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Indian Ocean and Maldives diving books
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FISHMALDIVE

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FISH OF THE MALDIVES by Andrea Ghisotti  A Guide to almost every fish that divers are likely to see in the Maldives, most in full colour

Our Price £18.00 plus £3.80 postage

   FAO 14

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0251032939

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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 

REEFMALDIVES

 

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REEF FISHES OF THE MALDIVES by Dr Charles Anderson

Hardback Version  130pp

£24.00 plus £5 UK postage

INDOC

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The Fishes of the Indian Ocean. Taxonomic Classification. 

INDOC £23.90

ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD

Also viewable online free as a basic .pdf document

MALDIVES DIVING GUIDE

 

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9781853109423

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Cruising IN the Maldives:

DIVING GUIDE


Publisher: Swan-Hill Press
Publication Date:1998
Pages:167 .

£8.99 Post paid in the UK
 

PHOTOMALDIVES

 

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   1 87641018 3

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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

£52 plus £7 UK postage

PMF MALDIVES

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Pacific Marine Fishes Book 3

Sri Lanka and the Maldives

full-colour pictures. 8.5" x 11.25"   £20.50 including postage

  MALD 1

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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

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   ISBN 99915-62-12-5

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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,

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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

  DANGEROUS AUSTRALIAN FISHES

 

ISBN:  

0724482245 / 0-7244-8224-5)

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Dangerous Fishes of Western Australia

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The West Australian Museum, Perth, 1980. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 48 pages. Colour photos. Pictorial wraps.

Our Price £13.90 plus £2.80 postage in the UK
 

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

Our Price £45.00 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.

AUSWEST

 

Image courtesy of Google. This title is ALSO available as a GoogleBook

ZANZIBAR REPRINT

 

ISBN No:

  1142988694
9781142988692

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The Fishes of Zanzibar,

REPRINT (2010)
by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Gnther, Robert Lambert Playfair

Nabu Press.REPRINT (2010)
 
£16 plus £3.00 UK postage

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ZANZIBAR ORIGINAL 1866

 

  The Fishes of Zanzibar,

ORIGINAL EDITION 
by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Gnther, Robert Lambert Playfair

John van Voorst,, London:, 1866. Binding is Hardcover. 21 lithographed plates (6 hand-colored; 2 are loose; a dampstain to a lower blank corner of most, not affecting images; minor foxing to a few) and 10 engravings in text. 4to, pp. xiv, 153, original cloth (faded; 3 corners lightly bumped; tips of corners worn; some splitting to lower front edge & upper rear edge of spine; paper residue to margin of rear cover near spine; minor spotting to heel of spine; a short tear to ends of spine; paper on front inner hinge cracked; owner's handstamps to front flyleaf, title & a page; an inner joint partially open; a small piece missing from upper blank margin of a page; a short marginal tear to a page). Rare. Describes fishes off the east coast of Africa. Wood p. 520;

Our Price £1,800.00

 

£5.99 plus £2 UK Postage

Guide to Reef Fish of the Indian Ocean

This is a high quality fish Identification card for the Indian Ocean. Printed onto a plastic core which is then laminated, these cards are totally waterproof and more robust than paper laminated versions. Printed on both sides with over 60 high quality images of the most common fish to be found in this area.
KENYAN1

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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

MALDIVE1

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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

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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

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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

CEYLON

 

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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.

£27.50 plus £3.50 UK Postage

PMF MALDIVES

 

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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 )

 

SEYCHELLES

 

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The Fishes of the Seychelles
Smith, J. L. B. and Margaret M. Smith

Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 1963. Hardcover. 4to (8 1/2" x 11") , 215pp. G+/vg+. Illustrated white d/jkt, worn, but intact. Light blue boards; a little marked; b/w + colour illustrations. Beautifully illustrated guide to marine life in these islands

One copy only £23.00 plus £3.50 UK Postage

MAURITIUS

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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

ARAB 2

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   0 906301

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A Calypso Pocket Field Guide to the fishes of Arabia. Volume Two. by Gerald Jennings.1998

£19.90

ARAB 3

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0 906301   

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A Calypso Pocket Field Guide to the fishes of Arabia. Volume Three. by Gerald Jennings.1998

£19.90

CAPE FISHES

 

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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

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0 903941 12 0    

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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

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  9251037418   

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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
 

Double sided laminated diving card. 18 x 26cm

REEFFISHCARD 

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None

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All Ages

Fishes of the Maldives Identification Chart (waterproof double-sided) Has now been replaced by the more comprehensive

GUIDE TO THE REEF FISH OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

£8.99 post paid in the UK

CARCASSON3

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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. Item shipped from Australia

This was originally only available in Australia

Our Price £ 47.00 post paid in the 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

 

KUWY 1

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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.

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185279117-9

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ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM FISH OF INDIA 

BY KISHORI LAL TEKRIWAL & 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

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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 great 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 

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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 

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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

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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

RANMAL

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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

   FAO 14

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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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