Sharks & Rays of Australia
- Publisher : Harvard University Press
- Illustrations : col illus, line drawings, distribution maps
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Description:
Second edition. Provides in-depth descriptions of 323 species (184 sharks, 124 rays and 15 chimaerids) found in Australian waters, accompanied by full colour illustrations of all species. Includes 24 new species accounts, and updates more than 100 species which have now been formally named in publications. Presents the major changes to the systematics of some groups, such as the dogfishes and skates, and includes updated family keys, upgraded species distributional information and maps, extensively revised text descriptions, reflecting additional fisheries and biological information, revised introductory chapters reflecting the contemporary status of chondrichthyan information and an updated reference section.