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When I was a fish : tales of an ichthyologist
- Title
- When I was a fish : tales of an ichthyologist / Mike Bruton.
- Author
- Bruton, M. N. (Michael N.)
- Publication
- Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana Media, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QL31.B78 A3 2015g | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour); 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Becoming a fish -- Life as a Rhodian -- In the land of amaThonga -- Being a fish -- My family and other animals -- Magic of museums -- Imagining Ichthy -- Priests and vices -- Freckled anglers, Harry hotlips and Greenwood's happy -- Travels and travails -- Where the Shekawe? -- Adventures in the islands of the moon -- Finding old fourlegs -- Where have all the coelacanths gone? -- We all live in a yellow submarine -- Brainstorming with the balons -- Generalists and specialists -- Yin and yang of fishes -- Through the looking glass -- Saving Gombessa -- Why fishes don't have necks -- Why extinction is good (and bad) -- Spawning ideas.
- ISBN
- 9781431420575 (paperback)
- 1431420573 (paperback)
- 9781431420582 (d-PDF)
- 1431420581 (d-PDF)
- 9781431420599 (ePUB)
- 143142059X (ePUB)
- 9781431420605 (mobi)
- 1431420603 (mobi)
- OCLC
- ocn909863098
- 909863098
- SCSB-5810924
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries