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A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)

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A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)

David Starr Jordan

670 pages~13 hr 21 min read63 chapters$4.99
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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

  1. 1A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF FISHES
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3ERRATA[1] VOL. I
  4. 4CONTENTS VOL. I.
  5. 5FOOTNOTES:
  6. 6LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. I.
  7. 7CHAPTER I THE LIFE OF THE FISH
  8. 8CHAPTER II THE EXTERIOR OF THE FISH
  9. 9FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10CHAPTER III THE DISSECTION OF THE FISH
  11. 11CHAPTER IV THE SKELETON OF THE FISH
  12. 12FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13CHAPTER V MORPHOLOGY OF THE FINS
  14. 14FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15CHAPTER VI THE ORGANS OF RESPIRATION
  16. 16FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17CHAPTER VII THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  18. 18FOOTNOTES:

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