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FISHMALDIVE	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: B READING LEVEL All Ages	FISHES OF THE MALDIVES by Andrea Ghisotti Our Price £10.90 plus £2.90 postage
MALD 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Additions to the fish fauna of the Maldive Islands Part 1: An annotated checklist of the deep demersal fishes of the Maldive islands. (with) Part 2: New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species by M. S. Adam, N. R. Merrett, R. C. Anderson, J. E. Randall & R. H. Kuiter PUBLICATION/DESCRIPTION: Grahamstown: 1998. Pp. 32 (+ pls). Softbound, illustrated with 4 plates (44 colour photos), 16 figs (inc. 13 b/w photos, 1 map). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, No. 67.SIZE:Approximately 30cm x 21cm CONDITION: Unmarked and as new. £3.99 plus 1.25 postage
This book can be read ONLINE free at the FAO site linked here. For a copy on CD purely for research purposes we only charge production and postage costs. The text is free In all cases the source of copied material should be cited. CDMALDIVES For a copy on CD please enquire for further details. THE BOOK	ISBN No: ISBN 99915-62-12-5 PRICE GROUP: No part of the book may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research or criticism, READING LEVEL All Ages	FISHES OF THE MALDIVES Marine Research Section, Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture, Republic of Maldives. 408 pp. Date of Publication 10 December 1997Published by Marine Research Section Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture Republic of Maldives Printed in India with the assistance of Bay of Bengal Programme Madras 600 018 India No part of the book may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission. Bound Copy as a Book £111.00 U.K. Post paid
KENYAN1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	A Guide to the Common reef Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean and Kenya Coast by K. Bock pp.122 MacMillan Our Price £13.99 post paid in UK
CEYLON	Pre ISBN PRICE GROUP: D READING LEVEL	The Marine and Fresh Water Fishes of Ceylon Munro, I. S. R. Dept. of External Affairs, Canberra, 1955. No dust jacket. Cover worn. Title page is torn. Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a reading copy. £17.50 plus £3.50 UK Postage
PMF MALDIVES	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: D READING LEVEL All Ages	Pacific Marine Fishes Book 3 Sri Lanka and the Maldives full-colour pictures. 8.5" x 11.25" £15 plus £5.50 UK postage (£20.50 including postage )
MAURITIUS	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Very Scarce Out of Print Sea-Fishes of Mauritius by Dr Michael Atchia illustrated by Paula Atchia Published 1984 by author in collaboration with MACE & WWF A guide to the fishes in the Indian Ocean around Mauritius 200 fishes identified with illustrations by Paula Atchia, with quick identification chart in colour to rear, and some colour photos and an index of local names of fish. Book a good tight clean copy in softcovers, 105 pages, small rubbed area to front cover Our Price £14.90 plus £2.85 part UK Postage
	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	An annotated Checklist of the Fishes of the Chagos Archipelago £17 including postage
ARAB 2	ISBN No: 0 906301 PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	A Calypso Pocket Field Guide to the fishes of Arabia. Volume Two. by Gerald Jennings.1998 £19.90
ARAB 3	ISBN No: 0 906301 PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All ages	A Calypso Pocket Field Guide to the fishes of Arabia. Volume Three. by Gerald Jennings.1998 £19.90
CAPE FISHES	ISBN: Price Group: D Reading Category: All ages	SEA ANGLING FISHES OF THE CAPE A very rare publication. Juta South Africa. pp 302 HB C.Leo Biden 3rd Edition 1954 Our Price £15 plus £2.80 UK postage
SaudiCom	ISBN No: 0 903941 12 0 PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Commercial Fishes of Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Fisheries Company. Fully Colour illustrated 120 pages Our Price £6.99 plus £2 postage in UK
FARABIA	ISBN No: 9251037418 PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Field Guide to the Living Marine Resources of Kuwait, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. FAO. 1997. 28cm. Pp.302. 88 colour photos, line illustrations. Paperback. This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of Namibia. An annotated checklist of sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes and marine mammals as well as a list of important references are appended. Price: £36.00 plus postage
MALDCARD	ISBN : Group B All Ages	Fishes of the Maldives Identification Chart (waterproof double-sided) £5.00 plus £1.40 postage Delivery 2-3 weeks
SaudiCom	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Commercial Fishes of Saudi Arabia by the Saudi Fisheries Company. Fully Colour illustrated 120 pages Our Price £6.99 plus £2 postage in UK
	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	A Field Guide to the Reef Fishes of TropIcal Australia and the Indo-Pacific Region by R. H. Carcasson. A Superb hardback pocketbook in full colour in the Collons series of field guides. (All other books in this series are also in stock for other areas). Copy shows some staining on external edges. This was originally only available in Australia Our Price £ 29.90 post paid in the UK
EIO	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific. Fish Identification Sheets. AVAILABLE ON CD £15.99 Worldwide postage included DOWNLOADABLE £4.99
RANMAL	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Divers Guide to the Fishes of the Maldives by John E Randall. 475 Full colour plates. 192pp. 1992. Immel Pubs. Our price £7.20 plus £2.70 postage
KUWY 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Fishes of Kuwait K.Kuronuma and Y.Abe .K.I.S.R Pages: 140 Year:- 1972 Dust Cover slightly torn at top left. HB Includes Arabic names. OUR PRICE : £20 plus £5.00 UK postage
