Fishes of Australia

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Fishes of Australia

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		SOUTH AUSTRALIA REEF FISH IDENTIFIER A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		Great Barrier Reef Identification and Dive Slate A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		CENTRAL VICTORIA COASTAL REEF FISHES A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		KANGAROO ISLAND AUSTRALIA A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		TASMANIAN SEA FISH IDENTIFIER Chart A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
KUITER GUIDE	ISBN: 1 864360917 Price Group: B Reading Category: All ages	A GUIDE TO THE SEA FISHES OF AUSTRALIA by Rudie KuiterPB pp434 £49.90 post paid in UK
Covers vary KUITER PHOTOGUIDE	ISBN: 1 86436220 0 Price Group: B Reading Category: All ages	A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE SEA FISHES OF AUSTRALIA by Rudie Kuiter pp.144 222 Species colour illustrated with species distribution maps on most species. Handy Pocket sized guide £4.90 plus £2 UK postage
The Fishes of Australia's SouthERN Coast	ISBN: 9781877069185 Price Group: G Reading Category: All ages	Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast Martin F. Gomon New Holland Publishers, 2012. Hardback. Price: £ 68.50 includes UK Postage
The Fishes of Australia's South Coast	ISBN: None on book? Price Group: Reading Category:	The Fishes of Australia's South Coast by Gomon, Glover and Kuiter . State Print. Adelaide 1994 HB 994 pp. A comprehensive work on the subject. Binding is a bit loose between the cover and the page block and spine a little frayed but it does not detract from the informative text in this very rare publication Our Price £45.00 plus £7 Registered Postage in UK
Allen Freshwater	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category: All ages	FIELD GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF AUSTRALIA by Gerald Allen TFH 2003?
Cover Illustrations Vary Allen Freshwater	ISBN: Price Group: D Reading Category: All ages	FRESHWATER FISHES OF AUSTRALIA by Dr Gerald Allen TFH 1989 Large Page Hardback pp 240. Beautifully photographed, and illustrated with individual species area maps. The definitive work for the area Very hard to obtain book.Very slight foxing on first and last pages Our Price £34 plus £4.20 UK Postage
AUSTRALIAN ID GUIDE	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category: All ages	Guide to THE Reef Fish of Australia This is a high quality fish Identification card for Australian Fish. Printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof and more robust than paper laminated versions. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		TASMANIAN SEA FISH IDENTIFIER Chart A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		CENTRAL VICTORIA COASTAL REEF FISHES A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		SOUTH AUSTRALIA REEF FISH IDENTIFIER A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		KANGAROO ISLAND AUSTRALIA A high quality fish laminated Identification card printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof .Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common marine species to be found in this area. £5.99 plus £2 UK Postage
		TASMANIAN SEA FISH IDENTIFIER Chart Very difficult to obtain. Laminated Card. Water resistant though not dive-proof One Only. Our Price £12.00 plus £1.50 UK postage
SWAINSTON AUSTRALIA	ISBN: 9780670071647 Price Group: G Reading Category: All Ages	Swainston's Fishes of Australia 2010 pp 832 The Complete Illustrated Guide By Roger Swainston £472.99 inc worldwide postage
Carcasson	ISBN: 0002196654 Price Group: D Reading Category: All Ages	A Field Guide to the Reef Fishes of TropIcal Australia and the Indo-Pacific Region by R. H. Carcasson. London. 1977. Collins. A Superb hardback pocketbook in full colour in the Collins series of field guides. Copy shows some staining on external edges. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 737 drawings, plus 48 plates with 400 illustrations in colour. Map of Northern Australian waters. Laminated pictorial boards. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 20 x 13. . Close to 1800 species described. This was originally only available in Australia Our Price £ 23.90 including postage
DANGEROUS AUSTRALIAN FISHES	ISBN: 0724482245 / 0-7244-8224-5) Price Group: C Reading Category: All Ages	Dangerous Fishes of Western Australia . The West Australian Museum, Perth, 1980. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 48 pages. Colour photos. Pictorial wraps. Our Price £13.90 plus £2.80 postage in the UK
ATAX 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: D READING LEVEL Student+	The Sea and Freshwater Fishes of Australia and New Guinea. Part One South ,South-East and South-Western Australia and Tasmania (in part). Taxonomic Classification of Recorded Species ATAX 1 £19.90 ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD
AUSFISH	ISBN: 0 7018 1560 4 Price Group: A Reading Category: All ages	THE AUSTRALIAN FISHERMAN'S COMPANION PP.240 By Harold Vaughan Lansdowne Press Sydney. Leatherette Cover Great little but comprehensive identification guide. All colour illustrated. 1985 Our Price £ 3.60 plus £2.40 UK postage
