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Academic & Professional Books  Marine & Freshwater Biology  Fishes  Fishes: General

Freshwater Fishes

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Series: New Naturalist Series Volume: 75
By: Peter S Maitland(Author), R Niall Campbell(Author)
368 pages, 8 plates with 21 b/w photos and b/w illustrations; 202 b/w photos and b/w illustrations, 55 b/w distribution maps, 60 tables
Publisher: HarperCollins
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  • Freshwater Fishes ISBN: 9780002193801 Paperback Dec 1992 Out of Print #5398
  • Freshwater Fishes ISBN: 9780007308507 Hardback facsimile Jul 2009 Out of Print #233707
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About this book

Complete your New Naturalist collection with Harper Collins's facsimile versions, which are printed on demand. Freshwater Fishes was first published in 1992. Please note that the facsimile edition reproduces the plates section in black-and-white rather than colour.

An in-depth look at the fish that inhabit the fresh waters of Britain and Ireland. These include famous members of the salmon family, such as the Atlantic Salmon and the Brown Trout, and the obscure whitefish, species of which are confined to just a few lakes.

Fish have been a highly sought after part of the British fauna since Dame Juliana Berners wrote the first fishing book in 1486, but have long been overlooked by naturalists as a part of the British countryside.

In this volume in the New Naturalist series, Dr Peter Maitland and Niall Campbell, who have both spent a lifetime studying and catching fish, take an in-depth look at the fish that inhabit the fresh waters of Britain and Ireland. These include famous members of the salmon family, such as the Atlantic Salmon and the Brown Trout, and the obscure whitefish, species of which are confined to just a few lakes.

The information that the authors uncover gives a comprehensive overview of the life cycle of fish, whether mundane spawning or the complex migrations of the Eel and Sea Trout, as well as details on diet, behaviour and ecology. The book also contains the most up to date identification key to both the families and individual species of fish, allowing every species of freshwater fish to be conclusively identified.

As well as detailed descriptions of each family, there are also seven chapters on more general subject. These include chapters on fish conservation and the future of the fish fauna in our country: a sign of the change in status of fish from the pursued to the studied.

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Monograph Cancelled
Series: New Naturalist Series Volume: 75
By: Peter S Maitland(Author), R Niall Campbell(Author)
368 pages, 8 plates with 21 b/w photos and b/w illustrations; 202 b/w photos and b/w illustrations, 55 b/w distribution maps, 60 tables
Publisher: HarperCollins
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"Contains a wealth of fascinating information."
Natural World (highly recommended in 1992 Natural World Book of the Year award)

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