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Nature, Gardens & Animals
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 2 (of 2)
David Starr Jordan
652 pages~12 hr 59 min read37 chapters$4.99
With the anatomy behind him, Jordan sets out to name the fishes of the world. Volume two marches through the ganoids, the salmon and trout family, the grayling and smelt, and the eel-like fishes, order by order. A systematic tour of diversity from a master of the field. The companion volume that puts the whole tribe of fishes in order.
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Inside this book
37 chapters
- 1A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF FISHES
- 2CONTENTS VOL. II.
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. II.
- 4ERRATA[1] Vol. II
- 5CHAPTER I THE GANOIDS
- 6CHAPTER II THE GANOIDS—Continued
- 7CHAPTER III ISOSPONDYLI
- 8CHAPTER IV SALMONIDÆ
- 9CHAPTER V SALMONIDÆ—(Continued)
- 10CHAPTER VI THE GRAYLING AND THE SMELT
- 11CHAPTER VII THE APODES, OR EEL-LIKE FISHES
- 12CHAPTER VIII SERIES OSTARIOPHYSI
- 13CHAPTER IX THE NEMATOGNATHI, OR CATFISHES
- 14CHAPTER X THE SCYPHOPHORI, HAPLOMI, AND XENOMI
- 15CHAPTER XI ACANTHOPTERYGII; SYNENTOGNATHI
- 16CHAPTER XII PERCESOCES AND RHEGNOPTERI
- 17CHAPTER XIII PHTHINOBRANCHII: HEMIBRANCHII, LOPHOBRANCHII, AND HYPOSTOMIDES
- 18CHAPTER XIV SALMOPERCÆ AND OTHER TRANSITIONAL GROUPS
+ 19 more. The full contents open with the book.
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