All pages intact and in good condition. Front & rear covers have some scuff marks and minor edge wear. Our Price £45.00 plus £4.00 part UK postage	ISBN: Price Group: F Reading Category:	The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia by GERALD R ALLEN & ROGER SWAINSTON A FIELD GUIDE FOR ANGLERS AND DIVERS. Pictures and Descriptions Revised edition 1990 by West Australian Museum. All pages intact and in good condition. Front cover has bend & rear cover has some scuff marks and minor edge wear. AUSWEST
AUSREEF	ISBN: 09589942 4 2 Price Group: Reading Category: All ages	AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL REEF LIFE by Clifford and Dawn Frith. Superbly photographed paperback. 70 Photo pages Our Price £ 3.60 plus £2.40 UK postage
1st Edition. The comprehensive scientific guide to the fishes of circum-Antarctic Southern Ocean. Fishes of the Southern Oceans provides accounts of the taxonomy, biology and distribution of all Antarctic fishes. SOUTHERN OCEAN	ISBN: ISBN: 0868102113 / 0-86810-211-3 PRICE GROUP G READERSHIP AGE RANGE:	FISHES OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN Gon, O & Heemstra, P.C. (editors ) J L B Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, 1990. Cloth. The introductory chapters include an historical review of Southern Ocean ichthyology a review of Antarctic oceanography, and a general introduction to the fishes of the Southern Ocean, including the origin and composition of the fauna, their peculiar adaptations to cold conditions, and their conservation and exploitation. The systematic section includes keys for the identification of all families, genera and species of Antarctic fishes. All but three of the 272 species and subspecies are meticulously illustrated, and their geographical distribution is shown A glossary explains the technical terms used in the book, and a comprehensive bibliography and scientific index are provided. xviii, plus 462 pp. Maps on ends., plus drawings and further distribution maps throughout Our Price £88 includes Recorded UK Postage
CATCHAUS	ISBN: 1 86302 275 9 Price Group: B Reading Category: All ages	HOW TO CATCH FISH IN AUSTRALIA by Bruce Harris pp.155 Rigby Publishers 1992 Includes data on location, bait, gear, catch, and cook! Our Price £ 17.60 plus £2.40 UK postage
FIELDGUIDE	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category: All ages	FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN FISH An amazing compact little pocketbook ideal for rapid identification of species by visitors or newcomers One copy only Our Price £2.75 plus £1.05p UK postage
VICTORIA	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Fishes of Victoria by Neville Coleman pp.96 including about 50 full-page colour plates. PB Lots of local data Our Price £ 6.95 plus £2 UK postage
QGUIDE	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	GUIDE TO FISHES by E M GRANT DEPARTMENT OF HARBOURS AND MARINE QUEENSLAND 1965 280 PAGES COLOUR PLATES SOME FADING AND A FEW MARKS TO THE BOARDS, GLOSSY TEXT IN GOOD CONDITION £24.90 plus £5 UK Postage
	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	HANDBOOK OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES by G.P.Whitley 629 PAGES OF VARIOUS PHOTO'S AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FISHES IN AUSTRALIA.BOOK "HANDBOOK OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES" EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY JACK POLLARD CIRCA 1980.BOOK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH DUST COVER. £13.40 plus £4. UK Postage
RAINBOW	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Rainbow Fishes of Australia and New Guinea. by Derek Lambert An Aquarium guide to maintenance and breeding.64 Glossy pages packed with excellent data and pictures. TFH.1998 NEW ISBN 0 7938 0376 4 Our Price £5.75 plus £2 postage
SULAWESI	ISBN No: 0964226 90 1 PRICE GROUP: C READING LEVEL	Sulawesi Seas by Mike Severns. A Superbly photographed 160 page large format hardback book with slightly damaged dust cover. Hundreds of large photographic plates Our Price £51.90 plus £4 part UK postage
AUS11	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	What fish is that in Australian Waters An excellent all-round guide despite the title! , by Lance Wedlick £5.50 plus £3.00 postage
One is a Collectors item quite badly damaged but all plates in good condition. Damage is to Cover and first intro pages, not main text. The other is in Good Condition and is NOT ILLUSTRATED (£15.50 inc.post) Barrier ( Intact) BARRIER (Damaged)	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Tropical Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef by Tom C. Marshall 238pp. Angus and Robertson. TWO COPIES AVAILABLE 1966. RARE Tropical Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef" by Tom Marshall, Sydney 1966. This is a quarto size book of 239 pages with 80 full-page colour plates and 66 full-page b&w plates depicting 497 fishes. An excellent and classic reference work which describes in text and photographs the huge variety of fish to be found on the Australian Great Barrier Reef. A comprehensive study. The author was Government Ichthyologist from the 1940's to 1960's. Introduction by Gilbert Whitley Our Price £ 8 plus £6.50 postage.
