| Description |
xi, 491 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Part One (to 1800) -- Early ichthyology to the time of Ray and Willughby -- Artedi, Linnaeus and the Systema Naturae -- Linnaeus' students, their voyages of discovery, and their French contemporaries -- Seba, Dutch naturalists and the stadholder's cabinet -- Bloch and Schneider, Pallas, Lace??pe??de, Broussonet -- The British Museum before 1800 (Shaw) -- Voyages to Australia before 1800 -- Collections in Australia before 1800 -- Part Two (1800 to 1870) -- Flinders (Bauer, Brown) and Baudin (Pe??ron and Lesueur) -- French voyages (1817 to 1840) -- Darwin (Jenyns) -- Cuvier and Valenciennes, and their contributors -- Gray at the British Museum, and the Bennetts Richardson -- Ichthyology and empire -- Continental ichthyology -- Bleeker -- Gu??nther -- Fish collection and ichthyology in Australia (1800 to 1870) -- Part Three (1870 to 1930) -- Castelnau -- Interregnum -- Overseas contributions -- Ogilby -- Waite McCulloch -- Contemporaries of Ogilby, Waite and McCulloch -- A glance forward from 1930 |
| Summary |
Provides insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work |
| Analysis |
Fishes |
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Palaeontology |
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History |
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Evolution |
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Australian |
| Notes |
Includes glossary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online |
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| Subject |
Fishes.
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Fishes -- Australia.
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Fishery sciences.
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Marine fishes.
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Ichthyology.
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Ichthyology -- Australia.
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Fishes -- Australia -- History.
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Fishery scientists -- Biography.
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Ichthyology -- Australia -- History.
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Ichthyologists -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Author |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
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| LC no. |
2012471789 |
| ISBN |
0643106707 hardback |
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9780643106703 hardback |
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