THE AUTHORS OF THIS NEW BOOK HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN THE INDIAN AQUATIC INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE DEVOTED MUCH OF THAT TIME TO CATALOGUING AND PHOTOGRAPHING WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE THE "AQUARIUM WORTHY SPECIES" WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE REGION. THE RESULTS OF THEIR LABOURS ARE SET OUT IN THIS BOOK IN WHICH THEY IDENTIFY AND ILLUSTRATE WITH COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS THESE SPECIES AS WELL AS PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR HABITS, REQUIREMENTS AND SUITABILITY TO THE AQUARIST. THE CLEAR USE OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS MAKES THIS A PARTICULARLY USEFUL WORK OF REFERENCE.	ISBN No: 185279117-9 PRICE GROUP: C READING LEVEL All levels	ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM FISH OF INDIA BY KISHORI LAL TEKRIWAL AND ANDREW ARUNAVA RAO THE INDIAN AQUATIC INDUSTRY HAS GROWN AND BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF ORNAMENTAL FISH FOR THE AQUATIC HOBBY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE ARE AROUND 1,000 DESCRIBED SPECIES FOUND IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT AND OF THESE APPROXIMATELY 250 ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO AQUATIC HOBBYISTS. IN ADDITION TO A STRIKING PHOTO GALLERY AND A DESCRIPTION OF FISHES THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHAPTER DEVOTED TO THE TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION OF THESE FISHES AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT IF FISHKEEPING IN INDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA'S GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION. NOT ONLY WILL ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM FISHES OF INDIA BE AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE WORK FOR ICHTHYOLOGISTS AND FISHKEEPERS, IT IS ALSO A FASCINATING READ
CORALREF	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	A Field Guide to the Coral Reef Fishes of the Indian and West Pacific Oceans by R.H.Carcasson. Ex-library Copy in good condition Collins. London 1977. pp320. A geat reference book with a vast range of colour illustrations.. Nice Plates. Still a brilliant pocket identifier Our Price £12.60 plus £3 postage
PAKISTAN Price £19.50	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Field Guide to the Commercial Marine and Brackish Water Species of Pakistan Gabriella Bianch FAO. 1985. 28cm. Pp.218. colour photos, line illustrations. Paperback. This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of the area. An annotated checklist of sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes and marine mammals as well as a list of important references are appended. The introduction and guide sections are fully indexed.
No dust jacket as issued. Contains abstract, Introduction, materials and methods, checklist of fishes, discussion, acknowledgements, literature cited, and figures. Recording of almost 700 species of fish found in the archipelago. Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour photos (hundreds!) Our Price £16.00 plus postage CHAGOS	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE FISHES OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO, CENTRAL INDIAN OCEAN including DIEGO GARCIA (Life Science Contributions 145), by Richard Winterbotton, Alan R. Emery and Erling Holm, Royal Ontario Museum; about 8.5 inches x 11 inches; 226 pages. 1989 Soft cover edition in NEW condition.
TSITSIKAMA SMITH	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Fishes of the Tsitsikama Coastal National Park (SOUTHERN AFRICA )by the late professor J.L.B.Smith and Margaret Smith, of Coelacanth fame A VERY RARE BOOK beautifully colour illustrated by the authors Our Price £15 post paid in UK
DAWSON PIPEFISH	ISBN 0 917235 00 2	Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas) published by the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory HB. DJ Intact.1985 by C.E.Dawson.pp 230 The DEFINITIVE STUDY OF PIPEFISHES FOR THE AREA Comprehensively illustrated. Rare Out-of-print book One copy only £58.00 plus £5 UK postage
MALDIVE1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Common Reef Fishes of the Maldives. Part ONE. Maldives 1 by Charles Anderson and Ahmed Hafiz HB 1991 Published in Male. Maldives in full colour. All fish in 6 Languages Cover Price varies with issues US10-$20. Our Price £12 plus £2 postage COMPLETE SET OF PARTS ONE TO THREE £35 POST PAID IN THE UK
MALDIVE2	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Common Reef Fishes of the Maldives. Part Two. Maldives 2 by Charles Anderson and Ahmed Hafiz HB 1991 Published in Male. Maldives in full colour. All fish in 6 Languages Cover Price varies with issues US10-$20. Our Price £12plus £2 postage COMPLETE SET OF PARTS ONE TO THREE £35 POST PAID IN THE UK
MALDIVE3	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	Common Reef Fishes of the Maldives. Part Three. Maldives 3 by Charles Anderson and Ahmed Hafiz HB 1991 Published in Male. Maldives in full colour. All fish in 6 Languages Cover Price varies with issues US10-$20. Our Price £12 plus £2 postage COMPLETE SET OF PARTS ONE TO THREE £35 POST PAID IN THE UK
PHOTOMALDIVES	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: D READING LEVEL All Ages	PHOTO GUIDE TO THE FISHES OF THE MALDIVES Rudie H. Kuiter A photographic guide to almost every fish that divers are likely to see in the Maldives. Basic fish science, behaviour and evolution are explained and detailed drawings of fish features, shapes and colours are included. 260 pages and over 1250 illustrations £45.50 plus £3.30 UK Postage
FAO 14	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All Ages	The Marine Fishery Resources of Sri Lanka FAO. 1994. 28cm. Pp.418. colour photos, line illustrations. Paperback. This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of the area. An annotated checklist of sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes and marine mammals as well as a list of important references are appended. The introduction and guide sections are fully indexed. Price: £38.00

FAO Species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean: fishing area 51. Prepared and printed with the support of the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). Rome, FAO, 6 volumes: pag var.

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Additions to the fish fauna of the Maldive Islands