Smiths' Sea Fishes (Record no. 274524)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
-- 3642828582
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 3642828604
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (BeLVLBS)9992867085401471
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (EXLNZ-32KUL_LIBIS_NETWORK)9992867085401471
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency BeLVLBS
Language of cataloging Language of cataloging varies
Description conventions rda based
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Smiths' Sea Fishes
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture South Africa :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Southern Book Publishers
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1995
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1047p.
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Anatomy of fishes -- Biology of fishes -- Dangers of the sea -- The effect of fishing -- Common names -- Scientific nomenclature and classification -- Oceanography of the Southern African region -- Ichthyology in South Africa -- Place names and their localities: map -- Systematic section -- Key to superclasses, classes and subclasses -- Class Pteraspidomorphi -- Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) -- Class Osteichthyes (bony fishes) -- Colour plate section -- Reference section -- Fin formula key to bony fishes -- Number conversion table -- Scientific index -- English common name index -- Afrikaans common name index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Dr. D. S. Henderson, Chairman of the 1. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University This book is a unique, international collaborative effort ranging all of the colour plates for the book. For the past of 76 scientists, representing 15 countries. Several skilled eight years, she has been assisted in the research, writing artists and photographers have also contributed to the and editing of the book by Dr. P. C. Heemstra. numerous and beautiful illustrations. Research done in It is essential for the proper management of the marine South Africa was supported by the Council for Scientific fish resources of southern Africa that we know what species and Industrial Research. Work on the book at the J.L.B. we are dealing with. This book will greatly facilitate the Smith Institute was also funded by the Department of identification of our fishes. It will thus be of vital import National Education and The Trustees of the Sea Fishes of ance to the understanding and wise use of our tremendously Southern Africa Book Fund. Expenses of visits by ichthy diverse and valuable fish fauna. ologists from overseas were defrayed by a grant from the We are proud of the affiliation of the J.L.B. Smith Insti John S. Schlesinger Foundation. tute with Rhodes University and happy to see the successful Although this book is an impressive contribution to the completion of this long-awaited work.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Life sciences
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Oceanography
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Ecology
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Zoology
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Smith, Margaret M.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Heemstra, Phillip C.
Relator term editor
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Koha item type book
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