cover image: The fishes of Zanzibar : Acanthopterygii / by Lieut. Colonel R. Lambert Playfair ... ; Pharyngognathi, etc. / by Albert C.L. Günther..

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The fishes of Zanzibar : Acanthopterygii / by Lieut. Colonel R. Lambert Playfair ... ; Pharyngognathi, etc. / by Albert C.L. Günther..

1866

"Printed by Taylor and Francis"--Verso of t.p. "List of fishes observed on the East Coast of Africa": p. [vii]-xiv. Playfair's section has caption title: "Order Acanthopterygii. Family Percidae"; Gunther's caption title: "Order Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi. Family Pomacentridae." Most plates signed "G. H. Ford lith. ad nat."; four signed "G. Smit. lith. ad nat."; all signed "W. West imp." Six plates hand-colored. Plate XIII bound in as frontispiece. Errata: p. xiv. Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, p. 520 Dean, B. Fishes, 2, p. 271 Also available online. SCNHRB copy (39088015067556) stamped on t.p.: Library of Congress Smithsonian Deposit Oct 17 1885 [ms. acc. no.] 157014. SCNHRB copy blind embossed on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [ms. acc. no.] 188617. SCNHRB copy in original green publisher's cloth binding, gilt armorial on front cover, title in gilt on spine (rebacked). Elecresource
fishes perciformes günther, albert c. l. g ford, g. h library of congress pomacentridae percidae playfair, r. lambert smit, g west, w

Authors

Playfair, R. Lambert (Robert Lambert) Sir 1828-1899, Playfair, R. Lambert (Robert Lambert) Sir 1828-1899 Acanthopterygu, Günther, Albert C. L. G (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf) 1830-1914 Pharynognathi, Ford, G. H (George Henry) 1809-1876, Smit, G, West, W, Library of Congress DSI

Dates
1866
Format
Xiv, 153 p., XXI leaves of plates : ill. (lithographs, some col.) ; 34 cm
Place Discussed
Tanzania Zanzibar
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Tanzania
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/04e93e9273b61170a5a037a7e291b1b0