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See also Australasian Fishes

 

 

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0589500821

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Freshwater fishes of south-eastern Australia . New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania

Edited by R.M.McDowall Hardback 210pp.1980. Superb textbook on the Fishes of the area

 £59.00 includIng U.K.Postage

Allen Freshwater

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FIELD GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF AUSTRALIA

by Gerald Allen

TFH 2003?

FRESHWATER FISHES OF AUSTRALIA

 Allen Freshwater

 

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF AUSTRALIA

by Dr Gerald Allen

TFH 1989

Large Page Hardback  pp 240. Beautifully photographed, and illustrated with individual species area maps. The definitive work for the area

Very hard to obtain book.Very slight foxing on first and last pages

Our Price £74 plus £4.20 UK Postage

FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN FISH

FIELDGUIDE

 

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FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN FISH

An amazing compact little pocketbook ideal for rapid identification of species by visitors or newcomers

One copy only

Our Price £2.75 plus £1.05p UK postage

THE AUSTRALIAN FISHERMAN'S COMPANION AUSFISH
 

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0 7018 1560 4

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THE AUSTRALIAN FISHERMAN'S COMPANION

PP.240 By Harold Vaughan

Lansdowne Press Sydney. Leatherette Cover

Great little but comprehensive identification guide. All colour illustrated.

1985

Our Price £ 3.60 plus £2.40 UK postage

The Sea and Freshwater Fishes of Australia and New Guinea. Part Two North, North-East and North-Western Australia and New Guinea. Taxonomic Classification of Recorded Species ATAX 2

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0906301 62 9

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The Sea and Freshwater Fishes of Australia and New Guinea. Part Two North, North-East and North-Western Australia and New Guinea. Taxonomic Classification of Recorded Species  £22.90

ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD

AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL REEF LIFE AUSREEF
 

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09589942 4 2

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AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL REEF LIFE

by Clifford and Dawn Frith. Superbly photographed paperback. 70 Photo pages

Our Price £ 3.60 plus £2.40 UK postage

SALTWATER FLY FISHING HANDBOOK

SALTWATERAUS

 

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10987654321

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SALTWATER FLY FISHING HANDBOOK

by L.L.Bean and Lefty Kreh

Lyons Press N.Y. 2001

pp.186. All you will ever need to know about fishing with rod and line in Australian Waters

Original Price AUS $45

Our Price UK £ 6 plus £2.50 UK or world surface postage

CATCHAUS

 

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1 86302 275 9

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HOW TO CATCH FISH IN AUSTRALIA

by Bruce Harris

pp.155 Rigby Publishers 1992

Includes data on location, bait, gear, catch, and cook!

Our Price £ 17.60 plus £2.40 UK postage

All pages intact and in good condition. Front & rear covers have
some scuff marks and minor edge wear. 

Our Price £15.00 plus £4.00 part UK postage

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The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia  
by GERALD R ALLEN & ROGER SWAINSTON
A FIELD GUIDE FOR ANGLERS AND DIVERS.
Pictures and Descriptions
Revised edition 1990 by West Australian Museum.
All pages intact and in good condition. Front cover has bend & rear 
cover has some scuff marks and minor edge wear.
Price sticker on front cost new $29.95

AUSWEST

 
VICTORIA

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Fishes of Victoria  by Neville Coleman pp.96 including about 50 full-page colour plates. PB

Lots of local data

Our Price £ 6.95 plus £2 UK postage

 

Carcasson

 

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0002196654

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A Field Guide to the Reef Fishes of TropIcal Australia and the Indo-Pacific Region

 by R. H. Carcasson. London. 1977. Collins.

A Superb hardback pocketbook in full colour in the Collins series of field guides. (All other books in this series are also in stock for other areas). Copy shows some staining on external edges. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 737 drawings, plus 48 plates with 400 illustrations in colour.  Map of Northern Australian waters. Laminated pictorial boards. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 20 x 13. . Close to 1800 species described. . ISBN: 0002196654

This was originally only available in Australia

Our Price £ 23.90 including postage

 

QGUIDE

 

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GUIDE TO FISHES 

by E M GRANT

DEPARTMENT OF HARBOURS AND MARINE QUEENSLAND 1965

280 PAGES COLOUR PLATES

SOME FADING AND A FEW MARKS TO THE BOARDS, GLOSSY TEXT IN GOOD CONDITION

£24.90 plus £5 UK Postage

 
 

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HANDBOOK OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES

 by  G.P.Whitley

629 PAGES OF VARIOUS PHOTO'S AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FISHES IN AUSTRALIA.BOOK  "HANDBOOK OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES"   EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY JACK POLLARD CIRCA 1980.BOOK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH DUST COVER.

£13.40 plus £4. UK Postage

 

RAINBOW
 

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Rainbow Fishes

 of Australia and New Guinea. by Derek Lambert 

An Aquarium guide to maintenance and breeding.64 Glossy pages packed with excellent data and pictures.  TFH.1998 NEW 

ISBN 0 7938 0376 4

Our Price £5.75 plus £2 postage

 

The Fishes of Australia's South Coast 

 

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The Fishes of Australia's South Coast 

by Gomon, Glover and Kuiter . State Print. Adelaide 1994 HB 994 pp.

A comprehensive work on the subject. Binding is a bit loose between the cover and the page block and spine a little frayed but it does not detract from the informative text in this very rare publication

Our Price £45.00 plus £7 Registered Postage in UK

EIO

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Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific.

