A Review of the genera and species of Serranidae found in the waters of America and Europe
by Jordan, David Starr and Eigenmann, Carl H
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- Hardcover
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 329-441; 10 full page plates (fine line-drawings of fish). Later green cloth, spine is lettered in white, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1888, volume 8. This is an important early work by Jordan and Eigenmann on the Serranidae, a family of ray-finned fishes in the order Perciformes in the waters of North America and in Europe. This family includes the sea basses and the groupers including the giant grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, which is the largest bony fish in the world (modified after Wiki). No ownership marks and no signs of use.
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- Natural History Books (US)
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- Title
- A Review of the genera and species of Serranidae found in the waters of America and Europe
- Author
- Jordan, David Starr and Eigenmann, Carl H
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition.
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- Ichthyology;
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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