The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, Including a Study of the Ecological Grouping of Species and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to That of the Lowlands
The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, Including a Study of the Ecological Grouping of Species and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to That of the Lowlands
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... large, the antero-posterior extent of the premaxillary very short, the maxillary with a curved anterior margin, its length about equal to that of the eye; about twelve teeth in each premaxillary; maxillary with about four similar teeth; about twenty teeth on each side of the lower jaw. Scales cycloid, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... large, the antero-posterior extent of the premaxillary very short, the maxillary with a curved anterior margin, its length about equal to that of the eye; about twelve teeth in each premaxillary; maxillary with about four similar teeth; about twenty teeth on each side of the lower jaw. Scales cycloid, regularly imbricate, six scales with pores; caudal naked. V entrals just reaching anal; pectorals not reaching the ventrals. Very few color-cells on the sides; scales of the back margined with dusky; upper part of the first few dorsal rays black. Three small specimens (C. M. Cat. No. 1891; I. U. Cat. No. 12163) probably belong to this species. Type, 57 mm. Rockstone sand-bank. (Carnegie Museum Catalog of Fishes No. 1879.) Cotypes, thirty-seven specimens, 28-58 mm. Rockstone sand-bank. (C. M. Cat. No. 1880a-e; I. U. Cat. No. 12161.) i Cotype, one specimen, 29 mm. to base of caudal. Maripicru Creek. (C. M. Cat. No. 1881a.) Cotype, one specimen, 35 mm. Crab Falls. (C. M. Cat. No. 2494.) Head about 4; depth 3.66-4; D. 10 or 11; A. 17; scales 5-34 to 37-33; nine to eleven scales with pores; eye in adult a little longer than snout, 3.5 in the head; interorbital 3 in the head. Elongate, preventral area with a median series of about thirteen scales; predorsal area with a median series of fourteen scales, the series irregular anteriorly; head somewhat blunt, the mouth terminal, oblique; maxillary-premaxillary border forming a continuous curve, its length 2.5 in the length of the head; six teeth in each premaxillary; about thirteen in each dentary, and about twelve to fourteen along the greater part of the maxillary. Scales regularly imbricate, each scale of half-grown specimens with a median fifth free from striaa, above and below this with numerous...
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Good. No Jacket. Sm folio. 578 pages, plus 103 plates. Green cloth covers show light rubbing, slightly bumped corners, and a half inch closed tear from the foot of the spine. Top hinge is cracked, though text block remains tight and well attached to covers. Inked name on front paste down. Errata sheet on pages xix/xx overlap other text, and now show chipping along all edges. Contents are otherwise bright, clean, and intact. Due to the size and weight of this book, extra fees will apply for priority and/or international shipping.
