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Cambodian Mekong

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Field Guide to the Commercial  Resources of The cambodian mekong

£70.00

This field guide includes approximately 500 species of present or potential interest to, or likely to be encountered in, fisheries in the Cambodian Mekong. This covers all species historically recorded from Cambodian reaches of the Mekong as well as numerous new records by the author. It also includes species expected to occur in Cambodia which have been recorded from, or found by the author, in Vietnam, Thailand and Laos. An overview is given on the factors that have contributed to the diversity of the Mekong along with a basic introduction to taxonomy.

S.E.Asia. REEF

ISBN:  

9781847739834

 Price Group:

  B

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All ages

 

Reef Fishes of South-East Asia

Wood. New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2011. Paperback.

MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE

 

ISBN:  

9789625938677

 Price Group:

  C

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All ages

Tropical Reef Fishes of Malaysia & Singapore

HB. 2001Good Condition
Allen, Gerald R

One Copy Only

£11 plus £3 UK Postage

MALAYA

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An Introduction to the Sea Fishes of Malaya by J.S.Scott B.Sc

Fisheries Department  Ministry of Agriculture, Federation of Malaya 1959

Green Cloth bound hardback embossed with gold titling.pp.180. VGC for age and extremely comprehensive for its time. Well illustrated.

No dust cover

Our Price £18.50 plus £4recorded  postage in the UK

Guide to Reef Fish of Indonesia and Borneo  

Postage £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage

Guide to Reef Fish of Indonesia and Borneo


This is a high quality fish Identification card for Indonesia and Borneo. Printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof and more robust than paper laminated versions. Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common fish to be found in this area.

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1 57524 103 X

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Dual Language. English-Chinese

UK £49.90 plus £8.70 postage. NEW

CHINAFISH

  RESASIA

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Reservoir Fishes of Asia  Proceedings of the 2nd Asia fisheries workshop. Peoples Republic of China. IDRC Ontario 1990. In English . 275 pages. Paperback

Our price £7.00 plus £2.20 postage

FIGHTERS

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B

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THE SIAMESE FIGHTING FISH by William White. HB TFH Publications

All you ever needed to know about these unique fishes

Our Price £1.99 plus £2.50 post  in the UK

CEYLON

 

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The Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of Ceylon
Munro, I. S. R.

Dept. of External Affairs, Canberra, 1955. No dust jacket. Cover worn. Title page is torn. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy.

£27.50 plus £3.50 UK Postage

ANABS

ISBN: 

0 86622 897 7 

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B

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All ages

Bettas , Gouramis and other Anabantid Fishes 

HB   Bettas, Gouramis and Other Anabantoids - Labyrinth Fishes of the World by Jorg Vierice, hardback, 1988 published by TFH Publications, 192 pages with over 150 full colour illustrations, One slight dent in back board but otherwise new and unread. Original Price £13.95

£7.20 plus £2.80 postage

THE AUTHORS OF THIS NEW BOOK HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN THE INDIAN AQUATIC INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE DEVOTED MUCH OF THAT TIME TO CATALOGUING AND PHOTOGRAPHING WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE THE "AQUARIUM WORTHY SPECIES" WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE REGION. THE RESULTS OF THEIR LABOURS ARE SET OUT IN THIS BOOK IN WHICH THEY IDENTIFY AND ILLUSTRATE WITH COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS THESE SPECIES AS WELL AS PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR HABITS, REQUIREMENTS AND SUITABILITY TO THE AQUARIST. THE CLEAR USE OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS MAKES THIS A PARTICULARLY USEFUL WORK OF REFERENCE.

£14.99 plus £3 postage in the UK

ISBN No:  

185279117-9

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ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM FISH OF INDIA 

BY KISHORI LAL TEKRIWAL AND ANDREW ARUNAVA RAO

THE INDIAN AQUATIC INDUSTRY HAS GROWN AND BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF ORNAMENTAL FISH FOR THE AQUATIC HOBBY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE ARE AROUND 1,000 DESCRIBED SPECIES FOUND IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT AND OF THESE APPROXIMATELY 250 ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO AQUATIC HOBBYISTS.
IN ADDITION TO A STRIKING PHOTO GALLERY AND A DESCRIPTION OF FISHES THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHAPTER DEVOTED TO THE TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION OF THESE FISHES AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT IF FISHKEEPING IN INDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA'S GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION.

NOT ONLY WILL ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM FISHES OF INDIA BE AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE WORK FOR ICHTHYOLOGISTS AND FISHKEEPERS, IT IS ALSO A FASCINATING READ

RASBORAS

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RASBORA : A revision of the Indo-Malayan Fresh-Water Fish Genus Rasbora,

by Dr. Martin R.Brittan.

Hardback, reprint, not dated, published by TFH Publications, 224 pages with photographs in both colour and black and white. Illustrated boards.

£25 plus £3.95 UK postage

Plain Wrappers

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  F

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Fishes of Thailand: their English, scientific and Thai names

Kasetsart University,, Bangkok:, 1966. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Colored frontispiece and 160 text-figures. 8vo, pp. xv, 212, stiff wrappers (minor soiling and creasing to wrapper; handstamp to front wrapper). Kasetsart University Fishery Research Bulletin No. 4

Our Price £48.50 including worldwide postage

The Freshwater Fishes of Siam or Thailand

 

ISBN:  

9788173714092

8173714096

 Price Group:

  G

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All ages

The Freshwater fishes of Siam, or Thailand
Smith, Hugh M
.

Smithsonian Institute, 1965. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. This 1965 reprint of 622 pages provides detailed information on the fish of Siam. Many line drawings and a photograph supplement the text. There was no dust jacket as issued, but the green cloth cover with gold print is in near fine condition with only slight bumping at the spine ends

Our Price £54.50 including worldwide postage

RASBORAS 2

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Rasboras - Keeping and Breeding Them in Captivity

By Brittan 64 pages, paperback, many Color photos,  Focuses on keeping and breeding them in captivity. There's information by experts on aquarium set-up, water quality, feeding, varieties within a species, and the intricacies of breeding adults and raising fry. 

£10.90 including postage

  DANIOS

 

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Danios

TFH 18 page Paperback Rare. Our Price £1 plus £1.99 postage

 

 

  TOR1

 

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Synopsis of Biological Data on the Tor Mahseer Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822). 

FAO. 2003. 30cm. Pp.vii,36. 19 figures, 20 tables. Pbk. Covers the nomenclature, taxonomy, morphology, distribution, hybridization, reproduction, development, feeding, behaviour, populations, exploitation, protection, management and culture of one of the most important food and game fishes of India. 
Price: £ 7.00 plus £5 postage
RUSSFISH

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Fishes of Rivers and Lakes of the USSR. Soviet Reference Book (1977) In Russian
Descriptions and  pictures of more than 150 species of fishes of the USSR rivers and lakes.  
Published by the PROSVESCHENIE publishing house (Moscow)1977. HB. 256 pages.  In good condition . 15 cm x 22 cm

Our Price £19.50 plus £4.50 postage

CHINA

 

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Rice-Fish Culture in China

Has agricultural and "green" potential as well as fish interest

IDRC 1995

CHINA

£5.50 plus £4.50 postage

 

AFACATS

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A Fishkeepers Guide to African and Asian Catfishes 

by David Sands and Dick Mills in the Tetra Press series of Hardback Pocketbooks. 116 pages. Fully colour illustrated . NEW.

PUBLISHERS RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49

Our Price including Postage  £6.99

UKRAINE

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Fishes of the Ukraine.  

A Beautifully illustrated book in Ukranian. 1981

Our Price £21.00 including postage

   FAO 14

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ISBN No:  

0251032939

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The Marine Fishery Resources of Sri Lanka 
FAO. 1994. 28cm. Pp.418. colour photos, line illustrations. Paperback. This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of the area.  An annotated checklist of sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes and marine mammals as well as a list of important references are appended. The introduction and guide sections are fully indexed. 
Price: £38.00 

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