Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles
eBook - PDF

Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Identification Guide to the Inshore Fish of the British Isles

About this book

Published in January 2015, this book is the culmination of over 4 years' work by Peter Henderson and Pisces Conservation; a comprehensive photographic guide to the coastal fish of the British Isles. The book is aimed at anglers, marine biologists, ecologists and anyone else with an interest in British fish. 178 species of fish are given a full description, with over 100 other species mentioned in the text. It is the definitive guide to the British marine fish, and will also be invaluable for users all round northern Europe.

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Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Contents
  3. Pictorial key
  4. Otoliths of British marine fish
  5. Preface
  6. Glossary
  7. About this book
  8. Chapter 1 - Lampreys & hagfishes
  9. Chapter 2 - Common coastal sharks
  10. Chapter 3 - Angel sharks, electric rays, skates & sting rays
  11. Chapter 4 - Sturgeons
  12. Chapter 5 - Eels
  13. Chapter 6 - The herring family
  14. Chapter 7 - Smelts
  15. Chapter 8 - Salmon & trout
  16. Chapter 9 - Lightfishes & dragonfishes
  17. Chapter 10 - Opahs
  18. Chapter 11 - The cod fish
  19. Chapter 12 - Anglerfish
  20. Chapter 13 - Mullets
  21. Chapter 14 - Silversides
  22. Chapter 15 - Needlefish
  23. Chapter 16 - Dories
  24. Chapter 17 - Sticklebacks, pipefish & seahorses
  25. Chapter 18 - The mail-cheeks
  26. Chapter 19 - The gobies
  27. Chapter 20 - The sandeels
  28. Chapter 21 - The wrasses
  29. Chapter 22 - The breams
  30. Chapter 23 - Bass & sea perches
  31. Chapter 24 - Jacks, scads & pomfrets
  32. Chapter 25 - Drums, red mullets & bandfish
  33. Chapter 26 - Arctic blennies, wolffish, eel pouts & butterfish
  34. Chapter 27 - Dragonets, blennies & weevers
  35. Chapter 28 - Mackerels, tunnies, swordfish & sailfish
  36. Chapter 29 - Blackfish & boarfish
  37. Chapter 30 - Clingfishes
  38. Chapter 31 - Flatfish
  39. Chapter 32 - Sunfish & triggerfish
  40. Index of common names
  41. Index of Latin names