H. G. Seeley
Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 476
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Excerpt from The Fresh-Water Fishes of Europe: A History of Their Genera, Species, Structure, Habits, and Distribution In this Volume the Fresh-water Fishes of Europe are systematically described for the first time. Such an undertaking has been rendered comparatively easy by the valuable special memoirs which have been published upon the Fishes of the several European countries. The classification of Dr. Grunther has been generally followed; and, although we have often ventured to differ from this distinguished writer in minor matters, it would have been impossible to have brought the Fishes of Europe into intelligible order without the aid of his Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. To that great work readers may refer who would investigate the nomenclature of the species described. For the Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland we have consulted, among other works, Pennant's "British Zoology," Yarrell's "British Fishes," Couch's "Fishes of the British Isles," Houghton's "British Fresh-water Fishes," Day's "British Fishes," and memoirs in the various publications of the Linnaean and Zoological Societies. Buckland's "Natural History of British Fishes," and his Fishery Reports, have been frequently referred to, while among works of a more special character we may mention Mr. St. John's "Tour in Sutherlandshire, "Mr. Eussel's work on the Salmon, and the "Prose Halieutics" of the Rev. Dr. Badham. The method of description has been in general that used by Heckel and Kner in their "Susswasserfische der Ostreichischen Monarchie," upon which we have moulded the descriptions of external characters of the Fishes described. Among other German authors we have been indebted only in a less degree to Von Siebold's "Susswasserfische von Mitteleuropa," and Gunther's "Fische des Neckars;" the former invaluable for its critical discrimination of species, the latter rich in anatomical observations. Benecke's "Fische, Fischerei, und Fischzucht, in Ost-und Westpreussen, has also been consulted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."