Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything
Record details
- ISBN: 9781472936844
- ISBN: 1472936841
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Physical Description:
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320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Publisher: London ; Bloomsbury Sigma, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | Series numbering from dust jacket. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-310) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The wandering ichthyologist. Sedna, the sea goddess -- Ichthyo-curiosities -- A view from the deep : introducing the fish. How the flounder lost its smile -- Outrageous acts of colour. The salmon of knowledge -- Illuminations. O-namazu -- Anatomy of a shoal. Osiris and the elephantfish -- Fish food. Vatnagedda -- Toxic fish. Chipfalamfula -- How fish used to be. The doctor of the sea -- Fish symphonies. The fish and the golden shoe -- (Re)thinking fish -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Illustration species list. |
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Subject: | Fishes Fish watching Fishes -- Social aspects Fish communities Ichthyology Fishes -- Folklore Deep diving Marine biologists Marine biology -- History Marine resources conservation |
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 597 SCA (Text) | 33123009624470 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |