Sharks and rays of Australia / Peter R. Last and John D. Stevens ; colour illustrations, Roger Swainston ; line illustrations, Georgina Davis
- Bib ID:
- 4387412
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Last, Peter R. (Peter Robert)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2009
- vii, 644 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780643094574
- Summary:
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"This second edition of Sharks and Rays of Australia covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution maps. This version includes 24 new species accounts, and updates more than 100 species which have now been formally named in publications. This edition presents the major changes to the systematics of some groups, such as the dogfishes and skates, and includes updated family keys, upgraded species distributional information and maps, extensively revised text descriptions, reflecting additional fisheries and biological information, revised introductory chapters reflecting the contemporary status of chondrichthyan information and an updated reference section."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: East Melbourne, Vic. : CSIRO Australia, c1994.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 507-526.
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- Copyright:
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- Until 2059 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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