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Price Groups: A = 1p to £5  B = £5.01 to £10  C = £10.01-15  D = £15.01 to £25  E = £25 to £30.  F = £31 to £50  G £51 to £99. H = Over £100

 

ISBN No:

9781770073456

PRICE GROUP:  

READING LEVEL  

All Ages 

A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Southern Africa
Van Der Elst, Rudy and King, Dennis, Jr.
 

£9.50 including UK Postage

EAST SOUTHERN  AFRICA

ISBN No:

 9781868259816 

PRICE GROUP:

B

READING LEVEL

All Ages

 

Cheaper than

Reef Fishes and Corals: East Coast of Southern Africa: Seychelles, Mauritius, Comores, Madagascar & East Africa:
King, Dennis
Struik Publishers, 1997. Very good photo-illustrated Pb.

£7.99 post paid in the UK

Southern African Reef Fishes

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PRICE GROUP:

C

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All Ages

 

More Reef Fishes and Nudibranchs: East and South Coast of Southern Africa Paperback – 30 Sep 2002
by Dennis King (Author), Valda Fraser (Author)
£10.99

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ISBN No:

1 86872 288 0

PRICE GROUP:  

READING LEVEL  

All Ages

FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Rudy Van Der Elst. New Holland 1999

Handy little pocket guide for the area - both fresh and saltwater common species are covered

£9.50 including UK Postage

Smiths Sea Fishes UK

 

ISBN No:  

0 86954 266 4

PRICE GROUP:  

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Smiths' Sea Fishes


Smith, Margaret M & Heemstra, Phillip C

1986? Edition .A definitive and well illustrated textbook for this vast area Hardcover. Book Condition:  Good Virtually New pp.1,050.  Internally clean .

£90.00 plus £13.90 Registered postage in the U.K.

 

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Pre ISBN

PRICE GROUP:  

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Sea Fishes of Southern Africa

by Professor J.l.b.Smith Published by : - Central News, South Africa,
5th Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
580pp illustrated colour & b/w drawings. 4to. A comprehensive work representing a lifetime of study by the author. blue covers with gilt lettering to the spine gilt decorations to both the front cover & spine - illustrated endpages . Damage to Dust cover and top corner of spine.

£30.00 plus £13.90 Registered first class postage
 

Van Elst(2)

ISBN No:  

ISBN-10: 0869774638
ISBN-13: 978-0869774632

PRICE GROUP:  

READING LEVEL  

All levels

A Guide to Common Sea Fishes of Southern Africa
by Rudy van der Elst

Paperback: 398 pages
Publisher: Struik 2Rev Ed edition
 More than 300 of the fishes most likely to be seen or caught in the coastal regions of Southern Africa. A full colour photograph of each fish plus distribution maps.

£10.90 including UK Postage
Image courtesy of Google. This title is ALSO available as a GoogleBook

ZANZIBAR REPRINT

 

ISBN No:

  1142988694
9781142988692

PRICE GROUP:

READING LEVEL

All Ages

 

The Fishes of Zanzibar,

REPRINT (2010)
by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Gnther, Robert Lambert Playfair

Nabu Press.REPRINT (2010)
 
£16 plus £3.00 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

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ISBN No:

1 86872 288 0

PRICE GROUP:  

READING LEVEL  

All Ages

FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Rudy Van Der Elst. New Holland 1999

Handy little pocket guide for the area - both fresh and saltwater common species are covered

£7.50 including UK Postage

PTEROIS

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

B 

Reading Category:

 

THE FISHES OF THE FAMILY SCORPAENIDAE

by J.L.B.Smith

Ichthyological Bulletin No.5 of Dept.of Ichthyology,Rhodes University. August 1957

Part II

Families:Pteroinae, Apistinae, Setarchinae, and Sebastinae

A VERY RARE PAPER

FAO 7

 

ISBN No:

9251043450

PRICE GROUP:  D

READING LEVEL  

 

Field Guide to the Living Marine Resources of Namibia. 
 
FAO. 1999. 28cm. Pp.298. 88 colour photos, line illustrations. Paperback. This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of Namibia.  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: £48.00 
Smith's Sea Fishes 2

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*****   Smith's Sea Fishes 
by Professor J.L.B.Smith of Coelacanth fame. 

VALIAN PUBLISHERS 1977 PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS THE SEA FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA . 580 PAGES NUMEROUS COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY THE DUSTCOVER HAS SOME CHIPPINGS AND SOME TEARS TO EDGES. 
Our Price £66.95 plus £5.90 postage

 

COEL1

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

B 

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A Fish Caught in Time. The search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg. HB  

ISBN :

Price Group: B

All ages

Our Price £6.50 plus £3 UK Postage

4LEGS

TOS

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PRICE GROUP:  

 

READING LEVEL  

 

Old Four Legs - The Story of the Coelacanth.

The original and true report by "the man in charge," Professor J.L.B.Smith

This is a rare paperback edition - good despite the appalling illustration on the front!

T.O.S

TSITSIKAMA SMITH

ISBN No:

PRICE GROUP:  

D

READING LEVEL  

 

Fishes of the Tsitsikama Coastal National Park (SOUTHERN AFRICA )

by the late Professor J.L.B.Smith and Margaret Smith, of Coelacanth fame

A VERY RARE BOOK beautifully colour illustrated by the authors

Our Price £18 plus £6.60 recorded postage


Picture is of a Republic of South Africa First Day Cover. Price Group B

Our Price £7.90 post paid

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