SEAUSTRAL	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Freshwater Fishes of South Eastern Australia by Robert Mc.Dowall. Reed. 1996 248 pages Our price including postage £48.90
BARRIER1	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Marine Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef by Gerald Allen Illustrated; Periplus Editions; 3rd revised edition, 1997 292 pages. The book is a field guide for divers and anglers covering the areas of tropical Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipines, New Guinea and Solomon Islands of SE Asia. Selected chapter headings: Biology of Reef Fishes; Ecology of Reef Fishes; Classification of Fishes; Dangerous Fish; etc... Excellent color photos. £14.50 plus £5.20 postage
AUS10	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Mammals and Fishes of Northern Australia by Thomson Superb book. Not many fish (as most of the area is desert?) but a really interesting natural history book for zoologists worldwide. WATER DAMAGED SALVAGE COPY OF THIS VERY RARE TITLE £14.00 plus £4.00 postage
SOUTHA	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Sea Fishes of Southern Australia by Barry Hutchins, Roger Swainston This book is new, it has never been read. Softcover. 179 pages. The most popular of all the fish identification titles ever published in Australia. Over 1000 superb colour drawings next to limited identification text provide the most concise guide to over 700 southern species. A must for all serious divers and fisherman Includes all the fishes of surrounding areas. Our Price £14 plus £4.80 postage
Similar in Cover format to Volume 7 below	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Fishes of Western Australia .Pacific Marine Fishes Volume 9. PUBLISHER - T.F.H. Hardcover. 268 pages full-colour pictures. 8.5" x 11.25" £16.99 plus £9 postage
BARRIERREEF3	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Pacific Marine Fishes Book 7. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. PUBLISHER - T.F.H. Hardcover. 268 pages full-colour pictures. 8.5" x 11.25" New Copy £15.00 plus postage Second User Copy £12.99 plus postage
MARAUS	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category:	Marine Fishes of Australian Waters by KENNETH PULLEY HB/DJ 1st ed 1974 LANSDOWNE PRESS.Melboure,pp104 Colour photos as well as text illustrations and diagrams. Book and jacket in good condition with only minor wear.The book is an in-depth study of fish biology and requirements centred on Australian species Our Price £26 plus £4.30 postage
SOUTHERNSEAS Would US customers please order this book from The Aquatic Bookshop in CA where you will receive a much faster service	ISBN: Price Group: Reading Category: All ages	Under Southern Seas The ecology of Australia’s rocky reefs Edited by Neil Andrew 2000, hardback, 256 pages $49.95 A colourful and refreshing publication about marine life of the Australian rocky reefs, this hardcover, oversize volume provides readers with comprehensive materials on the ecology of Australia's rocky reefs and their fisheries. Divided into three parts and containing 26 chapters, UNDER SOUTHERN Seas is a pleasure to the eye. Richly illustrated with around 200 colour photographs, and contributions of 32 marine biologists, Neil Andrew's work maintains a good balance between text and photos."--Xavier Gros, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, The Netherlands, Electronic Green Journal, Issue 14, Spring 2001.This comprehensive volume includes chapters on sharks, rock lobsters, abalone and fishes, as well as many of the less familiar inhabitants of rocky reefs. It is suitable for marine biologists, oceanographers, underwater photographers, or anyone willing to discover Australia's underwater world. UK £29.90 plus £6.90 post and packing. NEW

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