Author: Brad Pusey
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 9780643069664
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 702

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The ecology, systematics, biogeography and management of North East Autralia's native fish.

Author: Gunther Schmida
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781389907050
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Up-dated edition - Based on over 60 years of experience, this book is the most comprehensive record of all currently known Australian rainbowfish and blue-eyes, including many of their forms, as well as most known hardyheads and their variations. The 300 plus images show all fish in their best condition and with expanded fins to allow easier identification of the species. Habitat shots, distribution maps and up to date informative text make this book a must for anyone interested in this unique part of the Australian fauna.

Author: Keith Walker
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643108300
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 503

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This edited volume reviews our past and present understanding of the ecology of Australian freshwater fishes. It compares patterns and processes in Australia with those on other continents, discusses the local relevance of ecological models from the northern hemisphere and considers how best to manage our species and their habitats in the face of current and future threats. In view of these challenges, the need for redress is urgent. The chapters are written by some of our foremost researchers and managers, developing themes that underpin our knowledge of the ecology, conservation and management of fish and fish habitats. For each theme, the authors formulate a synthesis of what is known, consider the need for new perspectives and identify gaps and opportunities for research, monitoring and management. The themes have an Australian context but draw upon ideas and principles developed by fish biologists in other parts of the world. The science of freshwater fish ecology in Australia has grown rapidly from its roots in natural history and taxonomy. This book offers an introduction for students, researchers and managers, one that the authors hope will carry Australian fish biology and resource management to new levels of understanding.

Author: Roger Swainston
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 9780670071647
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 821

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Roger Swainston's breathtaking artwork provides a fascinating overview of the extraordinary diversity of Australia's marine and freshwater fishes. Here, more than 1500 remarkable illustrations portray every family of fishes ever recorded from Australian waters. The names of all known species are listed alongside detailed information on the taxonomy and biology of each family. 'A culmination of more than 25 years of work, this is a fish-Identification lover's bible!' G MagazineFor more information visit- www.rogerswainston.com and www.anima.net.au

Author: TREVOR. HAWKINS
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781865133355
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: John Rodney Merrick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Contains information on the silver barramundi or giant perch p. 185-188.

Author: Gerald R. Allen
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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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.

Author: Richard Flanagan
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802191991
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Winner of the Commonwealth Prize New York Times Book Review—Notable Fiction 2002 Entertainment Weekly—Best Fiction of 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Review—Best of the Best 2002 Washington Post Book World—Raves 2002 Chicago Tribune—Favorite Books of 2002 Christian Science Monitor—Best Books 2002 Publishers Weekly—Best Books of 2002 The Cleveland Plain Dealer—Year’s Best Books Minneapolis Star Tribune—Standout Books of 2002 Once upon a time, when the earth was still young, before the fish in the sea and all the living things on land began to be destroyed, a man named William Buelow Gould was sentenced to life imprisonment at the most feared penal colony in the British Empire, and there ordered to paint a book of fish. He fell in love with the black mistress of the warder and discovered too late that to love is not safe; he attempted to keep a record of the strange reality he saw in prison, only to realize that history is not written by those who are ruled. Acclaimed as a masterpiece around the world, Gould’s Book of Fish is at once a marvelously imagined epic of nineteenth-century Australia and a contemporary fable, a tale of horror, and a celebration of love, all transformed by a convict painter into pictures of fish.

Author: Gerald R. Allen
Publisher: TFH Publications
ISBN:
Category : Aquarium fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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All 180+ species are covered in the text, most are illustrated with colour photos; includes detailed descriptions, synopsis of natural history and range map for each.

Author: Gunther Schmida
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781364504915
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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This is the most comprehensive volume about Australia's incredibly beautiful and interesting freshwater fishes, the rainbowfish, blue-eyes and hardyheads, ever attempted. It shows all species of Australian rainbowfish and blue-eyes, and most of their colour forms known to date, as well as almost all hardyheads and their forms. The quality colour reproduction of the 311 images is as natural as possible. The 26 x 21 cm size of the book, in portrait orientation (almost A 4), allows the images to be large enough to show most species in natural size or larger, and all fish are shown in prime condition. There are also many habitat shots for those readers not being able to visit these places themselves, often showing the type localities the species. The text is informative and up to date and deliberately kept simple to be understood by the general public, and hopefully inspire interest in these unique fishes. A must for all rainbowfish and nature lovers. Just click the Preview button to judge yourself.