  Fish Identification Sheets.

AVAILABLE ON CD

£15.99 Worldwide postage included

DOWNLOADABLE   £4.99

 

 

One is a Collectors item quite badly damaged but all plates in good condition. Damage is to Cover and first intro pages, not main text.  The other is in Good Condition and is NOT ILLUSTRATED (£15.50 inc.post)

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BARRIER (Damaged)

 

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Tropical Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef  by Tom C. Marshall 238pp. Angus and Robertson.

TWO COPIES AVAILABLE

1966. RARE Tropical Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef" by Tom Marshall, Sydney 1966. This is a quarto size book of 239 pages with 80 full-page colour plates and 66 full-page b&w plates depicting 497 fishes. An excellent and classic reference work which describes in text and photographs the huge variety of fish to be found on the Australian Great Barrier Reef. A comprehensive study. The author was Government Ichthyologist from the 1940's to 1960's. Introduction by Gilbert Whitley

Our Price £ 8 plus £6.50 postage.

SEAUSTRAL

Please enquire for delivery details. Shipped from Australia

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Freshwater Fishes of South Eastern Australia  by Robert Mc.Dowall. Reed.  1996 248 pages

Our price including postage £62.90

 

BARRIER1

 

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Marine Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef  by Gerald Allen

 Illustrated; Periplus Editions; 3rd revised edition, 1997 292 pages. The book is a field guide for divers and anglers covering the areas of tropical Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipines, New Guinea and Solomon Islands of SE Asia. Selected chapter headings: Biology of Reef Fishes; Ecology of Reef Fishes; Classification of Fishes; Dangerous Fish; etc... Excellent color photos.

Creased front cover.
£14.50 plus £5.20 UK postage

 

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Mammals and Fishes of Northern Australia  by Thomson

  Superb book. Not many fish (as most of the area is desert?) but a really interesting natural history book for zoologists worldwide.

£14.00 plus £4.00 postage

SOUTHA

 

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Sea Fishes of Southern Australia
by Barry Hutchins, Roger Swainston

This book is new, it has never been read. Softcover. 179 pages. 
The most popular of all the fish identification titles ever published in Australia. Over 1000 superb colour drawings next to limited identification text provide the most concise guide to over 700 southern species. A must for all serious divers and fisherman
Includes all the fishes of surrounding areas.

Our Price £14 plus £4.80 postage

Similar in Cover format to Volume 7 below

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Fishes of Western Australia

.Pacific Marine Fishes Volume 9.  PUBLISHER - T.F.H.  Hardcover.   268 pages 
full-colour pictures. 8.5" x 11.25"

Second User Copy £15.99 plus postage

 

 

BARRIERREEF3

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Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef  . Pacific Marine Fishes Volume 7.  PUBLISHER - T.F.H.  Hardcover.   268 pages 
full-colour pictures. 8.5" x 11.25"

New Copy £15.00 plus postage

Second User Copy £12.99 plus postage

 

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KUITER PHOTOGUIDE

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1 86436220 0

 Price Group:

  B

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All ages 

A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE SEA FISHES OF AUSTRALIA

by Rudie Kuiter

pp.144

222 Species colour illustrated with species distribution maps on most species. Handy Pocket sized guide

£9.90 plus £2 UK postage

MARAUS

 

 

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Marine Fishes of Australian Waters  by KENNETH PULLEY

HB/DJ 1st ed 1974  LANSDOWNE PRESS.Melboure,pp104

Colour photos as well as text illustrations and diagrams. Book and jacket in good condition with only minor wear.The book is an in-depth study of fish biology and requirements centred on Australian species

Our Price £26 plus £4.30 postage

SOUTHERNSEAS

Would US customers please order this book from The Aquatic Bookshop in CA where you will receive a much faster service

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Under Southern Seas      The ecology of Australia’s rocky reefs

  Edited by Neil Andrew 2000, hardback, 256 pages $49.95 

A colourful and refreshing publication about marine life of the Australian rocky reefs, this hardcover, oversize volume provides readers with comprehensive materials on the ecology of Australia's rocky reefs and their fisheries. Divided into three parts and containing 26 chapters, UNDER SOUTHERN Seas is a pleasure to the eye. Richly illustrated with around 200 colour photographs, and contributions of 32 marine biologists, Neil Andrew's work maintains a good balance between text and photos."--Xavier Gros, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, The Netherlands, Electronic Green Journal, Issue 14, Spring 2001.This comprehensive volume includes chapters on sharks, rock lobsters, abalone and fishes, as well as many of the less familiar inhabitants of rocky reefs. It is suitable for marine biologists, oceanographers, underwater photographers, or anyone willing to discover Australia's underwater world.

UK £29.90 plus £6.90 post and packing. NEW

SULAWESI

ISBN No:

0964226 90 1 

PRICE GROUP:

 C  

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Sulawesi Seas  

by Mike Severns. A Superbly photographed  160 page large format hardback book with slightly damaged dust cover. Hundreds of large photographic plates

Our Price £51.90 plus £4 part UK postage

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What fish is that in Australian Waters

An excellent all-round guide despite the title! , by Lance Wedlick

£5.50 plus £3.00 postage

 

FAO Species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Southern Ocean (Fishing areas, 48, 58 and 88) (CCAMLR Convention Area). Prepared and published with the support of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). R
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