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Nature, Gardens & Animals
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)
David Starr Jordan
670 pages~13 hr 21 min read63 chapters$4.99
America's great ichthyologist opens the fish from the outside in. David Starr Jordan covers the life of the fish, its exterior, its skeleton, the morphology of fins, and the organs of breathing, building a full working knowledge of what a fish is. The first volume of a landmark guide. Begin your education in the most numerous of vertebrates.
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63 chapters
- 1A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF FISHES
- 2PREFACE
- 3ERRATA[1] VOL. I
- 4CONTENTS VOL. I.
- 5FOOTNOTES:
- 6LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. I.
- 7CHAPTER I THE LIFE OF THE FISH
- 8CHAPTER II THE EXTERIOR OF THE FISH
- 9FOOTNOTES:
- 10CHAPTER III THE DISSECTION OF THE FISH
- 11CHAPTER IV THE SKELETON OF THE FISH
- 12FOOTNOTES:
- 13CHAPTER V MORPHOLOGY OF THE FINS
- 14FOOTNOTES:
- 15CHAPTER VI THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION
- 16FOOTNOTES:
- 17CHAPTER VII THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- 18FOOTNOTES:
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