Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842-1848 ausgeführt. IV. Flussfische [or Flußfische].

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Author

Peters, W. C. H.

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Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1868. Two parts (text and atlas) in two. 4to (28.5 x 22.9 cm; ). xii, 116 pp.; later red mock leather with gilt title on spine; oblong folio (34.0 x 25.2 cm), 20 lithographed plates, loose in green portfolio with printed label. = Part of the zoological results of an expedition to the then little explored southeastern coasts of Africa, opposite Madagascar, now known as Moçambique (Mozambique, German: Mosambik). The subtropical fauna has many endemic elements and therefore it does not come as a surprise that this early exploration yielded many new species. The complete zoology deals with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. This is the fish section with fresh and brackish water fish, including a new shark. Endpapers of the text volume a bit rippled and discoloured. Some rather mild dampstaining to six plates, otherwise text and plates, apart from a few spots, in good condition. Dean II, p. 255; Nissen ZBI, 3139.