Author | Wheeler, A. (Illust: Stebbing, P.) |
Year | 1994 |
Title | Field Key to the Shore Fishes of the British Isles |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species of this habitat known at the time |
Source | 41pp, Field Studies Council |
Illustrations | Numerous line drawings accompany the key |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A handy guide to identifying the fish that are to be found in rock pools and between tide limits on our shores. A reprint from Field Studies, it still retains the original page numbering. |
Examine | in the Hand ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
Specimen Preparation | Live specimens in a clear glass seawater container, preferably anaesthetized with TMS (Tricane Methane Sulfonate - marketed as MS222) which causes less stress than handling the unanaesthetized fish. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification | Current | CHONDRICHTHYES | elasmobranchs, cartilaginous fish | Animalia |
For identification | Current | [Pisces] | fishes | Animalia |
For identification | Current | ACTINOPTERYGII | ray-finned fishes | Animalia |
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