Aquarium Fish of the World: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to over 500 aquarium fish

Pp. 499; color frontispiece, 225 full page color plates from paintings by Libuse Knotek and Jaromir Knotek, some black-and-white line-drawings.  Publisher’s original color pictorial laminated boards, matching color pictorial dust jacket, lg 4to.  Section one of this volume is an illustrated introduction to fishkeeping.  It investigates the evolution of aquarium fish, and fish anatomy and morphology.  Other topics include: sexual dimorphism and reproduction, development of fish eggs, fish breeding and methods of protecting eggs and fry.  Section two is an assessment of over 500 aquarium fish from throughout the world with color illustrations of each aquarium fish.  Fish are grouped into families and each is discussed with regard to distribution, diet, breeding requirements, feeding and general care of fry.  No ownership marks and no signs of use.