclature. A great book, with few competitors in its field. . Artikel-Nr. 38105
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